Our
Services
The Johns Hopkins
Radiosurgery Group
We are committed to providing
the highest quality radiosurgery treatment for each patient by utilizing
the unique expertise, state of the art technologies, and extensive resources
available at Johns Hopkins.
The Johns Hopkins Radiosurgery Group includes
neurosurgery specialists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, medical
physicists, dosimetrists, and physicians in other specialties who are
committed to the practice of radiosurgery. The Johns Hopkins Radiosurgery
Group believes that this team approach, accessing the full extent of technology
and special expertise available at Johns Hopkins for the benefit of individual
patients, is essential for providing the highest quality radiosurgery
treatment.
The physicians primarily responsible for
the administration of radiosurgery are neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists.
In most situations, the treatment is planned and supervised by a neurosurgeon
and radiation oncologist working together. Dr.
Daniele Rigamonti is a neurosurgeon with particular expertise in radiosurgery for benign
and malignant tumors as well as vascular abnormalities. Dr.
Lawrence Kleinberg is a radiation oncologists who specializes in radiosurgery.
Full list of team members.
The Cancer Pain
Service
(410) 955-8837
The multidisciplinary cancer pain management
program provides comprehensive medical and psychosocial screening, diagnosis
and treatment to cancer patients. This innovative program benefits from
state of the art cancer pain management interventions provided by an internationally
known team specifically dedicated to the relief of cancer pain.
Health care providers can register for
and download a free pain medication conversion tool to their personal
digital assistants (PDAs). For more information see the Hopkins
Opioid Program.
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