Fall 2007

Transverse Myelitis: A Rare Disorder, Ripe for Research
Faculty and staff at the Johns Hopkins TM Center are dramatically improving the treatments and care of TM patients.

Project RESTORE
Transverse Myelitis and MS are the focus of Johns Hopkins Project RESTORE, a research initiative that aims to rapidly develop new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for these two debilitating diseases.

From the Directors of Neurology and Neurosurgery
In this time of tremendous excitement in the neurosciences, we are exceptionally fortunate to have the right people in the right place at precisely the right time in science to translate into patient care the important discoveries now taking place.

Unmasking the Mystery of Myositis
At The Johns Hopkins Myositis Center, specialists in muscle disease, including neurologists, rheumatologists and a pulmonologist treat adults with all forms of the disease.

Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders - and More
DBS is now a standard of care for Parkinson’s, but it also has broad implications for conditions as diverse as obsessive compulsive disorder, obesity and psychiatric disease.

Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Edward Ahn
Dr. Ahn joins the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins

Giving, While Living
Florence and Irving Sherman have given generously to Johns Hopkins over the last several decades, all with the express purpose of furthering neurological and neurosurgical research at Johns Hopkins.