Stroke Center Experts

Our multidisciplinary team brings together stroke experts from several specialty areas including neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neurocritical care.

Our collaborative approach involves physicians, nurses and allied health professionals, all of whom are specifically trained in neuroscience and the requirements of patients affected by stroke. You can trust these highly specialized experts to deliver comprehensive care based on your individual needs and informed by the latest research.

Neurologists

Mona Bahouth MD PhD
- Associate Professor of Neurology
Ryan Felling MD PhD
- Director, Pediatric Stroke Program
- Associate Professor of Neurology
Argye Elizabeth Hillis-Trupe MD
- Director, Center of Excellence in Stroke Detection and Diagnosis, Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute
- Professor of Neurology
Michelle C. Johansen MD PhD
- Associate Professor of Neurology
John Krakauer MD
- Director, the Center for the Study of Motor Learning and Brain Repair
- Professor of Neurology
Raf H. Llinas MD
- Director, Neurology at Johns Hopkins Bayview
- Professor of Neurology
Liz Breese Marsh MD
- Associate Director, Neurology Residency Program
- Associate Professor of Neurology
Paul A. Nyquist MD MPH
- Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Bayview Neurocritical Care Unit
- Professor of Neurology
Jose Ignacio Suarez MD
- Director, Division of Neurosciences Critical Care
- Professor of Neurology
Lisa Renee Sun MD
- Associate Program Director, Pediatric Neurology Residency Program
- Associate Professor of Neurology
Victor Cruz Urrutia MD
- Director, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Stroke Center
- Professor of Neurology
Steven Zeiler MD PhD
- Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program
- Associate Professor of Neurology
Jayne Zhang MD
- Assistant Professor of Neurology

Brenda Johnson, DnP, CRNP-BC, ANVP

Acute Neurovascular Nurse Practitioner
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Director, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Stroke Center

Neurosurgeons

Justin Caplan MD
- Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Judy Huang MD
- Vice Chair, Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Professor of Neurosurgery
Rafael J. Tamargo MD
- Walter E. Dandy Professor of Neurosurgery
- Professor of Neurosurgery

Interventional Radiologists

Philippe Gailloud MD

Director, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology
Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Neurocritical Care Team

Director

Jose Ignacio Suarez MD

Director, Division of Neurosciences Critical Care
Professor of Neurology

NCCU Doctors

Juan Ricardo Carhuapoma MD
- Associate Professor of Neurology
Romer Geocadin MD
- Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Encephalitis Center
- Professor of Neurology
Mark A. Mirski MD PhD
- Vice-Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
- Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Athir Morad MD
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Paul A. Nyquist MD MPH
- Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Bayview Neurocritical Care Unit
- Professor of Neurology
Kate Rosenblatt MD MHS
- Program Co-Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesia Fellowship
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Adam Schiavi MD PhD
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Robert David Stevens MD
- Director, Division of Informatics, Integration, and Innovation
- Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Rafael J. Tamargo MD
- Walter E. Dandy Professor of Neurosurgery
- Professor of Neurosurgery
Wendy C. Ziai MD
- Medical Director, Neurovascular Laboratory
- Professor of Neurology

NCCU Nurses

Eusebia Calvillo, BA, ADN, RN, CCRP

NCCU Research Nurse

Karissa Dushel, BSN, RN

NCCU Nurse Manager

Jessica Jenkins, BSN, RN, CNRN

Assistant Nurse Manager