Researchers in the Johns Hopkins Division of Neuroplastic Surgery are exploring better ways of accessing the brain to prevent — and repair — visible skull defects. The division unites investigators across the fields of plastic surgery, neurosurgery, neurology, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, neuro-oncology and neuroradiology, as well as several others and the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL).

The Neuroplastic Surgery Research Laboratory has a multidisciplinary research team including several Ph.D. students, master’s students and undergraduate students all studying at JHU. The work from this lab has resulted in:

• Over 60 peer-reviewed research publications, including descriptions of three “first-in-human” surgeries with state-of-the-art cranial implants
• Several issued patents for patient-specific craniofacial implants, cranial implants with embedded functionality (i.e., SMART cranial implants)
• Various forms of novel computer-assisted/robot-assisted technologies developed in collaboration with the JHU APL

Selected Publications

• First In-Human Experience With Complete Integration of Neuromodulation Device Within a Customized Cranial Implant
• First-in-Human Experience With Integration of a Hydrocephalus Shunt Device Within a Customized Cranial Implant
• First-In-Human Experience With Integration of Wireless Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Device Within a Customized Cranial Implant
• Sonolucent Cranial Implants: Cadaveric Study and Clinical Findings Supporting Diagnostic and Therapeutic Transcranioplasty Ultrasound
• Transcranioplasty Ultrasound Through a Sonolucent Cranial Implant Made of Polymethyl Methacrylate: Phantom Study Comparing Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Editorial: Neuroplastic Surgery
• Comparative Cost Analysis of Single and Mutli-Stage Temporal Deformity Correction Following Neurosurgical Procedures

Sixth Annual Selected Topics in Neuroplastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Save the Date: December 9-11, 2022

Join us in Doral, Florida for an international symposium, presented jointly by Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Society of Neuroplastic Surgery. Topics will include head and spine trauma, cranioplasty and implantable neurotechnologies.

Contact Us

• Research manager: Deborah Weidman
• PI: Chad Gordon

Lab Location

5210 Alpha Commons Drive
Alpha Center, Suite 116
Baltimore, MD 21224