Faculty Pages - Dr. Daniele Rigamonti

Daniele Rigamonti , MD, FACS

Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology
Director of Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Dr. Rigamonti specializes in the following areas:

Vascular Diseases Affecting the Brain and Spinal Cord
Dr.Rigamonti specializes in the diagnosis and therapy of carotid stenosis, aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVM)arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) and in particular familial aneurysms and vascular malformations. He works in close collaboration with the Neuro-Interventional Radiology Section headed by Dr.Kieran Murphy to offer the best combination of surgical and endovascular therapy to his patients.

Brain Tumors
Dr.Rigamonti specializes in the diagnosis and therapy of brain and spinal tumors: meningiomas, schwannomas, and particularly solitary hemangioblastomas and those associated with Von Hippel-Lindau disease.

Spinal Disorders
Dr.Rigamonti specializes in the diagnosis and therapy of spinal diseases such as: spinal stenosis, extruded discs. He works in close collaboration with Dr.Michael Ain (Orthopedics) to diagnose and treat patients with complex spinal problems associated with skeletal dysplasias.

Adult Hydrocephalus and Pseudotumor Cerebri
Dr.Rigamonti works in close collaboration with Dr.Michael Williams (Neurology) to diagnose and treat Adult Hydrocephalus and Pseudotumor Cerebri.

Education:

1976	M.D.	Universita Cattolica, Rome, Italy
1976-77	Intern in Neurological Surgery	Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
1978-79	Intern in Surgery	Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
1979-84	Resident in Neurological Surgery	Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
1986-87	Fellow in Neurovascular Surgery	Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ

Honors/Awards:

1988	First Prize, Annual Resident's Symposium, Maryland Neurological Society
1989	First Prize, Annual Resident's Symposium, Maryland Neurological Society
1990	First Prize, Annual Resident's Symposium, Maryland Neurological Society
1991	Alpha Omega Honor Medical Society
1993	Gold VA Pin Award, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
1997	The Richard J. Otenasek,Jr. Faculty Teaching Award, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University

Research Activities:

1. The molecular biology of familial vascular lesions (CIND.org).

2. The natural history and the treatment outcome of patients with achondroplasia.

3. The development of a "smart shunt" for the treatment of patients with Hydrocephalus and Pseudotumor.

4. As Scientific Director of the Agarini Foundation, Dr. Rigamonti is coordinating studies directed at repair of the Central Nervous System through regeneration.