Stroke Center Experts

Our multidisciplinary team brings together stroke experts from several specialty areas including neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neurocritical care.

Our collaborative approach involves physicians, nurses and allied health professionals, all of whom are specifically trained in neuroscience and the requirements of patients affected by stroke. You can trust these highly specialized experts to deliver comprehensive care based on your individual needs and informed by the latest research.

Neurologists

  • Mona Bahouth, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Neurology
  • Ryan Felling, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Director, Pediatric Stroke Program
    • Associate Professor of Neurology
  • Argye Hillis, M.D.

    • Director, Center of Excellence in Stroke Detection and Diagnosis, Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute
    • Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute Professor of Acute Stroke Diagnoses and Management
    • Director, Cerebrovascular Division of Neurology
    • Executive Vice Chair, Department of Neurology
    • Professor of Neurology
    • Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Michelle Christina Johansen, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Neurology
  • John Krakauer, M.D., M.A.

    • Director, the Center for the Study of Motor Learning and Brain Repair
    • Professor of Neurology
    • Professor of Neuroscience
    • Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Rafael H Llinas, M.D.

    • Director, Neurology at Johns Hopkins Bayview
    • Director, Johns Hopkins Neurology Residency Program
    • Professor of Neurology
  • Elisabeth Breese Marsh, M.D.

    • Associate Director, Neurology Residency Program
    • Director, The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Johns Hopkins Bayview
    • Associate Professor of Neurology
  • Paul Nyquist, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Bayview Neurocritical Care Unit
    • Professor of Neurology
    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Professor of Medicine
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Jose Ignacio Suarez, M.D.

    • Director, Division of Neurosciences Critical Care
    • Professor of Neurology
    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Lisa Renee Sun, M.D.

    • Associate Program Director, Pediatric Neurology Residency Program
    • Associate Professor of Neurology
  • Victor C. Urrutia, M.D.

    • Director, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Stroke Center
    • Director, Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute
    • Professor of Neurology
  • Steven Zeiler, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program
    • Associate Professor of Neurology
  • Jayne Zhang, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Neurology

Brenda Johnson, DnP, CRNP-BC, ANVP

Acute Neurovascular Nurse Practitioner
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Director, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Stroke Center

Portrait of Brenda Johnson

Neurosurgeons

  • Justin Caplan, M.D.

    • Assistant 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
  • Rafael Tamargo, M.D.

    • Walter E. Dandy Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Director, Division of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
    • Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
    • Neurosurgical Co-Director, Neurosciences Critical Care Unit
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Interventional Radiologists

Philippe Edmond Gailloud, M.D.

  • Director, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology
  • Director, Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Program
  • Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Pediatric Neurovascular Diseases
  • Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
  • Associate Professor of Art as Applied to Medicine
  • Associate Professor of Neurology
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Neurocritical Care Team

Director

Jose Ignacio Suarez, M.D.

  • Director, Division of Neurosciences Critical Care
  • Professor of Neurology
  • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
  • Professor of Neurosurgery

NCCU Doctors

  • Juan R Carhuapoma, M.D.

    • Associate Professor of Neurology
    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Romergryko Guance Geocadin, M.D.

    • Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Encephalitis Center
    • Professor of Neurology
    • Joint Appointment in Medicine
    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Marek Alexander Mirski, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Vice-Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Director, Johns Hopkins Neuroscience Critical Care Units
    • Chief, Division of Neuroanesthesiology
    • Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Stroke Center
    • Director of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care Medicine Division
    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Professor of Neurology
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Athir Hamid Morad, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • Paul Nyquist, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Bayview Neurocritical Care Unit
    • Professor of Neurology
    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Professor of Medicine
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Kathryn R Rosenblatt, M.D., M.H.S.

    • Program Co-Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesia Fellowship
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • Adam Schiavi, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • Robert Stevens, M.D.

    • Director, Division of Informatics, Integration, and Innovation
    • Director, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Precision Medicine
    • Associate Director, Precision Medicine Center of Excellence
    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    • Associate Professor of Neurology
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
  • Rafael Tamargo, M.D.

    • Walter E. Dandy Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Director, Division of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
    • Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
    • Neurosurgical Co-Director, Neurosciences Critical Care Unit
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • Wendy Ziai, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Medical Director, Neurovascular Laboratory
    • Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Bayview Neurocritical Care Unit
    • Professor of Neurology
    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Professor of Neurosurgery

NCCU Nurses

Eusebia Calvillo, BA, ADN, RN, CCRP

NCCU Research Nurse

Karissa Dushel, BSN, RN

NCCU Nurse Manager

Jessica Jenkins, BSN, RN, CNRN

Assistant Nurse Manager