Join Us to Help Shape the Future of Neurosurgery

How to Apply

The Neurosurgery Residency program at Johns Hopkins seeks to deliver hands-on experience through rotations in neurosurgery, neurology and other areas, alongside research opportunities and patient clinical care under supervision of Dr. Henry Brem and world-renowned neurosurgical faculty members. By offering a well-rounded education, the program aims to create the new leaders of the Neurosurgery field.


Program Overview

Learn more about the residency program from current residents and faculty members, and hear what it’s like living and working in Baltimore.

Learn more about the residency program

How to Apply

Application must be made through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Candidates must be registered for the match with the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP).

The deadline to submit your application for the 2024 match for a PGY-1 position beginning July 2024 is Thursday, September 28, 2023. Interviews for the 2024 match will be held in-person on the following dates:

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Monday, January 8, 2024

Friday, January 19, 2024

Applicants selected for an interview will be notified through ERAS.

Meet Our Residents

Our Clinical Facilities

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

  • 24-bed private Neurosciences Critical Care Unit (NCCU) staffed by experts in neurology, neurosurgery, and neuroanesthesiology/critical care.
  • Adult inpatient units with 58 beds, including the Brain Recovery Unit.
  • State-of-the-art adult and pediatric operating rooms, complete with an intra-operative MRI machine that provides real-time images of the brain during surgery.
  • Specialized care teams include nursing, neuroanesthesiology, neuroradiology, neuro-oncology, neurological electrophysiology, a cerebrovascular diagnostic laboratory, a neuropsychiatric service and more.

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

  • 14 beds dedicated to neurosciences critical care and intermediate care for neurosurgical patients after surgery and for patients with head and neck injuries, seizures and stroke.
  • Units equipped with state-of-the-art monitoring, mechanical ventilation and related intensive care support systems.
  • 15 inpatient service beds.
  • A range of advanced neurosurgical services, including microsurgery and minimally invasive surgery.
  • Specialties include brain tumors, cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous and cavernous malformations, carotid artery stenosis, spinal disorders and other head, neck and brain conditions.

Neurosurgery Education Leadership

  • 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
  • Alan R Cohen, M.D.

    • Director, Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgery
    • Carson-Spiro Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery
    • Director, Neurosurgery Medical Student Education
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Professor of Oncology
    • Professor of Pediatrics
  • Mari Groves, M.D.

    • Assistant Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program
    • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Daniel Lubelski, M.D.

    • Director of Spine Tumor Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery
    • Assistant Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program
    • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Assistant Professor of Oncology
  • Raj Mukherjee, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Assistant Program Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program
    • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
    • Associate Professor of Oncology
    • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • Risheng Xu, M.D., Ph.D., A.M.

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