Michelle Christina Johansen, M.D., Ph.D.

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  • Associate Professor of Neurology

Specializes in: Adults (18+ years)

Languages: English, Spanish

Expertise

Acute Stroke Care, Carotid Artery Stenosis, Cerebrovascular Diseases, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Ischemic Heart Disease, Moyamoya Disease, Neurology, Stroke, Stroke Imaging, Stroke Prevention, Stroke Recovery, Stroke Rehabilitation, Transient Ischemic Attack ...read more

Research Interests

Cardioembolic Stroke, Stroke, Cerebrovascular Disease ...read more

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center)

Appointment Phone: 410-955-9442
601 N. Caroline St.
5th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21287
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Background

Dr. Michelle C. Johansen is an assistant professor of neurology and attending physician in the Cerebrovascular Division at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Johansen divides her time between research and clinical duties. She is the recipient of the American Heart Association Mentored Clinical and Population Grant as well as the Cardiovascular Epidemiology T32 Research Grant, which enables her to continue studying the relationship between stroke and heart health. She is also the recipient of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Scholar KL-2 Mentored Career Development Award and serves as an expert reviewer for medical journals such as Stroke and Neurology.  

Dr. Johansen completed her clinical fellowship at Johns Hopkins in cerebrovascular neurology in 2016. During this time, her research continued to develop with her work accepted for presentation at venues such as the International Stroke Conference and the American Academy of Neurology.  

She completed her neurology residency at the University of Virginia in 2015. During that time, she served as the Research and Quality Chief Resident and was awarded the Colligan Safety and Quality Improvement Grant. She designed and performed a study targeting stroke in the setting of cardiac catheterization and presented this as a junior investigator at the International Stroke Conference.  She also participated on the study team for the National Stroke Hyperglycemia Insulin Network Effort (SHINE) trial as well as the Biorepository to Establish the Aetiology of Sinovenous Thrombosis (BEAST) study. 

Dr. Johansen attended the Medical College of Virginia, graduating in 2011. She was one of only 25 students selected to spend two years on the Fairfax INOVA campus in Northern VA. During that time she served as the curriculum chair and was awarded the Department of Neuroscience Award for Excellence.  She was the student leader for the Medical Spanish Language Club and organized the school’s medical Spanish elective. Dr. Johansen was recognized for her scholarship and contributions by being named to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. She served on two medical service trips to El Salvador.

Her undergraduate work took place at the University of Virginia where she graduated with a bachelor of sciences in chemistry with distinction. There she was the outreach chair for the Women in Medicine Initiative Organization; served as a Spanish translator at UVA hospital and was named to the Gold Key Honor Society and NCAA Athlete Honor Roll. She also volunteered as an aquatic therapist at the Kluge Children Rehabilitation Center in Charlottesville and tutored elementary students struggling with math and science.

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Titles

  • Associate Professor of Neurology

Departments / Divisions

Education

Degrees

  • MD; Medicine; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (2011)

Residencies

  • Neurology; University of Virginia School of Medicine (2015)

Fellowships

  • Vascular Neurology; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2017)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology-General) (2015)
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Vascular Neurology) (2016)

Research & Publications

Research Summary

Dr. Johansen’s research interest lie in the heart brain connection, specifically with regards to earlier diagnosis and ultimately prevention of cardioembolic stroke.  Current research efforts focus on characterizing and then utilizing cardiac anatomy in ischemic stroke patients to improve stroke subtype diagnosis, codify risk of stroke recurrence and describe patient functional outcomes.

Selected Publications

Erich L. Kiehl, M.D.,Alex M. Parker, M.D., Ralph M. Matar, M.D.,Matthew M. Gottbrecht, M.D., Michelle C. Johansen, M.D., Mark P. Adams, R.N., Lori A. Griffiths, R.N., Katherine L. Bidwell, Pharm.D. Venugopal Menon, M.D., Kyle B. Enfield, M.D., Lawrence W. Gimple, M.D. C-GRApH: A Validated Scoring System For The Early Stratification Of Neurologic Outcomes After Out-of- hospital.  Journal of the American Heart Association. 10.1161/JAHA.115.003821.

Chapman, S. N., Mehndiratta, P., Johansen, M. C., McMurry, T. L., Johnston, K. C., & Southerland, A. M. (2014). Current perspectives on the use of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Vascular health and risk management, 10, 75.

Academic Affiliations & Courses

Courses and Syllabi

  • American Academy of Neurology Podcast-Lessons of the Week Series and Breaking Research segments
    2013 - 2015

Activities & Honors

Honors

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society
  • Robert F Byrd Scholarship
  • Golden Key Honor Society
  • KL2 Young Investigator Grant, 2017
  • American Heart Association Mentored Clinical and Population Research Grant, 2016
  • American College of Medical Quality; Quality Scholar, 2016
  • University of Virginia Colligan Quality Improvement Grant, 2014
  • Department of Neuroscience Award for Excellence in Clinical Neurology, 2011

Memberships

  • American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • American College of Medical Quality
  • American Chemical Society
  • American College of Physicians
  • Cavalier Varsity Athletic Alumni Association
  • Gold Key Honor Society

Professional Activities

  • Peer Reviewed Journal Subject Expert Reviewer, Stroke, 2016
  • Peer Reviewed Journal Subject Expert Reviewer, Neurology, 2016
  • Peer Reviewed Journal Subject Expert Reviewer, PlosOne, 2016
  • Peer Reviewed Journal Subject Expert Reviewer, Circulation, 2016
  • Peer Reviewed Journal Subject Expert Reviewer, American Heart Association, 2017

Videos & Media

Lectures and Presentations

  • HEAD Talks: Ideas in Neurology Worth Sharing; “Overcoming irrational fear: Utilization of IV tPa in low NIHSS patients.”
    Presentation (01/01/2016)
  • Johns Hopkins High Value Research Symposium, “Paradigm shift: Utilization of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Johns Hopkins Acute Stroke Care” accepted for presentation
    presentation (01/01/2016)
    Johns Hopkins
  • International Stroke Conference Junior Investigator proposal, “FAST-PC: The Feasibility of Using the Aldrete-FAST Screening Tool to Detect Stroke in Post Cardiac Catheterization Setting”
    Proposal
  • American College of Medical Quality, Quality Scholar, “Targeting Stroke in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab through creation of the Aldrete-FAST Score: Preliminary results of a prospective quality improvement project”
    Lab (01/01/2015)
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