Tapping Innovative Solutions and Technology at Johns Hopkins Medicine
In 2008, when craniofacial plastic surgeon Chad Gordon participated in the world’s first facial transplant surgery involving an upper jaw and teeth, he was frustrated to see that functionality could not be a primary goal.
Johns Hopkins plastic surgeons and biomedical engineers have invented a composite material that supports a surgical cavity while encouraging new tissue growth within it.
To differentiate stroke from other conditions that cause dizziness, neurologist David Newman-Toker devised a technique that looks for minute differences in eye movements.
The Johns Hopkins Medicine social media team tracks, responds to and makes sense of 480,000 brand mentions, 583,573 followers on Facebook and Twitter, and more than 1,500 questions each year—an enormous task.
Virtual reality headsets allow neurosurgeons to go inside their patients’ brains to practice maneuvers.
