Our Team

Our team comprises world-renowned specialists in both neurosurgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery, working side by side to revise cranial defects and improve patients' overall health. Together they are developing and implementing new techniques that deliver optimal results with reduced risk of complications.

Co-Directors

  • Chad Gordon, D.O.

    • Director, Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery
    • Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Adult Cranioplasty Center (MACC)
    • Fellowship Director, Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, (Plastic Surgery)
    • Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Judy Huang, M.D.

    • Vice Chair, Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    • Irving J. and Florence Sherman Professor in Neurosurgery
    • Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program
    • Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Director, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Director, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Fellowship Program
    • Co-Director, Trigeminal Neuralgia Center
    • Co-Director, Chiari Center
    • Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Adult Cranioplasty Center
    • Co-Director, Fellowship in Neuroplastic Surgery
    • Professor of Neurosurgery

Doctors

  • William S Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.

    • A. Earl Walker Professor
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  • Chetan Bettegowda, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Jennison and Novak Families Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Vice Chair for Research
    • Director, Reza Khatib Brain Tumor Center
    • Director, Meningioma Center
    • Director, Metastatic Brain Tumor Center
    • Co-Director, Trigeminal Neuralgia Center
    • Director, Physician Scientist Training Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    • Medical Director, Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Professor of Oncology
    • Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
  • Jaishri Blakeley, M.D.

    • Marjorie Bloomberg Tiven Professor of Neurofibromatosis, Director of The Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Neurofibromatosis Center
    • Director, The Neurofibromatosis Therapeutic Acceleration Program
    • Professor of Neurology
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Professor of Oncology
  • Henry Brem, M.D.

    • Director, Department of Neurosurgery
    • Harvey Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Henry Brem Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Director, Hunterian Neurosurgical Research Laboratory
    • Co-Director, Brain Cancer Program, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Joint Appointment in Ophthalmology
    • Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    • Professor of Oncology
  • Justin Caplan, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Matthias Holdhoff, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Co-Director, Brain Cancer Disease Group, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Associate Professor of Oncology
    • Associate Professor of Neurology
    • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Joint Appointment in Medicine
  • Christopher Jackson, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
  • Lawrence Richard Kleinberg, M.D.

    • Vice Chair of Clinical Research
    • Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
    • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Associate Professor of Oncology
  • John Joseph Laterra, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Co-Director, Brain Cancer Disease Group, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Director, Division of Neuro-Oncology
    • Professor of Neurology
    • Professor of Neuroscience
    • Professor of Oncology
  • David Lin, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Chair, Department of Surgery, Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine
    • Division Chief of Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery, National Capital Region
    • Chief of Neurosurgery, Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
    • Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • Mark Luciano, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Director of the Hydrocephalus and Cerebral Fluid Center
    • The Berry-Brem Professor in Neurosurgery
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    • Professor of Pediatrics
  • Nicholas Robert Mahoney, M.D.

    • Chief, Oculoplastics Division
    • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
  • Kristin Janson Redmond, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
    • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Associate Professor of Oncology
  • Michael Blake Streiff, M.D.

    • Medical Director, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Special Coagulation Laboratory
    • Attending Physician, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Hemophilia Treatment Center
    • Medical Director, The Johns Hopkins Anticoagulation Management Service and Outpatient Clinics
    • Professor of Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Pathology
  • Nicholas Theodore, M.D., M.S.

    • Director, Neurosurgical Spine Center
    • Donlin M. Long Professor
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    • Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
    • Professor of Pediatrics
  • Jon Weingart, M.D.

    • Director, Neurosurgical Operating Room
    • Reza Khatib, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Professor of Oncology
  • Risheng Xu, M.D., Ph.D., A.M.

    • Assistant Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program
    • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Advanced Practitioners

Carla Bes, PA-C

Certified Physicians Assistant
Specialty: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – General Plastic Surgery, Breast Reconstruction, Adult Craniofacial
Education & Training: M.S. Health Sciences/Physician Assistant, The George Washington University; B.A. Psychology, Criminology, University of Maryland - College Park

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Clinical Staff

Tonya Cooper

Senior Office Coordinator
Neurosurgery/Vascular

Tonya Cooper

Debbie Kelly

Administrative Assistant
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Debbie Kelly