Danielle Dang, MD

Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Danielle D. Dang, MD, MA is a Mayo Clinic fellowship-trained neurosurgeon specializing in brain tumors, skull base tumors, and complex cranial neurosurgery. She uses open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, and image-guided techniques to treat tumors in some of the most anatomically challenging areas of the brain and skull base, with an emphasis on maximizing tumor control while preserving neurologic function and quality of life. Her clinical expertise includes: primary malignant and benign brain and spinal cord tumors, pituitary tumors and other sellar/parasellar lesions, acoustic neuromas, chordomas/clival tumors, brain metastases, cerebrospinal fluid leaks and skull base encephaloceles, and trigeminal neuralgia and other cranial nerve compression syndromes.

Philosophy of Care

Brain tumors and skull base conditions often require patients and families to make complex decisions under difficult circumstances. Dr. Dang is committed to helping patients and their families understand their diagnosis and available treatment options, so that they can make decisions that reflect their personal goals and priorities. She recognizes that the best treatment is not always the most aggressive treatment and believes that exceptional neurosurgical care means caring for the whole person. Her commitment to her patients extends through every treatment to recovery, and long-term care.

Education & Training

Dr. Dang completed neurosurgery residency at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Northern Virginia after receiving her medical degree from Texas A&M University College of Medicine. Dr. Dang also earned a master’s degree in bioethics from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and an undergraduate degree in neuroscience from the College of William and Mary.

During residency, she completed dedicated research fellowships in complex cranial base neuroanatomy through Mayo Clinic’s Rhoton Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology Surgical Anatomy Program and in translational neuro-oncology research at the National Cancer Institute. She subsequently completed a CAST-accredited postgraduate fellowship in open and endoscopic skull base surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Dr. Dang has contributed to more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and national presentations in neurosurgery. Her work has received national recognition, including the North American Skull Base Society Rhoton award and the American Brain Tumor Association Young Investigator award. Her current academic interests include skull base surgical anatomy, advanced imaging and intraoperative technology for brain tumor surgery, brain tumor epigenetics, and improving clinical outcomes through effective and collaborative team approaches to care.

Dr. Dang sees patients at:

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
3800 Reservoir Rd., NW
PHC, Floors 6 & 7
Washington, DC 20007

202-444-4972

MedStar Health Neurosurgery at Vienna
8230 Boone Blvd., Ste. 360
Vienna, VA 22182

703-748-1000