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About Us + Dr. Zeena Dorai
Dr. Zeena Dorai
 Training and Background
Dr. Zeena Dorai is a Board Certified neurosurgeon with advanced training in brain and spinal tumors. Dr. Dorai earned her degree in medicine from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. While in medical school, she was a member of the Alpha-Omega Alpha Honor Society and the Hobart Amory Hare Honor Medical Society. She then completed a general surgery internship and her neurosurgical residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Dr. Dorai then completed a fellowship in neurosurgical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer center, specializing in the surgical treatment of brain and spinal tumors. She has authored articles and chapters in spine reconstruction, brain tumors and neurovascular neurosurgery, including articles in the Journal of Neurosurgery, and Youman's Textbook of Neurosurgery. She has given numerous presentations and served as faculty for practical neurosurgical courses at national neurosurgical meetings. Dr. Dorai is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, including the Tumor section. She continues to lecture locally and nationally on disorders of the brain and spine. Dr. Dorai is the Chief of Neurosurgery at Union Memorial Hospital and Northwest Hospital. She is the surgical director of the Epilespy program at Sinai Hospital and also maintains active clinical privileges at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Carroll Hospital Center and Johns Hopkins. Dr. Dorai's special clinical interests include degenerative spine disease, brain and spinal cord tumors and surgery for epilepsy disorders. She is also trained in CyberKnife radiosurgery. Chief of Neurosurgery Northwest Hospital
5401 Old Court Road
Randallstown, MD 21133 Chief of Neurosurgery Union Memorial Hospital
201 E University Parkway
Baltimore, MD 21218 Director of Neuro-oncology
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
2401 West Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21515
Surgical Director, Epilepsy
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
2401 West Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21215 Specialties
Board Certified, Neurological Surgery and Neurosurgical Oncology Microsurgical treatment of brain tumors
Dr. Dorai,, Board Certified Neurosurgical Oncology utilizes the the most advanced techniques to treat brain tumors. This includes frame based and frameless neuronavigation,intra-operative brain monitoring and mapping, Gliadel wafers, and Gliasite radiation balloons. Microsurgical treatment of pituitary tumors Multimodality Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia may be treated with several different techniques. Our practice provides all modalities to include microsurgical decompression, percutaneous rhizotomy, and radiosurgery. Treatment of Chiari malformations Treatment of adult hydrocephalus Treatment of brain hemorrhages and trauma Microsurgical lumbar and cervical discectomy Repair of lumbar and cervical stenosis Microsurgical treatment of spinal cord tumors Rheumatologic disorders of the cervical spine Surgical Carpal Tunnel Release Treatment of ulnar nerve entrapment CyberKnife Radiosurgery + top of page +
 Curriculum Vitae Work Address
Johns Hopkins at Greenspring Station
10751 Falle Road Suite 301
Lutherville, MD + top of page +
Education Fellowship: Neurosurgical Oncology 2004-2005
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Residency: Neurological Surgery 1999-2004
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas
American Board of Neurological Surgery, Written Board Examination: Passed 3/2001 Internship: General Surgery 1998-1999
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas Doctor of Medicine
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1994-1998 Bachelor of Science, Combined Medical Program
Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania 1992-1994 + top of page +
Honors Medical School
Rank: Top 10%
Alpha-Omega Alpha Honor Society
Hobart Amory Hare Honor Society
Association of Pathology Chairs Honor Society
Department of Biochemistry award for outstanding achievement
Honors in General Surgery and Neurosurgery Clerkships + top of page +
Research Jefferson Medical College: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Department of Neurosurgery, 1996-1997
Study of the tissue-specific expression of the M.D.R-1 oncogene in gliomas Dupont Merck Pharmaceutical Company: Wilmington, Delaware
Summer Internship Program 1993-1995
Study to elucidate the role of protease inhibitors in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis + top of page +
Practical Course Faculty: Cyberknife training for physicians. Sinai Hospital August, 2005 Faculty: Posterior Circulation Aneurysms, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, September 2000, 2001, 2002 + top of page +
Licensure and Board Certification Maryland State Physician Fellow neurosurgical oncology American Board of Neurological Surgeons Diplomat, American Board of Neurological Surgeons 06/2008 + top of page +
Academic & Administrative Appointments Chief, Division of Neurosurgery
Northwest Hospital Center
2006-present Chief, Division of Neurosurgery
Union Memorial Hospital
2008-present + top of page +
Hospital Appointments | Carroll County General Hospital,
Westminster, MD 2005-present Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, MD 2005-present Johns Hopkins Bayview,
Baltimore, MD 2005-present Northwest Hospital,
Randallstown, MD 2005-present | Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD
2005-present Saint Joseph's Hospital,
Towson, MD 2005-present Union Memorial Hospital,
Baltimore, MD 2005-present |
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Memberships, Offices and Committee Appointments Congress of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Neurologic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
Joint Section on Tumors of the AANS and CNS
Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care of the AANS and CNS
Maryland Medical Society
(Med-Chi)
Baltimore County Medical Society
Maryland Neurosurgical Society + top of page +
Presentations Dorai Z, Roland P, Coimbra C: Resection of vestibular schwanommas via the middle cranial fossa approach: hearing and facial nerve outcomes. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society, June 2004, oral presentation Dorai Z, Morgan H, Coimbra C: Titanium Cage Implants for Cervical Corpectomy Reconstruction. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society, June 2002, oral presentation. Dorai Z, Swift D: The Role of Laparoscopy in the Treatment of Abdominal Cerebrospinal Fluid Pseudocysts. Southern Neurosurgical Society, March, 2001, oral presentation. Dorai Z, Kopitnik T, Samson D: Outcomes of Elderly Patients Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society, June 2001, oral presentation. Dorai Z, Morgan H, Coimbra C: Titanium Cage Implants for Cervical Corpectomy Reconstruction. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society, June 2002, oral presentation. Dorai Z, Kopitnik T, Samson D: Factors Associated with Hydrocephalus after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, September 2001, poster presentation. + top of page +
Publications Chapter: Kopitnik T, Dorai Z, White J, Samson D: Posterior Fossa Arteriovenous Malformations: Youmans Neurological Surgery, 2003. Dorai Z, Kopitnik T, Samson D: Factors Associated with Hydrocephalus after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurosurgery April, 2003. Dorai Z, Morgan H, Coimbra C: Titanium Cage Implants for Cervical Corpectomy Reconstruction. Journal of Neurosurgery July, 1999. Dorai Z, Roland P, Coimbra C: Resection of vestibular schwanommas via the middle cranial fossa approach: hearing and facial nerve outcomes. Submitted, Journal of Neurosurgery July, 2004.
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