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Sung-Min Cho

Sung-Min Cho, DO, MHS

Neurocritical Care

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • Korean
  • English

14 Insurances Accepted

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Gender

Male

About Sung-Min Cho

Professional Titles

  • Director of Adult ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Research

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Neurology

Background

Dr. Sung-Min Cho joined the Johns Hopkins Division of Neuroscience Critical Care in 2019 as a faculty. Dr. Cho specializes in neurointensive care and neurology. He is experienced in neurological critical care, cerebrovascular disease, adult neurology, and acute brain injury.

His training began at the Cleveland Clinic, where he was a resident in neurology from 2013-2017. He finished his neurocritical care fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University/Hospital in 2019. Then, he joined the Johns Hopkins in 2019 as a faculty.

He studied physics in the Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. He earned his bachelor of science degree in physics from the University of Cincinnati. He then received his medical degree from the Ohio University in 2013. Additionally, he earned the Master of Health Science (MHS) in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Cho's research interests include neurologic outcomes in intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, cardiac arrest, infective endocarditis, cardiac surgery, and mechanical circulatory support devices such as LVAD and ECMO.

Additional Academic Titles

Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Research Summary

  • PI: Hopkins Education and Research for the Advancement of Life support Devices (The HERALD Lab)

Selected Publications

  • Cho SM, Canner J, Chiarini G, Calligy K, Caturegli G, Rycus P, Barbaro R, Tonna J, Lorusso R, Kilic A, Choi CW, Ziai W, Geocadin R, Whitman G. Modifiable Risk factors and mortality from ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes in patients receiving veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Results from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry. Critical Care Medicine. 2020

  • Cho SM, Hwang J, Chiarini G, Amer M, Antonini MV, Barrett N, Belohlavek J, Brodie D, Dalton HJ, Diaz R, Elhazmi A, Tahsili-Fahadan P, Fanning J, Fraser J, Hoskote A, Jung JS, Lotz C, MacLaren G, Peek G, Polito A, Pudil J, Raman L, Ramanathan K, Dos Reis Miranda D, Rob D, Salazar Rojas L, Taccone FS, Whitman G, Zaaqoq AM, Lorusso R. Neurological monitoring and management for adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients: Extracorporeal Life Support Organization consensus guidelines. Crit Care. 2024. Co-published with ASAIO J.  

  • Cho SM, Floden D, Wallace K, Hiivala N, Joseph S, Teuteberg J, Rogers JG, Pagani FD, Mokadam N, Tirschwell D, Li S, Starling RC, Mahr C, Uchino K. Long-term neurocognitive outcome in patients with continuous flow left ventricular assist device. JACC: Heart Fail. 2021;9(11):839-851.

  • Cho SM, Mehaffey JH, Meyers SL, Cantor RS, Starling RC, Kirklin JK, Jacobs JP, Kern J, Uchino K, Yarboro LT. Cerebrovascular events inpatients with centrifugal-flow left ventricular assist devices: propensity score-matched analysis from the intermacs registry. Circulation. 2021;144:763-772.

  • Cho SM, Khanduja S, Wilcox C, Dinh K, Kim J, Kang JK, Chinedozi ID, Darby Z, Acton M, Rando H, Briscoe J, Bush E, Sair HI, Pitts J, Arlinghaus LR, Wandji AN, Moreno E, Torres G, Akkanti B, Gavito-Higuera J, Keller S, Choi HA, Kim BS, Gusdon A, Whitman GJ. Clinical Use of Bedside Portable Ultra-Low-field Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: The Results from Multicenter SAFE MRI ECMO Study. Circulation. 2024.  

Graduate Program Affiliations

  • M.H.S, The Graduate Training Programs in Clinical Investigation (GTPCI) in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2019-2020

Memberships

  • American Heart Association
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • Neurocritical Care Society
  • ELSO

Locations

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

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Graduate School, MHS, 2020

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Neurological Critical Care, 2019

    Cleveland Clinic

    Residency, Neurology, 2017

    Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Medical Education, DO, 2013

    Board Certifications

    Neurocritical Care

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2022

    Neurology

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2017

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