Neurosurgery - All Faculty

• Aarabi, Bizhan , MD, Clinical Professor
  (410) 328-7371
  BAarabi@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury
• Ahmad, Fahim , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Ahmad, Haroon , MD, Assistant Professor
  410-328-7904
  Keywords: Glioblastoma, Glioma, Immunotherapy, meningioma, checkpoint inhibitor, Car-T, Oligodendroglioma, Astrocytoma, CNS Lymphoma, Metastases, Pilocytic astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthrocytoma, High Grade Glioma, Low Grade Glioma, Radiation Therapy, Proton
• Amini, Amin , MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Anastasiadis, Pavlos , PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-4453
  panast@som.umaryland.edu
• Anjum, Anam , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Badjatia, Neeraj , MD, MS, Professor
  410.328.4515
  nbadjatia@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: targeted temperature management, machine learning, nutrition and metabolism, inflammation, traumatic brain injury
• Bar, Eli E., PhD, Associate Professor
  410-706-4826 (office)
  EBar@som.umaryland.edu
• Bettegowda, Chetan , MD, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Bivona, Louis J., MD, MS, Assistant Professor
  For an appointment call 410-448-6400
  LBivona@som.umaryland.edu
• Brown, Desmond A., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Cavanaugh, Daniel L., MD, Assistant Professor
• Chang, Louis , MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  301-896-6069
  Keywords: Neurosurgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, spine surgery
• Chen, Chixiang , PhD, Assistant Professor
  chixiang.chen@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Statistical Method: Data/Information Integration; Causal inference and machine learning; Trajectory analysis; Federated learning; Cell Type Deconvolution; single cell data analysis. Biomedical Studies: Clinical studies in neuroscience; Biological Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Post-fracture recovery; Single-cell transcriptomics.
• Cherian, Jacob , MD, Associate Professor
• Chryssikos, Timothy J., MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Cohen, Alan R., MD, Clinical Professor
  410-955-7851
  alan.cohen@jhmi.edu
  Keywords: brain tumors, minimally invasive neurosurgery,congenital disorders of the nervous systems
• Crandall, Kenneth Matthew , MD, Clinical Associate Professor
  (410) 328-3113
  kcrandall@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Spine Tumors, Spinal Cord Tumors, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Spinal Oncology, Deformity, Scoliosis, Degenerative Disease, Spine Trauma, Brain Trauma, Brain Tumors.
• Dengler, Bradley A., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Eisenberg, Howard M., MD, Professor
  (410) 328-3514
  heisenberg@smail.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Brain Tumors, Acoustic Neuromas, Epilepsy and Movement Disorders, Skull Base Surgery, Non-Invasive Surgery, Focus-Guided Ultrasound
• Eisenman, David J., MD, Professor
  667-214-2369
  deisenman@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Pulsatile tinnitus, sigmoid sinus diverticulum and dehiscence (sigmoid sinus wall anomalies), ossicular chain reconstruction, conductive hearing loss, 3D-printing, acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma), stapedectomy and otosclerosis, cochlear implants, cholesteatoma, tympanic membrane perforation.
• Faden, Alan I., MD, Professor
  (410) 706-4205
  afaden@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Neuroinflammation, Central Nervous System Injury, Neuroprotection, Cell Death and Recovery, Spinal Cord Injury, Neuroimmunology, Transcriptions, Epigenetics.
• Fisher, John P., PhD, Professor
• Gandhi, Dheeraj , MBBS, Professor
  410-328-5112
  Keywords: Flow diversion for Brain aneurysms; Endosaccular (coiling) treatment of brain aneurysms; Ischemic Stroke and Mechanical Thrombectomy; Dural arteriovenous fistula; MRI guided Focused Ultrasound treatments for Essential tremors, Parkinson's disease and Neuropathic pain
• Gerzanich, Volodymyr , MD, PhD, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-1769
  vgerzanich@smail.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Dr. Gerzanich’s areas of interest include ion channels and cerebrovascular pathophysiology of nicotine, cocaine and ischemia.
• Groves, Mari L.A., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  410-328-7630
  Mgroves@smail.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Spinal Deformity, Spinal Oncology, Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors, Chiari Malformations, Myelomeningocele, Spasticity and Epilepsy
• Hebert, Andrea M., MD, MPH, Associate Professor
  ahebert@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Invasive fungal sinusitis Cerebrospinal fluid leaks Chronic rhinosinusitis
• Henderson, Fraser C., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Hooten, Kristopher G., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Huang, Huang Chiao , PhD, Associate Professor
• Iffland, Philip H., PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-6015
  piffland@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Cortical malformations, epilepsy, GATORopathies, mTORopathies, hemimegalencephaly, focal cortical dysplasia, PMSE, KPTN
• Iguchi, Mark , MD, Adjunct Instructor
• Jackson, Eric M., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  Keywords: AT/RT (atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor), pediatric brain tumors, hydrocephalus, chiari malformation
• Jauregui, Julio J., MD, Assistant Professor
  For an appointment call 410-448-6400
  JJauregui@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Spine, Scoliosis, minimally invasive spine,
• Jia, Xiaofeng , BM, PhD, Professor
  410-706-5025
  xjia@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Stem cell therapy; Peripheral nerve injury and regeneration; Brain recovery after cardiac arrest; Metabolic glycoengineering; Brain monitoring and therapeutic hypothermia; Spinal cord injury; Bone regeneration
• Kamdi, Sandesh , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Keledjian, Kaspar M., MD, Assistant Professor
  kkeledjian@smail.umaryland.edu
• Khan, Haroon , MPhil, Post Doc Fellow
• Kidwai, Farook J., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Kim, Anthony J., PhD, Professor
  410-706-3255
  akim@som.umaryland.edu
• Koh, Eugene Y., MD, PhD, Associate Professor
  Appointments: 410-448-6400
  ekoh@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Disorders of the cervical spine, disorders of the lumbar spine, minimally invasive spinal techniques, reconstruction of the traumatically injured spine
• Kong, Byoungjae , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Ksendzovsky, Alexander , MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Kurtom, Khalid H., MD, Adjunct Associate Professor
  410-820-9117
  kkurtom@umm.edu
• Kwak, Gijung , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
  (443) 963-5354
  Gkwak@som.umrayland.edu
  Keywords: Non-viral drug delivery, polymeric nanoparticles, extracellular vesicles, brain/lung/eye drug delivery, pDNA/mRNA/RNAi based therapy, cancer gene therapy.
• Labib, Mohamed A.M., MD,CM, Assistant Professor
  410-328-6034
  mlabib@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Skull Base Surgery, Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery, Cerebrovascular Surgery, Complex Aneurysms, Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM), Cerebral Revascularization
• Lee, Daiheon , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
  daiheon.lee@som.umaryland.edu dailee250@gmail.com
• Lim, Joshua , MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Liu, Xiao , MD, Post Doc Fellow
• Ludwig, Steven C., MD, Professor
  Appointments: 410-448-6400
  kfitzpatrick@som.umaryland.edu
• Majmundar, Shyam , MD, Assistant Professor
• Miller, Timothy R., MD, Professor
  410-328-5112
  Keywords: Pipeline embolization device, mechanical thrombectomy acute ischemic stroke, neuro-interventional radiology
• Nagm, Alhusain , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Ozair, Ahmad , MD, Post Doc Fellow
  aozair@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: neurosurgery, neurological surgery, neuro-oncology, brain tumors, brain metastases, systematic review, meta-analysis, epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, clinical trials, outcomes, biostatistics
• Pandey, Nikhil , PhD, Research Associate
• Parker, Whitney , MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Puffer, Ross C., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Qiu, Chunfang , PhD, Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow
• Rami, Bimal C., MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  443-849-4274
  brami@gbmc.org
  Keywords: Cervical and Lumbar spine surgery specializing in minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal arthroplasty and new technologies and techniques. Robot assisted surgery is a current area of interest
• Robinson, Shenandoah , MD, Clinical Professor
  410-955-7171
  srobin81@jhmi.edu
  Keywords: epilepsy, cerebral palsy, pain, perinatal brain injury, neurorepair
• Sansur, Charles A., MD, Professor
  (410) 328-0282
  csansur@smail.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: • Spine Outcome Studies • Spinal Deformity • Scoliosis • Spine Trauma • Spinal Oncology
• Schwartzbauer, Gary T., MD, PhD, Associate Professor
  410-328-7371
  gschwartzbauer@smail.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Cerebral edema; traumatic brain injury; TBI; spinal cord injury; SCI; cerebral malaria
• Sheth, Kevin N., MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  (410) 328-3872
  ksheth@som.umaryland.edu
• Simard, J. Marc , MD, PhD, Professor
  (410) 328-0850
  msimard@som.umaryland.edu
• Solomon, Clifford T., MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• Suk, Jung Soo , PhD, Associate Professor
  Keywords: biological barriers to systemic and localized therapeutic delivery (e.g., blood-brain barrier, airway mucus, extracellular matrix, vitreous, etc.) and development and preclinical validation of nanotechnology-based platforms capable of overcoming those barriers; cancer immunotherapy
• Theodore, Nicholas , MD, Adjunct Professor
• Tosun, Cigdem , PhD, Research Associate
• Tsymbalyuk, Orest , MD, Assistant Professor
• Wang, Zhulin , BM, Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow
• Wasserman, Bruce A., MD, Professor
  bwasser@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: mri, carotid artery, atherosclerotic disease
• Winkles, Jeffrey A., PhD, Professor
  410-706-8172
  jwinkles@som.umaryland.edu
• Woodworth, Graeme F., MD, Professor
  410-328-6148
  gwoodworth@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Brain tumors, Pituitary tumors, Vestibular Schwannoma/Acoustic Neuroma, Spinal tumors, Chiari malformation, Adult hydrocephalus, MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound, Awake brain surgery, Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
• Xie, Zane , PhD, Assistant Professor