
Mari Louise Groves, MD
Brain and Tumor Neurosurgery
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Mari Louise Groves
Professional Titles
- Assistant Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Background
Mari Groves is a Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon who cares for children with brain and spinal cord tumors (benign and cancerous), skeletal dysplasia, and spinal deformities such as neuromuscular and early scoliosis. She also sees patients diagnosed with Chiari malformations, spasticity and epilepsy.
She specializes in treating patients with all types of spina bifida, including myelomeningocele. As part of the Johns Hopkins Center for Fetal Therapy, she is an expert in prenatal closure techniques such as minimally invasive fetoscopic repair of myelomeningocele (when the spina bifida defect is repaired before birth). Offering a transitional practice model of care, she follows patients diagnosed with spina bifida from birth to adulthood.
Dr. Groves chose to pursue neurosurgery because it allows her to treat patients with complex conditions and help improve the quality of children’s lives. Her research interests focus on pediatric spinal disease and how surgical intervention can impact growth and neurological function during a child’s life. She is committed to building programs that support patients with congenital disorders as they age. Pediatric patients often age out of existing programs and have difficulty locating physicians and treating teams that understand their conditions. At Johns Hopkins, we have a unique ability to provide this type of comprehensive care.
Dr. Groves earned her medical degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2007. She completed residency training in 2014 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she remained for a neurosurgery fellowship, which she finished in 2015. She also completed a spinal deformity fellowship at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Philadelphia.
Centers and Institutes
Videos
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Treating Patients with Neurologic Conditions from Prenatal Stages Through Adulthood, Johns Hopkins Medicine (September 13, 2024)
Research Interests
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors, Skeletal Dysplasia, Spinal Deformity
Selected Publications
Groves ML, Zadnik PL, Kaloostian P, Sui J, Goodwin CR, Wolinsky JP, Witham TF, Bydon A, Gokaslan ZL, Sciubba DM. Epidemiologic, functional, and oncologic outcome analysis of spinal sarcomas treated surgically at a single institution over 10 years. Spine J. 2015 Jan 1;15(1):110-4. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.07.005. Epub 2014 Jul 17.
Liu A, Sankey EW, Bettegowda C, Burger PC, Jallo GI, Groves ML. Poor prognosis despite aggressive treatment in adults with intramedullary spinal cord glioblastoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2015 Oct;22(10):1628-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.05.008. Epub 2015 Jun 30.
Wang Y, Springer S, Zhang M, McMahon KW, Kinde I, Dobbyn L, Ptak J, Brem H, Chaichana K, Gallia GL, Gokaslan ZL, Groves ML, Jallo GI, Lim M, Olivi A, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Rigamonti D, Riggins GJ, Sciubba DM, Weingart JD, Wolinsky JP, Ye X, Oba-Shinjo SM, Marie SK, Holdhoff M, Agrawal N, Diaz LA Jr, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Bettegowda C. Detection of tumor-derived DNA in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with primary tumors of the brain and spinal cord. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Aug 4;112(31):9704-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1511694112. Epub 2015 Jul 20.
Honors
- Baltimore Magazine Top Doctor 2024
- Neuro-Oncology Research Fellowship, NIH Johns Hopkins, 1/1/11
- Membership to Alpha Omega, Vanderbilt University, 1/1/06
Memberships
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
- American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Professional Activities
NeuroHope, Inc., Founding Member and Executive Director
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
- 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-6406
- fax: 410-955-6402
Expertise
Education
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Fellowship, 2015Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Neurological Surgery, 2015Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2014Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2007Board Certifications
Neurological Surgery
American Board of Neurological Surgery, 2019Pediatric Neurological Surgery
American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, 2019Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)