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Dan F. Hanley Jr.

Dan F. Hanley Jr., MD

Neurology

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • French
  • German
  • English

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Gender

Male

About Dan F. Hanley Jr.

Professional Titles

  • Division Director, Brain Injury Outcomes

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Neurology

Background

A leading expert on brain injury, Daniel F. Hanley has been a professor of neurology, neurosurgery, and anesthesiology/critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine since 1996. In 1999, he founded the Division of Brain Injury Outcomes and was named the Jeffrey and Harriet Legum Chair of Acute Care Neurology. Dr. Hanley is a graduate of Williams College and Cornell University Medical College. 

Dr. Hanley’s 35 years in medicine have centered on the areas of clinical trial design, organization and interpretation of drug and device trials, development of strategic research plans, and FDA regulatory compliance. He is the principal investigator for the NIH-sponsored MISTIE III and CLEAR III trials investigating minimally invasive neurosurgical techniques to treat hemorrhagic stroke. As principal investigator for the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Johns Hopkins-Tufts Trial Innovation Center, Dr. Hanley leads collaborative efforts to advance education and therapeutics via well-designed and innovative CTSA clinical trials.

Dr. Hanley has received more than 70 clinical and basic research grants, predominantly from the National Institutes of Health and the FDA Orphan Products Grants Program. He has published nearly 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals, has received the Alexander Humboldt Research Prize for his accomplishments in brain injury research, and has extensive clinical trials experience in the fields of stroke, hemorrhage, trauma, and brain infections. Of the nearly 100 researchers he has mentored, more than 40 have been named full professors, program leaders, or department chairs. His trainees lead brain intensive care units across the world. Dr. Hanley recently received the 2018 Distinguished Investigator Award from the American College of Critical Care Medicine.

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

  • Could a clot-busting drug help treat a 'bleeding' stroke?, HealthDay News (Feb. 18, 2016)

Additional Academic Titles

Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Professor of Neurological Surgery

Contact for Research Inquiries

750 E. Pratt St.
16th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202

Honors

  • 2018 Distinguished Investigator Award, American College of Critical Care Medicine
  • Hans Chiari Memorial Lecture Award, Austrian Stroke Research Society, 1/1/16
  • Visionary in Practice Award, National Stroke Association, 1/1/00
  • Jeffrey and Harriet Legum Endowed Chair, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1/1/99
  • President's Citation Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/97
  • Alexander Humboldt Research Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1/1/96

Memberships

  • American Academy of Neurology,

    Member since 1980; fellow status since 1995

  • American Physiologic Society,

    Elected member

  • American Neurological Association,

    Elected member

  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • American Heart Association/American Stroke Association,

    Stroke Council Fellow since 2001

  • European Stroke Organisation/World Stroke Organisation

Locations

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Neurology, 1983

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Residency, Neurology, 1981

    Weill Cornell Medical College

    Medical Education, MD, 1975

    Board Certifications

    Neurology

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1990

    Internal Medicine

    American Board of Internal Medicine, 1978

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