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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

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

 

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

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

 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

  • Director of Pre-Clinical Research
  • Recent Publications

Kaspar Keledijan, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

  • Recent Publications

Orest Tsymbalyuk, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

  • Recent Publications

 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

  • Khalert Institute for Addiction Medicine Faculty Member
  • Specialties: Positron Emission Tomography - Neuroreceptor Imaging , CNS Drug Development using imaging biomarkers; Nuclear Medicine
  • Recent Publications

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
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