Neurosurgery Clinical Faculty

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

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

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Residency Education Associate Program Director
- Specialties: Cerebrovascular, Endovascular, Skull Base, Tumors

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

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

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
- Specialties: Complex Spine, Spinal Oncology, Spinal and Cranial Neurotrauma

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.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Specialties: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Spinal Dysraphism, Spinal Oncology, Epilepsy

Assistant 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.

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

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Principal Investigator of Parker Lab
- Specialties: Pediatric Surgery, Adult Cranial Surgery, Pediatric Epilepsy

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

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.

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery
- Director of Neurosurgery at University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC)
- Specialties: Complex Spine, Tumors
Neurointerventional Surgery Program Faculty

Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Program in Neurointerventional Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery
- Secondary Appointments: Neurosurgery and Neurology
- Director of Neurointerventional Surgery Program
- Co-Director for the Center of Metabolic Imaging and Therapeutics andExecutive Committee Member for the Comprehensive Stroke Center
- Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
- Clinical Director of Metabolic Imaging and Therapeutics (CMIT)

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Residency Education Associate Program Director
- Specialties: Cerebrovascular, Endovascular, Skull Base, Tumors

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Program in Neurointerventional Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery
- Secondary Appointments: Diagnostic Radiology Nuclear Medicine

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Program in Neurointerventional Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery
- Secondary Appointments: Neurosurgery and Neurology
- Director of Neurointerventional Surgery Fellowship Program
Secondary, Adjunct, and Volunteer Faculty

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

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
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Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
- University of Maryland Department of Orthopaedics
- Spine Surgery
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Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
- Vice Chairman; Director of Division Otology and Neurotology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine

David S. Brown Professor of Trauma and Professor of Anesthesiology
- Secondary Appointments: Neurosurgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Anatomy Neurobiology
- Associate Dean, Trans-Campus Research Advancement

Clinical Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology
- University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
- University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine
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Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
- University of Maryland Department of Orthopdaedics
- Spine Surgery

Khalid Kurtom, MD, FAANS, FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore Medical Center
- Specialties: Complex Spine, Tumors, Pituitary
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Professor of Orthopaedics
- University of Maryland Department of Orthopaedics
- Spine Surgery

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
- Director of Clinical Research; Associate Director of Cancer Networks
- University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine

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

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuro-Oncology
- University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine
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Director of Neurosurgery
- Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC)
- Specialties: Complex Spine, Pituitary
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Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
- Secondary Appointments: Neurosurgery and Surgery
- Vice Chair of Clinical Research - Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine