Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon-scientists test a gamut of new therapeutic approaches — such as using bioengineered cancer cells to produce neoantigens that activate immune response. They simultaneously develop new tools and techniques to improve quality of life.
Johns Hopkins’ neurosurgery, neurology and psychiatry researchers — with colleagues from across disciplines — report that after 24 weeks of deep brain stimulation to a particular part of the organ, a patient’s long-experienced hallucinations and suspicious delusions entirely ceased.
Pediatric epileptologist Ahmad Marashly joins the institution as the team’s multidisciplinary experts apply new technologies and resources to provide potentially curative options for the youngest patients with epilepsy. The program is among the few of its kind in the U.S.
The institute’s clinician-scientists develop technologies and conduct research to improve outcomes for patients with stroke globally. Their efforts include integration of innovative imaging, clinical and genetic data to develop a precision medicine program geared toward stroke.
Spine neurosurgeons in the Department Neurosurgery use technologies co-developed by faculty members to advance patient care. Plus, a first-of-its-kind lab creates a new class of implantable and wearable medical devices to aid patients with spinal cord injuries.
