Researchers in the Johns Hopkins Division of Neuroplastic Surgery are exploring better ways of accessing the brain to prevent — and repair — visible skull defects. The division unites investigators across the fields of plastic surgery, neurosurgery, neurology, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, neuro-oncology and neuroradiology, as well as several others and the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL).

The Neuroplastic Surgery Research Laboratory has a multidisciplinary research team including several Ph.D. students, master’s students and undergraduate students all studying at JHU. The work from this lab has resulted in:

• Over 60 peer-reviewed research publications, including descriptions of three “first-in-human” surgeries with state-of-the-art cranial implants
• Several issued patents for patient-specific craniofacial implants, cranial implants with embedded functionality (i.e., SMART cranial implants)
• Various forms of novel computer-assisted/robot-assisted technologies developed in collaboration with the JHU APL

Selected Publications

• First In-Human Experience With Complete Integration of Neuromodulation Device Within a Customized Cranial Implant
• First-in-Human Experience With Integration of a Hydrocephalus Shunt Device Within a Customized Cranial Implant
• First-In-Human Experience With Integration of Wireless Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Device Within a Customized Cranial Implant
• Sonolucent Cranial Implants: Cadaveric Study and Clinical Findings Supporting Diagnostic and Therapeutic Transcranioplasty Ultrasound
• Transcranioplasty Ultrasound Through a Sonolucent Cranial Implant Made of Polymethyl Methacrylate: Phantom Study Comparing Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Editorial: Neuroplastic Surgery
• Comparative Cost Analysis of Single and Mutli-Stage Temporal Deformity Correction Following Neurosurgical Procedures

 Contact Us

• Research manager: Deborah Weidman
• PI: Chad Gordon

Lab Location

5210 Alpha Commons Drive
Alpha Center, Suite 116
Baltimore, MD 21224