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, 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 Clinical 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 Neurological Surgery
Judy Huang, MD
- Vice Chair, Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Professor of Neurological Surgery
Rafael J. Tamargo, MD
- Walter E. Dandy Professor of Neurosurgery
- Professor of Neurological Surgery

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 MBA
- 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 Neurological Surgery
Wendy C. Ziai, MD
- Medical Director, Neurovascular Laboratory
- Professor of Neurology