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

• Director of 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, and Residency Education Program Director

• Specialties: Spine Revision Surgery, Scoliosis, Spinal Degenerative Pathology, Spinal Oncology, Spine Trauma, Pituitary Disorders

Jacob Cherian, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Residency Education Associate Program Director

• Specialties: Cerebrovascular, Endovascular, Skull Base, Tumors

Howard Eisenberg, MD

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.

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.

Bizhan Aarabi, MD, FRCSC

Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics, Founding Director of Neurotrauma Program at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

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

Gary Schwartzbauer, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, and Surgical Critical Care in the Trauma Program, Director of the Neurotrauma Critical Care Unit (NTCC), Acting Director of Neurotrauma Program at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

• Specialties: Neurotrauma, Complex Spine, Neurocritical Care, Traumatic Brain Injury

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

Mari Groves, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery

• Specialties: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Spinal Dysraphism, Spinal Oncology, Epilepsy

Alex Ksendzovsky, MD, PhD

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.

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

Whitney Parker, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery

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

Timothy Chryssikos, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

• Specialties: Complex Spine, Spinal Oncology, Spinal and Cranial Neurotrauma

Haroon Ahmad, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

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

Neeraj Badjatia, MD

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

Alan Faden, MD

David S. Brown Professor of Trauma and Professor of Anesthesiology

• Secondary Appointments: Neurosurgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Anatomy Neurobiology
• Associate Dean, Trans-Campus Research Advancement

Dheeraj Gandhi, MBBS

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

• Secondary Appointments: Neurosurgery and Neurology
• Co-Director for the Center of Metabolic Imaging and Therapeutics and Executive Committee Member for the Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Director of Interventional Neuroradiology
• Clinical Director of Metabolic Imaging and Therapeutics

Daniel Gelb, MD

Professor of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

• Secondary Appointment: Neurosurgery
• Vice Chair of Orthopaedics

Douglas Martz, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

• Secondary Appointment: Neurosurgery

Timothy Miller, MD

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

• Secondary Appointments: Neurosurgery and Neurology

Bruce Wasserman, MD

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

• Secondary Appointments: Neurosurgery and Surgery
• Vice Chair of Clinical Research - Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Daniel Cavanaugh, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics

• University of Maryland Department of Orthopaedics
• Spine Surgery

Alan Cohen, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery

• Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgery

Khalid Kurtom, MD, FAANS, FACS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

• University of Maryland Eastern Shore Medical Center
• Specialties: Complex Spine, Tumors, Pituitary

Eugene Koh, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics

• University of Maryland Department of Orthopdaedics
• Spine Surgery

Eric Jackson, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

• Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgery

Danny Liang, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

• University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC)
• Specialties: Complex Spine, Tumors

Steven Ludgwig, MD

Professor of Orthopaedics

• University of Maryland Department of Orthopaedics
• Spine Surgery

Bimal Rami, MD, FAANS

Director of Neurosurgery

• Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC)
• Specialties: Complex Spine, Pituitary

Shenandoah "Dody" Robinson, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery

• Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgery

Cliff Solomon, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

• University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC)
• Specialties: Complex Spine, Tumors

David Eisenman, MD

Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

• Vice Chairman; Director of Division Otology and Neurotology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine

Paul Fishman, MD, PhD

Clinical Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology

• University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine

Andrea Hebert, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

• University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine

Mark Mishra, MD

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

• Director of Clinical Research; Associate Director of Cancer Networks
• University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine

Bert O'Malley, MD

Professor of Otorthinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

• President and CEO, University of Maryland Medical Center

Lily Crystal Pham, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuro-Oncology

• University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine