Yes. I am very close to Baltimore and my first neurologist was at MS Center of UMM (University of Maryland Medical). He left there to become head of MS Center at Johns Hopkins, is also an Optic Neuritis (which I've never had) Specialist, and wrote about developing eye scan that looks into eyes to mark progression of MS. I now go to Johns Hopkins (although my first doctor does second opinions and research, not really patients.. I have had some doctors who have been involved in Clinical trials for a variety of things. I like my current MS specialist neurologist because he never leads me to believe he can do much for a PPMSer like me and treats any problems that might arise and responds to e-mails within 10 hours or less. I like having a MS Specialist, he gets(understands) things. PPMS is very different from RRMS and many neurologists don't fully understand that. I've been very lucky seeing some great doctors.