Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery Research Faculty

Our Research Team

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
  • Recent Publications

Anthony Kim, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery and Pharmacology

  • Co-Director of Translational Therapeutics Research Group (TTRG)
  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Bioengineering at College Park
  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the School of Pharmacy
  • Recent Publications

Pavlos Anastasiadis, PhD

Assitant Professor of Neurosurgery

 

Chixiang Chen, PhD

Assitant Professor of Epidemiology, Public Health, and Neurosurgery

  • Translational Therapeutics Research Group (TTRG) Faculty Member
  • Specialties: Biostatistics
  • Recent Publications

Eli Bar, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pathology

 Additional TTRG Team Members Include:

  • Jeff Winkles, PhD | Co-Director (Emeritus); Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Heather Ames, PhD | TTRG Faculty Member; Assistant Professor of Pathology and Anatomy Neurobiology
  • Emylee McFarland | Research Supervisor & Lab Manager
  • Nikhil Pandey | Research Associate

Fellows Include:

  • Siddharth Shah
  • Fahim Ahmed

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.
  • Recent Publications

Vladimir Gerzanich, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Kaspar Keledijan, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Orest Tsymbalyuk, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

 Additional Simard Research Lab Team Members Include:

  • Natalya Tsymbalyuk | Research Associate
  • Cidgem Tosun | Research Associate

Xiaofeng Jia, BM, MS, MD, PhD, FCCM

Professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, and Anatomy Neurobiology

  • Director of the Translational NeuroRepair and Regeneration Lab
  • Director of Stem Cell Research at the University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Recent Publications

Fellows of Translational NeuroRepair and Regeneration Lab Include:

  • Zihui Wang, PhD
  • Anam Anjum 
  • Meaghan Harley-Troxell 
  • Chunbao Rao

Rashad Hussain, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Associate Professor for the Medicine Institute for Neuroscience Discovery (UM-MIND) at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine

  • Principal Investigator of Hussain Lab
  • Specialties: Dundamental and translational neuroscience; glial biology, white matter pathology, traumatic brain injury (TBI), sleep regulation, and dysfunctions of the glymphatic system, the brain’s waste clearance pathway
  • Recent Publications

 Additional Hussain Lab Team Members Include:

  • Talha Hammad | Research Assistant
  • Minahil Ahmed | Research Assistant
  • Elisa Kackini | Research Assistant

Whitney Parker, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery

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

 Additional Parker Lab Team Members Include:

  • Reana Young-Morrison | Lab Tech

Jung Soo Suk, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

  • Principal Investigator of the Neuro-Nano Therapeutics Lab
  • Associate Professor for the Medicine Institute for Neuroscience Discovery (UM-MIND) at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  • Recent Publications

 Additional Neuro-Nano Therapeutics Lab Team Members Include:

  • Gijung Kwak | Research Associate
  • Bokyung Kang | Research Assistant

Fellows Include:

  • Daiheon Lee
  • Byoungjae Kong

Dean Wong, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology Diagnostic Radiology Nuclear Medicine, and Psychiatry

Collaborators

Heather Ames, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Anatomy Neurobiology

  • Translational Therapeutics Research Group Faculty Member

John Fisher, PhD

Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering

  • Chair of Fischell Department of Bioengineering, at A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland College Park