Dr. Chetan Bettegowda

Chetan Bettegowda MD, PhD, is the director of the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery. He offers comprehensive treatments for adult patients with benign and malignant brain tumors, specializing in the treatment of patients with primary brain tumors such as gliomas, meningiomas and pituitary tumors. He performs both open surgery and stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with metastatic tumors to the brain, and also provides stereotactic radiosurgery for other neurological disorders, including spinal tumors, trigeminal neuralgia and skull-base tumors.

Professional Titles

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • Director, Department of Neurosurgery

  • Harvey Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery

  • Director, Physician Scientist Training Program

  • Medical Director, Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics

  The Johns Hopkins Hospital

  • Neurosurgeon-in-Chief

  • Director, Reza Khatib Brain Tumor Center

  • Director, Comprehensive Brain Tumor Center

  • Co-Director, Trigeminal Neuralgia Center