Redesigning care, with your safety top of mind.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, GBMC Health Partners will continue to offer telehealth video visits for anyone who prefers that option. Please call your provider or login to MyChart to schedule an in-person or telehealth video visit today! If you have an existing appointment that you'd like to reschedule, please do so directly from your MyChart account.* Please expect delays as our staff endeavor to assist all patients with their needs and questions. Do not send multiple MyChart messages or walk in to GBMC Health Partners locations without an appointment. We understand that patients are eager for access to care, and we are doing everything possible to respond to each patient as quickly as possible.
Greetings,
The following practices are experiencing issues with their phone lines due to a service interruption with an outside vendor:
- GBMC Health Partners Eye Center at Joppa Road
- GBMC Health Partners at Jonestown
- GBMC Health Partners at Hunt Manor
- GBMC Health Partners at Hunt Valley
- GBMC Health Partners at Jarrettsville
- GBMC Health Partners at Owings Mills (Family Care and Internal Medicine)
- GBMC Health Partners at Padonia
- Dr. Caren Craig's office
- Ambulatory Testing Center
- The Sandra and Malcolm Berman Cancer Institute at Crossroads
- West Road Business Office
If you need to reach your medical provider, please use the MyChart patient portal at gbmc.org/mychart. MyChart can be used for secure messaging with a provider, prescription refills, accessing test results, and more!
If you have tried using MyChart and still have an urgent need, please call 443-849-8556 for assistance. If this is a true medical emergency, please dial 911.
GBMC will be sending out additional communications to keep you informed as we work to address the vendor's service disruption.
Yours in good health,
GBMC Health Partners
Keeping You Safe
Hospitals and medical offices are now permitted to see patients for all types of care, including elective surgery. We have been working hard to ensure that the hospital and physicians' practices are ready for you. We have redesigned the way we provide care with your safety in mind.We will continue to offer telehealth video visits for anyone who prefers that option. However, we want to reassure you that we are taking the necessary steps to protect your safety when you need to come to the hospital, a primary care office, or one of our specialty practices.
Some of the measures GBMC Health Partners is taking to protect patients include:
- GBMC Health Partners is seeing patients in person and via telehealth video visits. Using video visits allows you to talk with your doctor without leaving home. This reduces the number of patients coming through the office and decreases the potential for inadvertent exposure of patients and staff to COVID-19. Thus, in-person visits can be done safely for those who need them. We encourage you to utilize MyChart for your telehealth needs, and you can also call your doctor if you need help. We are ready to assist you.
- Extensive cleaning of all work spaces and patient areas is performed between encounters and throughout the day.
- All patients, providers, and staff members attest to COVID related symptoms upon arrival and must wear masks (along with other appropriate personal protective equipment "PPE" if necessary).
- All patients are asked COVID-19 screening questions when they make their appointment and again when they arrive. Patients are given specific appointment times to limit the number of people in the offices at one time, and are kept in private exam rooms during their visits.
- To allow for safe distancing, our office hours may be adjusted during this time, and offices themselves have been rearranged. In certain locations, there may be physical barriers in place, and in some cases, family members may be asked to wait in their vehicles. One family member or friend may accompany a patient to the appointment.
- All surgical patients are tested for COVID-19 pre-operatively.
- COVID-19 positive patients and patients under investigation (PUIs) who require hospital admission are sequestered in the hospital. Outpatients who are COVID-19 positive or PUIs are encouraged to utilize telehealth video visits to determine whether in-person care is needed.
A focus on the least invasive and most technically advanced treatment options for our patients
Greater Baltimore Neurosurgical Associates provides a broad spectrum of care for people with brain and spine disorders, diseases, injuries and back and neck pain incorporating non-surgical and surgical treatments and services.The mission of Greater Baltimore Neurosurgical Associates is to relieve the pain and anxiety we know our patients feel and return them to the life they want to live. We accomplish that by using the most advanced surgical technologies and treating our patients and their family members with exceptional personal care. We also accomplish our mission by reaching out to the medical community in sharing neuro-scientific knowledge and techniques.
Our Team
Select a provider below to learn more
6535 N Charles St Ste 600 , Towson, MD, 21204
(443) 849-4270$Bimal Rami, MD, FAANS, is the Director of Neurosurgery at GBMC Health Partners Neurosurgery. Dr. Rami earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed his residency in the University of Maryland Medical System. He is a fellow of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center/University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Rami is committed to providing the most advanced surgical care and utilizes the latest minimally invasive techniques and motion sparing alternatives to lumbar and cervical pathology.
Bimal Rami, MD, FAANS
Bimal Rami, MD, FAANS
Bimal Rami, MD, FAANS
Director of Neurosurgery
Neurological Surgery
Bimal Rami, MD, FAANS
Director of Neurosurgery
Neurological Surgery
6535 N Charles St Ste 600 , Towson, MD, 21204
(443) 849-4270$Mark Iguchi, MD, FAANS, is a neurological surgeon with Greater Baltimore Neurological Associates. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed his residency in neurological surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Prior to his career in medicine, Dr. Iguchi worked in the finance industry.
Mark H. Iguchi, MD, FAANS
Mark H. Iguchi, MD, FAANS
Mark H. Iguchi, MD, FAANS
Neurological Surgery
Mark H. Iguchi, MD, FAANS
Neurological Surgery
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$Alyssa Barbush, PA-C, is a physician assistant at the Greater Baltimore Neurosurgical Associates. Ms. Barbush earned her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from the Pace University/Lenox Hill Hospital Physician Assistant Program in New York, New York. Prior to her role at GBMC, she served in the gynecologic oncology department at Johns Hopkins Hospital and as a surgical physician assistant at Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Alyssa M. Barbush, PA-C
Alyssa M. Barbush, PA-C
Alyssa M. Barbush, PA-C
Neurological Surgery
Alyssa M. Barbush, PA-C
Neurological Surgery
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$Vincent A. Bottaro, PA-C, is a physician assistant at GBMC Health Partners Neurosurgery. He earned his Master of Medical Science Degree from Arcadia University, where he completed the Physician Assistant Program. Mr. Bottaro is certified through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Prior to his role at GBMC, he served as a physician assistant at Pinnacle Health Neurosurgery in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Vincent A. Bottaro, PA-C
Vincent A. Bottaro, PA-C
Vincent A. Bottaro, PA-C
Neurological Surgery
Vincent A. Bottaro, PA-C
Neurological Surgery
Our Services
Greater Baltimore Neurosurgical Associates have devised individualized treatment for a wide range of conditions including:
Back and Spine Conditions:
Back and Spine Conditions:
- Arthritis of the spine and back
- Cancer of the spine
- Degenerated disc
- Fractures of the spine
- Herniated disc of the spine
- Herniated disc in the neck (the cervical spine)
- Lumbar spine problems, especially chronic degeneration of the spine
- Pinched nerve caused by bone spurs in the neck
- Sciatica radiculopathy (a radiating pain in the hip caused by a problem with the nerve roots)
- Spinal cord injuries
- Spinal nerve compression
- Back pain
- Brain tumors
- Head injuries
- Head and neck pain
- Hemorrhage, hematoma (blood clot), or swelling affecting the brain
- Nerve entrapment syndromes, including Carpal Tunnel
- Peripheral nerve injuries
Patient Forms and Resources
Your First Appointment
Motor Vehicle Injuries and Worker's Compensation
Please be sure to mention if you are being seen as a Worker's Compensation Patient or if you were injured as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Specific paperwork is required which may delay your care if not properly obtained.
Prior X-Ray, CT Scans, MRIs
Please bring your most recent X-Rays, CT Scans or MRIs and the typed report. We request that you bring films-- not a CD of your images.
Insurance Plans
Please inform our staff of your insurance plan when you call. If your insurance plan requires that you have a referral, please contact your primary care doctor's office to obtain one. Our staff will assist you in determining whether or not you need a referral. We are required to collect co-pays at the time of your visit.
During Your Visit
We ask that you fill out a new patient registration form, or confirm your existing information if you have been to our center before. You may bring someone with you into our exam room. Our nursing staff will escort you and your family member or visitor back to our examination rooms where we will conduct a thorough evaluation of your condition. At the end of your evaluation, our physicians will review treatment options and help you understand why you are experiencing the pain or symptoms you have.
Please be sure to mention if you are being seen as a Worker's Compensation Patient or if you were injured as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Specific paperwork is required which may delay your care if not properly obtained.
Prior X-Ray, CT Scans, MRIs
Please bring your most recent X-Rays, CT Scans or MRIs and the typed report. We request that you bring films-- not a CD of your images.
Insurance Plans
Please inform our staff of your insurance plan when you call. If your insurance plan requires that you have a referral, please contact your primary care doctor's office to obtain one. Our staff will assist you in determining whether or not you need a referral. We are required to collect co-pays at the time of your visit.
During Your Visit
We ask that you fill out a new patient registration form, or confirm your existing information if you have been to our center before. You may bring someone with you into our exam room. Our nursing staff will escort you and your family member or visitor back to our examination rooms where we will conduct a thorough evaluation of your condition. At the end of your evaluation, our physicians will review treatment options and help you understand why you are experiencing the pain or symptoms you have.
Stories & Articles
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Health Alert on Brain Aneurysms
Dr. Bimal Rami, director of Neurosciences and chief of Neurosurgery, talks about the signs and symptoms of a brain aneurysm.
01/14/2017Ways to treat various back pains
Dr. Bimal Rami, the chief of neurosurgery at GBMC, discusses way to deal with various back pains.
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