Radiculopathy near Hyattsville, MD

Care Philosophy: My goal in care is to ensure that each patient is fully educated about the nature of their condition and all available treatment options that may be appropriate for them. Being specialty trained both in open microsurgical cerebrovascular approaches and minimally invasive endovascular techniques affords me a unique perspective. I am able to provide my patients a balanced opinion regarding the relative advantages and disadvantages of each modality, enabling me to individualize treatment for each of them.

Biography: Rizwan Tahir, MD, joins MedStar Health as a neurosurgeon for the department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Tahir is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. His research interests include cerebral vascular and endovascular neurosurgery, specifically as it pertains to stroke and vascular malformations and aneurysms.Neurosurgery at MedStar Health is a highly sophisticated and experienced program comprised of subspecialists who are leaders in their respective fields of practice including brain tumor and blood vessel abnormalities, seizure disorders, spinal disease and injury, and stroke management. MedStar Health neurosurgeons pride themselves in offering patients the full array of available options for diagnosis and treatment and in customizing these to individual patients.

Biography: Dr. Meredith is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine as well as a sports medicine physician at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He's also a team physician for the University of Maryland Terrapins. Dr. Meredith's clinical focus is on care to the hip, knee, and shoulder. He specializes in the latest arthroscopic techniques for joint repair and reconstruction; including ligament repair and reconstruction, cartilage transplantation, tendon repair, osteotomies, and joint replacement. He has a specific clinical focus in hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome and hip labral tears. Dr. Meredith also has particular expertise in quadricep tendon autograft anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. He also performs partial and total knee replacements and total shoulder replacements. Dr. Meredith's research is focused on clinical outcomes and improving results for hip, knee, and shoulder patients. He has published many scientific articles and presented research at numerous scientific conferences. Dr. Meredith is part of the Emerging Leaders Program in the American Orthopaedic Association and volunteers as a committee member for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Dr. Meredith completed his undergraduate degree (B.S.) at the University of Virginia before obtaining his medical degree (M.D.) from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center, and an orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he assisted in taking care of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Pittsburgh Penguins.