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; and Director of the 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 of Neurosurgery; 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; and Founding Director of the Neurotrauma Program at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

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

Harish Babu, MD, PhD   

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery; Director of Epilepsy & Functional Neurosurgery; Principal Investigator of The Human Neurophysiology Lab

Specialties: Complex Brain Tumors, Functional Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Surgery, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Neuro-Oncology, Skull Base Surgery

Aminullah Amini, MD, FAANS   

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery; and Medical Director of Neurosurgery at University of Maryland, Capital Region Medical Center (UM CRMC)

Specialties: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Complex Spine Surgery, 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

Tim Chryssikos, MD, PhD   

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics

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; and Chair Emeritus of Neurosurgery (1991-2018)

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

Fraser Henderson Jr., MD   

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Specialties: Brain Tumor Surgery and General Neurosurgery

Fraser Henderson Sr., MD   

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery

Specialties: Cranial-Cervical Junction Pathologies

Alex Ksendzovsky, MD, PhD   

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery; and CEO of The Biological Computing Co.

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; and Director of Neurosurgey at University of Maryland Eastern Shore Medical Center (UMES)

Specialties: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Complex Spine Surgery, 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

Josh Olexa, MD   

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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; and 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; Medical Director of the Neurotrauma Critical Care and Intermediate Care Units; Medical Director of Neuro Acute Care 5W; Director of Quality and Performance of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics; and 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; and Principal Investigator of Simard Research Lab

Specialties: Cerebrovascular, Skull Base *no longer performs open surgery. Clinical practice limited to stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for vascular legions of the brain.

Cliff Solomon, MD   

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery; and Director of Neurosurgery at The Spine and Neuroscience Center at University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (UM BWMC)

Specialties: Complex Spine, Tumors

Dheeraj Gandhi, MD, FACR   

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery; Director of Neurointerventional Surgery; Clinical Director of the Center of Metabolic Imaging and Therapeutics (CMIT); Executive Committee Member for the Comprehensive Stroke Center; and 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; and Medical Director of Neurointerventional Surgery at University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center (UM CRMC)

Specialties: Cerebrovascular Disorders, MR-Guided FUS, Ischemic Stroke; Aneurysms, Intracranial Hemorrhage, Neurovascular Malformations, Thromectomy

Tim Miller, MD   

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine and Neurosurgery; and 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

Specialties: Neuro-Oncology, Brain Tumors, Stroke, Epilepsy

Neeraj Badjatia, MD   

Professor of Neurology; and Chief of Neurocritical Care, Program in Trauma

Secondary Appointment: Neurosurgery

Specialties: Critical Care Medicine, TBI, Stroke, Ischemic Stroke

Daniel Cavanaugh, MD   

Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Neurology; and Medical Director for the Spine Service Line at University of Maryland, Upper Chesapeake (UMUC)

Secondary Appointment: Neurosurgery

Specialties: Spine Surgery, Interventional Spine Medicine, Musculoskeletal Medicine

Alan R. Cohen, MD   

Carson-Spiro Professor of Neurosurgery, Oncology, and Pediatrics; Director of Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgery; Director of Pediatric Brain Tumor Center, Johns Hopkins; Director of Neurosurgery Medical Student Education, Johns Hopkins; and Director of the Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery Laboratory, Johns Hopkins

Specialties: Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Brain Tumors, Neuro-Oncology, Pediatric Neurosurgery

David Eisenman, MD   

Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery; Vice Chair of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery; and Director of the Division of Otology and Neurotology

Secondary Appointment: Neurosurgery

Specialties: Otology, Neurotology, Lateral Skull Base Surgery, Complex Skull Base Tumors

Alan Faden, MD   

David S. Brown Professor in Trauma, Department of Anesthesiology

Secondary Appointments: Neurosurgery, Neurobiology, Neurology, and Psychiatry

Specialties: TBI, Neuroinflammation, Central Nervous System Injury, Neuroprotection, Cell Death and Recovery, Spinal Cord Injury

Paul Fishman, MD, PhD   

Clinical Professor of Neurology; Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Neurobiology

Specialties: Movement Disorders Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Neurodegenerative Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, Focused Ultrasound

Andrea Hebert, MD, MPH   

Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Secondary Appointment: Neurosurgery

Specialties: Adult and Pediatric Sinonasal Disorders, Anterior Skull Base Pathology, Cranial Base and Nasal Surgery

Eric Jackson, MD   

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Specialties: Cranial and Spine Congenital Malformations, Chiari Malformations, Hydrocephalus, Craniosynostosis, Spinal Dysraphism, TBI, and Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors

Eugene Koh, MD   

Professor of Orthopaedics

Secondary Appointment: Neurosurgery

Specialties: Disorders of the Cervical and Lumbar Spine, Minimally Invasive Spinal Techniques, Trauma Injured Spine Reconstruction

Steven Ludwig, MD   

Professor of Orthopaedics; Division Head of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery; and Vice Chair of the Department of Orthpaedics

Secondary Appointment: Neurosurgery

Specialties: Disorders of the Cervical and Lumbar Spine, Minimally Invasive Spinal Techniques, Motion-Preservation Surgery, Traumatically Injured Spine Reconstruction, Tumor Reconstruction

Mark Mishra, MD   

Professor of Radiation Oncology; Director of Clinical Research for the Department of Radiation Oncology; and Associate Director for Cancer Networks

Specialties: Radiation Oncology Treatment of Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Genitourinary Tract, Breast Cancer

Bert O'Malley, MD   

Professor of Otorthinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery; and President and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical Center

Specialties: Skull Base Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer

Lily C. Pham, MD   

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuro-Oncology

Specialties: Brain Cancers, Targeted Therapy for High-Grade Glioman and Meningioma, Chemotherapy, Lumbar Puncture, Intrathecal Delivery of Chemotherapy

Bimal Rami, MD, FAANS   

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Specialties: Complex Spine Surgery, Cervical and Lumbar Spine Surgery, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Spinal Arthroplasty

Shenandoah "Dody" Robinson, MD  

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Pedatrics, Johns Hopkins; Director of the Pediatric Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy Lab, Johns Hopkins; and Director of the American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Specialties: Pediatric Epilepsy, Pediatric Spasticity, Cerebral Palsy, Perinatal Brain Injury and Repair Research

Bruce Wasserman, MD   

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine; and Vice Chair of Clinical Research for the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Secondary Appointments: Neurosurgery and Surgery

Specialties: Carotid Artery, Atherosclerotic Disease, MRI Techniques for Evaluating Neurovascular Disease