Rafael J. Tamargo, MD

Physician’s Office Phone

410-614-1533

Professional Titles

• Walter E. Dandy Professor of Neurosurgery
• Director, Division of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
• Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
• Neurosurgical Co-Director, Neurosciences Critical Care Unit

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Neurological Surgery

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Aneurysm Center
• Cerebrovascular Center
• Comprehensive Brain Tumor Center
• Pediatric Neurovascular Center

CV

https://hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/documents/cv/rafael-tamargo.pdf

Videos

• Meet our Experts: Dr. Rafael Tamargo

• Patient Story: Ophthalmic Nerve Aneurysm - Les' Story

• Doorways to Discovery: Shifting the Vasospasm Paradigm

• Brain Aneurysms: FAQs with Rafael Tamargo, M.D

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Recorded Webinar: Latest Treatment Options for Brain Aneurysms

  Recorded Webinar: Acoustic Neuromas: Diagnosis and Treatment

  Press release: Tests In Mice Identify Compound That May Keep Survivors of Ruptured Brain Aneurysms From Later Succumbing to Stroke (10/01/2013)

  A New Da Vinci Code? Divine Proportion Found in Human Skulls, Psychology Today (October 1, 2019)

Additional Academic Titles

Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Lab Website

Vascular Neurology Lab - Lab Website

• Vascular research led by Rafael Tamargo, M.D., the Walter E. Dandy Professor of Neurosurgery, explores treatment of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, and arteriovenous fistulas of the brain and spinal cord. Basic science research has focused on endothelial cell-leukocyte interactions (inflammation) after subarachnoid hemorrhage and identifying drugs that might inhibit this inflammatory response as well as the narrowing of blood vessels.

Google Scholar

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=rafael+tamargo&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C21&as_sdtp=

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=tamargo+r

Selected Publications

• Kanagalingam, S., P. Gailloud, R. J. Tamargo, P. S. Subramanian, and N. R. Miller. Visual sequelae after consensus-based treatment of ophthalmic artery segment aneurysms: The Johns Hopkins Experience. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology 32: 27-32, 2012.
  
  Wicks, Robert T., G. Pradilla, S. M. Raza, U. Hadelsburg, A. C. Coon, J. Huang, and R. J. Tamargo. Impact of changes in intraoperative somatosensory evoked potentials on stroke rates after clipping of intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurgery 70: 1114-1124, May 2012.
  
  Starmer, H. M., S. R. Best, Y. Agrawal, W. W. Chien, A. T. Hilllel, H. W. Francis, R. J. Tamargo, and L. M. Akst. Prevalence, characteristics, and management of swallowing Tamargo CV - 1 5 disorders following cerebellopontine angle surgery. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 146: 419-425, 2012.
  
  Pradilla, G., T. Garzon-Muvdi, J. J. Ruzevick, M. Bender, L. Edwards, E. N. Momin, R. C. Thompson, and R. J. Tamargo. Systemic L-citrulline prevents cerebral vasospasm in haptoglobin 2-2 transgenic mice after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurosurgery 70: 747-757, March 2012.
  
  Colby, G. P., A. R. Paul, M. G. Radvany, D. Gandhi, P. Gailloud, J. Huang, R. J. Tamargo, and A. L. Coon. A single center comparison of coiling versus stent assisted coiling in 90 consecutive paraophthalmic region aneurysms. J Neurointerv Surg 4: 116-120, March 2012.
  
  Coon, A. L., A. R. Paul, G. P. Colby, L. Lin, G. Pradilla, J. Huang, and R. J. Tamargo. Comparison of tertiary-center aneurysm location frequencies in 400 consecutive cases: Decreasing incidence of posterior communicating artery region aneurysms. Surgical Neurology International 2(4): 152, July-August 2011.
  
  
  Shan, X., I. Hamasaki, J. Tian, H. S. Ying, R. J. Tamargo, and D. S. Zee. Vertical alignment in monkeys with unilateral IV section: effects of prolonged monocular patching and trigeminal deafferentation. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1233: 7884, 2011.
  
  Rivas, A., K. D. Boahene, H. C. Bravo, M. Tan, R. J. Tamargo, and H. W. Francis. A model for early prediction of facial nerve recovery after vestibular schwannoma surgery. Otol Neurotol. 32(5): 826-833, July 2011.
  
  Walker, M. F., J. Tian, X. Shan, R. J. Tamargo, H. Ying, and D. S. Zee. The cerebellar nodulus/uvula integrates otolith signals for the translational vestibulo-ocular reflex. PLoS ONE 5(11): e13981, 2010.
  
  Paul, A. R., G. P. Colby, M. R. Radvany, J. Huang, R. J. Tamargo, and A. L. Coon. Femoral access in 100 consecutive subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: The craniotomy of endovascular neurosurgery. BMC Research Notes. 3: 285, 2010.
  
  Alvernia, J. E., G. Pradilla, P. Mertens, G. Lanzino, and R. J. Tamargo. Latex injection of cadaver heads: Technical note. Neurosurgery / Operative Neurosurgery Supplement 2 67: 362-367, 2010.

Honors

• Harold Lamport Research Scholar Award for Involvement of the Haptoglobin Gene Locus in the Formation of Extracranial Aneurysms (senior author and sponsor of Jacob Ruzevick), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 12/1/12
• Paul Ehrlich Research Award (senior author and sponsor of Eric N. Momin) 32nd Young Investigator's Day Award, Vernon B. Mountcastle Auditorium, Preclinical Teaching Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 4/1/09
• Mordecai Y. T. Globus New Investigator Award for Stroke Abstract (senior author and sponsor of Dr. Michael T. Froehler), International Stroke Conference 2009, San Diego, California, 2/1/09
• Professional Achievement Recognition Transforming Influences The Johns Hopkins Campaign: Knowledge for the World Gala Dinner, Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center, Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus, 10/1/06
• Walter E. Dandy, M.D., Professorship/Chair, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 11/1/04
• Walter E Dandy, M.D., Guest Lecturer, Department of Neurosurgery Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 11/1/04
• Galbraith Award for Best Abstract Submission by a Resident on Cerebrovascular Disease (senior author and sponsor of Dr. Richard E. Clatterbuck), 52nd Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 9/1/02

Memberships

• American Academy of Neurological Surgery (AAcNS)
• Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS)
• Neurosurgical Society of America (NSA)
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
• Congress of neurological Surgeons (CNS)