Neurosurgery Clinical Faculty

Graeme Woodworth, MD, FACS

Howard M. Eisenberg Distinguished Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery, Director of the Maryland Brain Tumor Treatment and Research Center

• Director of Translational Therapeutics Research Group (TTRG)
• Specialties: Neurosurgical Oncology, Skull Base, Pituitary, Tumors, Focused Ultrasound

Charles Sansur, MD, MHSc

Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics, Vice Chair, and Residency Education Program Director

• Specialties: Spine Revision Surgery, Scoliosis, Spinal Degenerative Pathology, Spinal Oncology, Spine Trauma, Pituitary Disorders

Jacob Cherian, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Residency Education Associate Program Director

• Specialties: Cerebrovascular, Endovascular, Skull Base, Tumors

Bizhan Aarabi, MD, FRCSC

Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics, Founding Director of the Neurotrauma Program at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

• Specialties: Neurotrauma, Cervical Traumatic Spinal Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury

Aminullah Amini, MD

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery

• Director of Neurosurgery at Center for Brain and Spine, University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center
• Specialties: Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine; General Neurosurgery

Ken Crandall, MD, FAANS, FACS

Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics, Director of Spinal Oncology, and Associate Director of Clinical Operations and Performance

• Specialties: Complex Spine, Spine Oncology, Tumors, Spine Revision Surgery

Timothy Chryssikos, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

• Specialties: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Complex Spine Surgery, Spinal Deformity and Revision Spine Surgery, Spinal Oncology, Spinal and Cranial Neurotrauma

Howard Eisenberg, MD

R.K. Thompson Professor of Neurosurgery

• Specialties: Skull Base, Functional Epilepsy, Tumors, Focused Ultrasound
• No longer performs open surgery. Clinical practice limited to Focused Ultrasound.

Mari Groves, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery

• Specialties: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Spinal Dysraphism, Spinal Oncology, Epilepsy

Fraser Henderson Jr., MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

• Center for Brain and Spine, University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center
• Specialties: Brain Tumor and General Neurosurgery

Fraser Henderson Sr., MD

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery

• Center for Brain and Spine, University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center
• Specialties: Cranial-Cervical Junction Pathologies

Alex Ksendzovsky, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Epilepsy Surgery, and Director of Functional Neurosurgery

• Principal Investigator of Ksendzovsky Lab
• Specialties: Functional, Epilepsy, Tumors, Movement Disorders, Non-Invasive Procedures (MRgFUS, DBS, LITT) to treat neurological diseases.

Khalid Kurtom, MD, FAANS, FACS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

• Director of Neurosurgery at University of Maryland Eastern Shore Medical Center
• Specialties: Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine; General Neurosurgery

Mohamed Labib, MDCM, FRCS (C)

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the Skull Base 360° Neuroanatomy Lab

• Specialties: Open Cerebrovascular, Open and Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery, Brain Aneurysms, Vascular, Tumors, Cranial Nerve Compression Syndromes

Alhusain Nagm, MD, MSc, PhD

Instructor of Neurosurgery and Co-Director and Manager of the Skull Base 360° Neuroanatomy Lab

• Specialties: Creating and innovating new skull base approaches and providing continuous feedback between the lab and the neurosurgical operative theater. Teaching neurosurgical residents skull base approaches via extensive hands-on training.

Josh Olexa, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

• University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC)
• Specialties: Complex Spine, Spinal Oncology, Spinal and Cranial Neurotrauma, Augmented Reality and Image-Guided Navigation in Neurosurgery

Whitney Parker, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery

• Principal Investigator of Parker Lab
• Specialties: Pediatric Surgery, Adult Cranial Surgery, Pediatric Epilepsy

Gary Schwartzbauer, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, and Surgical Critical Care in the Trauma Program, Director of the Neurotrauma Critical Care Unit (NTCC), Director of the Neurotrauma Program at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

• Specialties: Neurotrauma, Complex Spine, Neurocritical Care, Traumatic Brain Injury

J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD

Bizhan Aarabi Professor in Neurotrauma, Interim Chair of Physiology, Distinguished University Professor, Chief of Neurological Service at the Baltimore VA Medical Center

• Principal Investigator of Simard Research Lab
• Specialties: Cerebrovascular, Skull Base
• No longer performs open surgery. Clinical practice limited to stereotactic radio surgery (SRS) for vascular legions of the brain.

Cliff Solomon, MD

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery

• Director of Neurosurgery at University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC)
• Specialties: Complex Spine, Tumors

Dheeraj Gandhi, MD

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Program in Neurointerventional Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery

• Director of the Neurointerventional Surgery Program
• Clinical Director for the Center of Metabolic Imaging and Therapeutics (CMIT)
• Executive Committee Member for the Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
• Specialties: Cerebrovascular Disorders, MR-Guided FUS, Aneurysms, Brain/Spine Vascular Malformations, Embolization of Vascular CNS Tumors, Stroke Treatment w/ Interventional Therapies

Jacob Cherian, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Residency Education Associate Program Director

• Specialties: Cerebrovascular, Endovascular, Skull Base, Tumors

Shyam Majmundar, MD

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Program in Neurointerventional Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery

• Medical Director of Neurointerventional Surgery at Capital Region Medical Center
• Specialties: Cerebrovascular Disorders, MR-Guided FUS, Ischemic Stroke; Aneurysms, Intracranial Hemorrhage, Neurovascular Malformations, Thromectomy

Timothy Miller, MD

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine and Neurosurgery, Program in Neurointerventional Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery

• Director of the Neurointerventional Surgery Fellowship Program
• Specialties: Cerebrovascular Disorders, MR-Guided FUS, Pipeline Embolization Devices, Mechanical Thrombectomy Acute Ischemic Strokes, Neurointerventional Radiology

Haroon Ahmad, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

• Secondary Appointment: Neurosurgery
• University of Maryland Department of Neurology
• Specialties: Neuro-Oncology

Neeraj Badjatia, MD

Professor of Shock Trauma Center

• Secondary Appointment: Neurosurgery
• University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute; University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus; University of Maryland Medical Center
• Specialties: Critical Care Medicine

Daniel Cavanaugh, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics

• University of Maryland Department of Orthopaedics
• Spine Surgery

Alan Cohen, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery

• Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgery

David Eisenman, MD

Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

• Vice Chairman; Director of Division Otology and Neurotology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine

Alan Faden, MD

David S. Brown Professor of Trauma and Professor of Anesthesiology

• Secondary Appointments: Neurosurgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Anatomy Neurobiology
• Associate Dean, Trans-Campus Research Advancement

Paul Fishman, MD, PhD

Clinical Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology

• University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine

Andrea Hebert, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

• University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine

Eric Jackson, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

• Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgery

Eugene Koh, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics

• University of Maryland Department of Orthopdaedics
• Spine Surgery

Steven Ludgwig, MD

Professor of Orthopaedics

• University of Maryland Department of Orthopaedics
• Spine Surgery

Mark Mishra, MD

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

• Director of Clinical Research; Associate Director of Cancer Networks
• University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine

Bert O'Malley, MD

Professor of Otorthinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

• President and CEO, University of Maryland Medical Center

Lily Crystal Pham, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuro-Oncology

• University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine

Bimal Rami, MD, FAANS

Director of Neurosurgery

• Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC)
• Specialties: Complex Spine, Pituitary

Shenandoah "Dody" Robinson, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery

• Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgery

Bruce Wasserman, MD

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

• Secondary Appointments: Neurosurgery and Surgery
• Vice Chair of Clinical Research - Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine