Daniele Rigamonti MD, FACS

Daniele Rigamonti, MD, FACS, the inaugural Salisbury Family Professor in Neurosurgery, is a professor of Neurosurgery, Radiology, Oncology, Radiation, Oncology, and Molecular Sciences. He has a joint appointment in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Rigamonti is the director of the Division of Stereotactic Radiosurgery and director of the Hydrocephalus and Pseudotumor Cerebri Program at Johns Hopkins University and Hospital. Known throughout the world as one of the foremost authorities on cerebral cavernous malformations, spinal epidural abscesses, skeletal dysplasias, and hydrocephalus, Dr. Rigamonti is also credited with first recognizing the importance of genetic factors in the development of both cerebral vascular malformations and hydrocephalus. His contributions to the codifications of the imaging characteristics of cerebrovascular malformations are well known. Dr. Rigamonti’s research has provided the definitive information on the natural history of developmental venous anomalies, cavernous malformations, and capillary telangiectasias, and his work on the long-term outcomes associated with the treatment of the cavernomas achondroplasia and hydrocephalus has greatly improved the management of these conditions.