
Overview
Dr. Probasco is a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Neurology. He is the Vice Chair for Quality, Safety, and Service for the department. He also serves as the Director of the Johns Hopkins Division of Advanced Clinical Neurology as well as the Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Inpatient General Neurology Service. He co-directs the Johns Hopkins Encephalitis Center and the Johns Hopkins Center for Refractory Status Epilepticus and Neuroinflammation. He cares for general neurology inpatients and outpatients, specializing in autoimmune and paraneoplastic syndromes as well as neurological immune-related adverse events following immunotherapies for cancer. After completing his undergraduate studies in biochemistry at the University of New Mexico, Dr. Probasco attended the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a second undergraduate degree in psychology, philosophy and physiology. He went on to earn his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and a residency in neurology at Johns Hopkins, where he was the faculty liaison/executive chief resident. He went on to complete an instructorship in inpatient general neurology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Probasco’s research interests include increasing care value through improving outcomes, incorporation of patient experience of disease and treatment, the efficiency of care delivery, and diagnostic test utilization in general and specifically in relation to autoimmune and paraneoplastic neurological syndromes, including encephalitis. Finally, he is interested in the management of neurological immune-related adverse events following immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer. Dr. Probasco has been recognized at the departmental, institutional, and national levels for teaching and clinical excellence, including the American Academy of Neurology’s A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award and the Frank L. Coulson, Jr. Award from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence. He is a past graduate of the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Resident Scholars (AIRS) program in Patient Safety and Quality. As a faculty member, he was inducted into the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence in 2019. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of NEJM Journal Watch Neurology. Videos The impact of COVID-19 on the Department of Neurology‚Äôs clinical care and medical education programs.
Dr. Probasco is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Dysautonomia. His top areas of expertise are Encephalitis, Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, Status Epilepticus, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, and Gastrostomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 74 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Scholz is a neurologist and geneticist specializing in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease, atypical parkinsonism and dementia syndromes. She received her medical degree from the Medical University Innsbruck, Austria. Following graduation, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health under the supervision of Drs. Andrew Singleton and John Hardy. She obtained a Ph.D. in neurogenomics from the University College London, UK in 2010. She then moved to Baltimore to complete her neurology residency training at Johns Hopkins. In 2015 Dr. Scholz received the McFarland Transition to Independence Award for Neurologist-Scientists. She is Lasker Clinical Research Scholar at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke focusing on genetic causes of neurodegenerative syndromes, and an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins' department of neurology. Dr. Scholz is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Dysautonomia. Her top areas of expertise are Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Multiple System Atrophy, Movement Disorders, and Parkinson's Disease.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Alexander Pantelyat cares for patients with movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and related syndromes, essential tremor, dystonia, chorea and normal pressure hydrocephalus. He also provides botulinum toxin injections for movement disorders and is involved in deep brain stimulation programming and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring.His research explores atypical parkinsonian disorders, such as dementia with Lewy bodies, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal syndrome/degeneration and multiple system atrophy; cognitive aspects of movement disorders; and music-based rehabilitation of neurodegenerative diseases.Dr. Pantelyat earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, where he was elected a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and received the Matthew T. Moore Prize in Neurology. He completed his residency training in Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and a fellowship in movement disorders at the University of Pennsylvania/Philadelphia VA Medical Center. As part of his fellowship, Dr. Pantelyat also completed the Clinical Research Certificate Program at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He is a 2013 American Academy of Neurology Palatucci Advocacy Leader and grant recipient. Dr. Pantelyat is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Dysautonomia. His top areas of expertise are Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Atypical, Supranuclear Ophthalmoplegia, and Corticobasal Degeneration.
Washington Medical Group PC
Dr. Pedro S. Buarque de Macedo is a neurologist affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital, as well as an assistant clinical professor of neurology at Georgetown University School of Medicine and an assistant clinical professor of physician assistant studies at George Washington University School of Medicine. He is also an adjunct assistant professor of clinical psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He practices out of Washington Medical Group in Washington, D.C. Dr. Buarque de Macedo has an expertise in behavioral neurology, headaches, chronic pain, closed head injury and neurorehabilitation. Dr. Buarque de Macedo earned his undergraduate degree from Catholic University and his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed an internship in internal medicine at George Washington University Medical Center and a residency in neurology at Georgetown University and the Washington Veterans Administration Medical Center, where he served as chief resident. Dr. Buarque de Macedo is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society. Dr. De Macedo is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Dysautonomia. His top areas of expertise are Familial Dysautonomia, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Cerebellar Degeneration, and Migraine.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Anti-NMDA Receptor EncephalitisDr. Probasco isElite. Learn about Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis.
- EncephalitisDr. Probasco isElite. Learn about Encephalitis.
- Distinguished
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob DiseaseDr. Probasco isDistinguished. Learn about Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
- Status EpilepticusDr. Probasco isDistinguished. Learn about Status Epilepticus.
- Advanced
- Rasmussen EncephalitisDr. Probasco isAdvanced. Learn about Rasmussen Encephalitis.
- SeizuresDr. Probasco isAdvanced. Learn about Seizures.
- Stiff Person SyndromeDr. Probasco isAdvanced. Learn about Stiff Person Syndrome.
- Experienced
- 2q37 Deletion SyndromeDr. Probasco isExperienced. Learn about 2q37 Deletion Syndrome.
- 47 XYY SyndromeDr. Probasco isExperienced. Learn about 47 XYY Syndrome.
- Aase SyndromeDr. Probasco isExperienced. Learn about Aase Syndrome.
- Abruzzo-Erickson SyndromeDr. Probasco isExperienced. Learn about Abruzzo-Erickson Syndrome.
- Absence SeizureDr. Probasco isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Acrodermatitis EnteropathicaDr. Probasco isExperienced. Learn about Acrodermatitis Enteropathica.
