Neurosciences Critical Care Team

Faculty

Jose Ignacio Suarez, MD
- Director, Division of Neurosciences Critical Care
- Professor of Neurology
Ozan Akca, MD
- Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Juan Ricardo Carhuapoma, MD
- Associate Professor of Neurology
Sung-Min Cho, DO MHS
- Director of Adult ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Research
- Associate Professor of Neurology
Peter Dziedzic, MS MS
- Assistant Professor of Neurology
Salia Farrokh, PharmD
- Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Jonathan Gomez, MD MS
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Austen T. Lefebvre, MD
- Assistant Professor of Neurology
Geoffrey Shiu Fei Ling, MD
- Adjunct Professor of Neurology
Rohan Mathur, MD MPA
- Associate Director, Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Neurocritical Care
- Assistant Professor of Neurology
Susanne Muehlschlegel, MD MPH
- Director of Clinical Research in Neurocritical Care
- Professor of Neurology
Paul A. Nyquist, MD MPH
- Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Bayview Neurocritical Care Unit
- Professor of Neurology
Kate Rosenblatt, MD MHS
- Program Co-Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesia Fellowship
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Adam Schiavi, MD PhD
- Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Vishank A. Shah, MBBS
- Assistant Professor of Neurology
Wendy C. Ziai, MD
- Medical Director, Neurovascular Laboratory
- Professor of Neurology

Nurse Practitioners

Marie Depew, CRNP

Expertise: Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology
David Hering, CRNP

Expertise: Neurocritical Care
Bre McKinnon, DNP MPH
Jillian Polonchak, CRNP
Batya Radzik, CRNP

Expertise: Neurocritical Care
Jennifer Tate

Physician Assistants

Dominick Tumacder, PA-C

Pharmacy

Salia Farrokh, PharmD

Dr. Salia Farrokh is a neurocritical care clinical pharmacy specialist at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and an assistant professor in the department of anesthesiology and critical care medicine. She serves on the board of directors for the Neurocritical Care Society. Dr. Farrokh specializes in optimizing pharmacotherapy for neurocritical care patients and has developed nationally recognized protocols for neurological emergencies, including the brain attack team optimization program.

Ho Yan (Karen) Yiu, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Karen earned her Bachelor of Science in brain, behavior and cognitive science from the University of Michigan, where she also completed her Doctor of Pharmacy degree. She went on to complete a one-year pharmacy practice residency at the Veterans Affairs Central California Health Care System in Fresno, California. She is board-certified in critical care pharmacy and pharmacotherapy specialty. She enjoys the challenge and fast-paced environment of neurocritical care and is committed to optimizing pharmacotherapy for her patients.

Colleen Whyte, PharmD, BCCCP

Colleen is a neuroscience and neurocritical care clinical pharmacy specialist at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC). She received her doctorate of pharmacy degree at Concordia University – Wisconsin School of Pharmacy and completed a year of residency at Aurora Health Care, followed by a second year residency in critical care at Christiana Care. She joined The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2018 as a general intensive care pharmacist and later transitioned to her current role at JHBMC. Her goals include working with nursing leadership to improve NCCU policies and protocols, as well as precepting of pharmacy students and residents.