Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Last updated: 6/3/2025
All Meetings via Zoom 7:00 - 8:15 AM
Meeting ID: 998 6611 9702
Password: 112068
https://jhjhm.zoom.us/j/99866119702?pwd=K0ZUQzlLejY0cFdmc0MvQkpydTNqZz09
June 2026
June 4, 2026
Speakers: Michael Caterina, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Sang-Min Jeon, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, Professor of Pain and Translational Symptom Science, University of Maryland
June 11, 2026
AWARDS CEREMONY
June 18, 2026
Speaker: Joseph Dardick, MD
Incoming Neurosurgery Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: TBA
June 25, 2026
Speaker: James Feghali, MD
Incoming Neurosurgery Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: TBA
May 2026
May 7, 2026
Speaker: Dennis Wirtz, PhD
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Mapping of GBM Tumors in 3D and Single-Cell Resolution
May 14, 2026
Speaker: Calixto-Hope Lucas, Jr MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Meningioma Risk: The Role of WHO, cIMPACT, and Omics
May 21, 2026
Speaker: Henry Brem, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology , Oncology and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Impacting Neurosurgery Patients
May 28, 2026
Speaker: Karin Ahmed, MD, Landon Hansen, MD, PhD, Watru Ishita, MD, Jawad Khalifeh, MD
Neurosurgery Chief Residents
Talk Title: Outgoing Chief Talks
April 2026
April 2, 2026
Speaker: Keith Black, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Talk Title: Glioblastoma: Perspective over Four Decades
April 9, 2026
Speaker: Alan Cohen, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: The Forgotten Art of Healing
April 16, 2026
Speaker: Jeffrey Blount, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Talk Title: Observations on 25 years of Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
April 23, 2026
Speaker: Amin Kassam, MD
Chairman & CEO, Intent Medical Group at Endeavor Health Advanced Neurosciences Center
Talk Title: My Personal Journey & Evolution Over a Quarter Century: Owed to My Patients and My Mentors
April 30, 2026
Speaker: Judy Huang, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Approach to Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms
March 2026
March 5, 2026
Speaker: David Kamson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Oncology and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Theranostic Opportunities in Neuro-Oncology and Beyond
March 12, 2026
Speaker: Philipp Karschnia, PD Dr. MSc
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen
Talk Title: Data-driven Surgical Decision Making in Glioma: Evidence from the RANO Resect Consortium
March 19, 2026
Speaker: Shih-Chun Lin, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Review of Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines
March 26, 2026
Speaker: L. Fernando Gonzalez, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Endovascular Role in Neuro-Oncology
February 2026
February 5, 2026
Speaker: Sameer Sheth MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine
Talk Title: Network-Minded Psychiatric Neurosurgery
February 12, 2026
Speaker: Jon Weingart, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery Hopkins University
Talk Title: Brain Tumors - Nuts and Bolts
February 19, 2026
Speaker: George Jallo, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: A 10 Year Journey into a Culture of Safety in a Pediatric Neurosurgery Practice (2015-2025)
February 26, 2026
Speaker: Anja Srienc, MD, PhD
Research and Clinical Fellow, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Optical Imaging of Blood Flow in the CNS
January 2026
January 8, 2026
Speaker: Mari Groves, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Johns Hopkins Experience
January 15, 2026
Speaker: Annie Kathuri, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Neuroengineering Organoids for the Study of Neurological Disorders
January 22, 2026
Speaker: Timothy Witham, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Twenty Years of Neurosurgery: Opportunities and Lessons Learned
January 29, 2026
Speaker: Drew M. Pardoll, MD, PhD
Abeloff Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: GBM is not an Immunologically Unaccessible Cancer
December 2025
December 4, 2025
Speaker: Risheng Xu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Expanding Indications for Dural-based Interventions
December 11, 2025
Speaker: Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: The Genetic Program for Central Nervous System Vasculature
December 18, 2025
Speaker: Ali Bydon, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Cysts of the Spine: Surgical Management
December 25 - Happy Holidays! No Grand Rounds
November 6, 2025
Speaker: Mariano Socolvsky, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Buenos Aires
Talk Title: A. Lee Dellon, MD, PhD, Lectureship in Peripheral Nerve Surgery
November 13, 2025
Speaker: Christopher Jackson, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Dont' Forget the T Cells: Updates Immunotherapy for Brain Tumors
November 20, 2025
Speaker: Majid Khan, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Diagnosis and Management of Spinal Intracranial Hypotension
November 27, 2025 NO GRAND ROUNDS
October 2025
October 2, 2025
Speaker: Louis Chang, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: New Insights, Technologies and Techniques Over the Past 5 Years
October 9, 2025
Speaker: Daniel Lubelski, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Chordoma in 2025: Margins, Modern Radiation, and What Actually Changes Survival
October 16, 2025
Speaker: Justin Caplan, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Open vs Endo: How a Dual Trained Vascular Neurosurgeon Decides
October 23, 2025
Speaker: Eric Jackson, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Clinical Research in Pediatric Neurosurgery at Hopkins: Updates from Hydrocephalus and Chiari Research Networks
October 30, 2025
Speaker: Christa Whelan Habela, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Integrating Genetics into the Managements of Epilepsy
September 2025
September 4, 2025
Speaker: H, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Functional Connectivity Brain Mapping and Applications in Neurosurgery
September 11, 2025
Speaker: Ranjan Perera, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Director, RNA Center, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Talk Title: Opportunities and Challenges in RNA Therapeutics for Brain Tumors: IncRNA HLX-2-7 and its Host Gene HLX as a Model
September 18, 2025
Speaker: James N. Campbell, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University
President & Chief Scientific Officer, Centrexion Therapeutics
Talk Title: Entrepreneurship and Clinical Translation
September 25, 2025
Speakers:
Daniel Hanley, MD, Professor of Neurology, Director of BIOS
Mark Luciano, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery, PI PENS
Nichol McBee, MPH Research Associate, Executive Director, BIOS CTCC
Karen Lane, CCRP, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Deputy Director, BIOS CTCC
Lindsay Eyzaguirre, MS, Assistant Professor of Neurology, CCC Director, BIOs CTCC
Talk Title: After 25 Years of Translation-Clinical Trials in NCCU and Neurology: What Does the Future Hold?
August 2025
August 7, 2025
Speaker: Shenandoah Robinson, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: New Frontiers: Engineering Therapies for Neurorepair
August 14, 2025
Speaker: Maria Peris Celda, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic Rochester
Talk Title: From Tradition Meets Innovation: Evolving Surgical Anatomy of Neurosurgery
August 21, 2025
Speaker: William Anderson, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Applied Computational Modeling of Neocortex
August 28, 2025
Speaker: Nicholas Theodore, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Neurosurgery: A Team Sport
July 2025
July 3, 2025 No Conference - Happy 4th of July
July 10, 2025
Speaker: , Jawad Khalifeh, MD
Neurosurgery Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Promising Applications in Nerve Surgery: The Proff is in the Plexus
July 17, 2025
Speaker: Karim Ahmed, MD
Neurosurgery Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Bedside to Bench
July 24, 2025
Speaker: Landon Hansen, MD, PhD
Neurosurgery Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Aberrant Metabolism-mediated Immune Excape in GBM
July 31, 2025
Speaker: Jordina Rincon-Torroelle, MD
Neurosurgery Chief Residents, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Let's Talk About Oligodendrogliomas