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• Chad Gordon
  Johns Hopkins University 
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Chad Gordon
Johns Hopkins University
Name and Title(s): Chad Gordon
Additional biographical information:
Dr. Chad Gordon is the pioneer behind the emerging field known as “Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery". As an internationally recognized expert in cranioplasty reconstruction and custom skull implants. Dr. Gordon is the Section Chief of Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Director for the Johns Hopkins Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery fellowship, Professor of Plastic-Reconstructive Surgery and Neurological Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Principal Investigator of the Neuroplastic Surgery Laboratory at Johns Hopkins. He also chairs the Annual Harvard-Hopkins Neuroplastic Surgery Symposium and is the inaugural President for the Society of Neuroplastic Surgery.
Dr. Gordon has performed several "first-in-human" surgeries with state-of-the-art cranial implants and holds numerous patents for patient-specific craniofacial implants and computer-assisted/robot-assisted technologies. With advanced training in adult craniomaxillofacial surgery, his clinical expertise includes neuroplastic surgery, which encompasses reconstructive surgery in the craniofacial, skull and scalp regions. Over the last nine years, he has developed this new subspecialty with strong collaboration alongside Neurosurgery. His main concentration involves optimizing reconstructive outcomes for adult neurosurgical patients including brain/skull tumor, head trauma, epilepsy, hydrocephalus, and neurofibromatosis. Dr. Gordon serves as the co-director of the Johns Hopkins Multidisciplinary Adult Cranioplasty Center with the Department of Neurosurgery. He is responsible for coordinating complex craniofacial reconstructions alongside a large group of dedicated neurosurgeons and multidisciplinary specialists at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. 
Dr. Gordon received his doctor of osteopathic medicine degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed a residency in plastic-reconstructive surgery at the Cleveland Clinic and a fellowship in adult craniomaxillofacial surgery at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Gordon's main research interests include neuroplastic surgery, adult craniofacial surgery, cranioplasty, and customized cranial implants. In 2015, Dr. Gordon became an Associate Editor for the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. This journal is recognized as the leading international journal for the specialty of craniofacial surgery, and is now the official journal of the Society of Neuroplastic Surgery, for which Dr. Gordon serves as President. In addition, Dr. Gordon serves as an associate editor for the Annals of Plastic Surgery.
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• Gordon Li
  Stanford university 
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Gordon Li
Stanford university
Name and Title(s): Gordon Li MD
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor
Areas of specialty:
General neurosurgery, Neuro-oncology, Radiosurgery
Additional biographical information:
Gordon Li is a brain tumor neurosurgeon scientist at Stanford University. His other roles in the department of neurosurgery include Vice chair and assistant program director.  He also serves as an associate Dean of stanford university school of medicine.
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• Albert Kim
  Washington University School of Medicine 
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Albert Kim
Washington University School of Medicine
Name and Title(s): Albert Kim MD, PhD
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor of Neurosurgery
Areas of specialty:
General neurosurgery, Skull base, Neuro-oncology
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  Andres M. Rubiano

  University El Bosque / ValleSalud Clinical Network

  Name and Title(s): Professor Andres M. Rubiano MD, PhD(c), IFAANS, FACS

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Chair of Neurological Surgery Service

  Other Affiliations:

  Meditech Foundation Medical and Research Director

  Areas of specialty:

  General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Critical/Intensive care, Epidemiology, Prehospital care, Emergency care, Research Scientist

  Additional biographical information:

  Name and title(s): Andres M. Rubiano, MD, PhD

  Current position(s) and affiliations: Chief of Neurological Surgery Service at Valle Salud IPS.

  Professor of Neurosciences and Neurosurgery -Director of Neurotrauma Research, Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia / Professor of Neurological Surgery, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

  Chair of the Neurotraumatology Committee of the WFNS / Chair of the International Committee of the Neurotrauma and Critical Care Section of the AANS.

  Specific expertise: His expertise is in Neurotraumatology and Clinical Research, including aspects like trauma systems, emergency care, neurosurgery, and critical care.

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  Amir Wolff

  Rambam health care campus

  Name and Title(s): Amir Wolff MD, DMD

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Dr

  Other Affiliations:

  Consultant at the Neurosurgery and Maxillofacial surgery departnennts

  Areas of specialty:

  Maxillofacial surgery

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  Colleen Perez

  Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

  Name and Title(s): Colleen Perez

  Profession: Physician

  Areas of specialty:

  ENT

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  Comarc Maher

  Stanford Medicine Childrens Health

  Name and Title(s): Comarc Maher MD

  Additional biographical information:

  Dr. Maher is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with Stanford Health Care and is chief of neurosurgery at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. He is also the Botha Chan Endowed Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine.
  
  Dr. Maher specializes in treating children who have neurological disorders — conditions of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. In his adult practice, he offers particular expertise in treating Chiari malformation, which involves a portion of the brain pushing down into the spinal canal, and tethered spinal cord. Dr. Maher has served on many national organization committees for research and training in neurosurgery.
  
  Dr. Maher has published more than 190 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, and Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. He has also served on the editorial boards for publications and organizations including the Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group. He has performed ad hoc review for many other journals and grant review for organizations including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).
  
  Dr. Maher has delivered hundreds of presentations at symposiums and conferences for national and international audiences. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, AANS, and American College of Surgeons.

  Cormac Maher, MD, FAANS, FAAP, FACS's Profile | Stanford Profiles

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  Joacir Graciolli Cordeiro

  University of Miami

  Name and Title(s): Dr. Joacir Graciolli Cordeiro Joacir Graciolli, MD, PhD

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Assist Professor of Neurosurgery

  Areas of specialty:

  Neurotrauma, Spinal surgery, Functional neurosurgery, Pain and neuromodulation management

  Additional biographical information:

  Dr. Joacir Graciolli is a neurological surgeon who specializes in the surgical treatment of brain and spinal disorders of the nervous system. His areas of interest include TBI, SCI,chronic pain, degenerative spinal disorders, spasticity, epilepsy. He is also interested in the study of complex multi-modal monitoring, neuroaugmentative and neuroregenerative approaches for the treatment of critically ill patients with traumatic brain and spine injury with the goal of optimizing functional outcome.

  Dr. Graciolli is Board Certified in Neurological Surgery from the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery and by the Landesärztekammer Baden-Württemberg (i.e. German Medical Council). After completing his neurosurgical training in Brazil, Dr. Graciolli joined the prestigious department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the German University of Freiburg, a leading center specializing in minimally invasive procedures for movement and psychiatric disorders, chronic pain, epilepsy, and stem cell therapy. At the University of Freiburg, Dr. Graciolli developed innovative techniques for neuromodulation and stem cell therapy for movement disorders and epilepsy while obtaining his PhD.

  In the United States, Dr. Graciolli completed a Neurocritical Care fellowship at the Ohio State University. Thereafter, he completed a fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery as well as Neurotrauma training at the University of Miami with Dr. Jonathan Jagid.

  Dr. Graciolli joins the UM Department of Neurosurgery to expand patient care in his field of expertise at the Jackson Health System and Ryder Trauma Center.  He is fluent in English, German, Spanish and Portuguese.

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  Christopher Jackson

  Johns Hopkins Medicine

  Name and Title(s): Christopher Jackson MD

  Profession: Physician

  Areas of specialty:

  Neurovascular, Skull base, Neuro-oncology, Radiosurgery

  Additional biographical information:

  Dr. Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who treats patients with cerebrovascular disease and brain tumors.  He graduated from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2013 and completed neurosurgery residency at Johns Hopkins in 2020.  He also runs an active laboratory focused on identifying strategies to specifically program neuroinflammatory responses to facilitate recovery in neurosurgical diseases. 

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  Gabriel Santiago

  United States Navy

  Name and Title(s): Gabriel Santiago MD MBA

  Profession: Physician

  Other Affiliations:

  Global Neurosciences Institute

  Areas of specialty:

  ENT

  Additional biographical information:

  Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery at US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. As a Neuroplastic Surgeon, I am clinically involved in reconstructive surgery for patients with both neurocranial and complex spinal defects often resulting from Neurosurgical Trauma, Central Nervous System tumors and Cerebrovascular Accidents. Additionally, I have an interest in the development of implantable neurotechnology.

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  Justin Caplan

  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Name and Title(s): Justin Caplan MD

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

  Areas of specialty:

  General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Neurovascular, Skull base, Neuro-oncology

  Additional biographical information:

  Primary Academic Title

  Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

  Background

  Dr. Caplan specializes in the treatment of cerebrovascular disorders of the brain, head, neck and spine, such as aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, arteriovenous fistulas, moyamoya disease, carotid artery stenosis and stroke. He is dual fellowship trained in both open cerebrovascular neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery, allowing him to offer patients the full spectrum of the latest surgical and endovascular techniques in treating these diseases. Dr. Caplan also focuses on treating acoustic neuromas and other tumors of the skull base, including meningiomas.

  Dr. Caplan graduated with honors from the Johns Hopkins University with a degree in neuroscience, where he spent time in the Hunterian Neurological Surgery Research Laboratory. He then earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Johns Hopkins, along with fellowships in cerebrovascular neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery, also at Johns Hopkins. He then completed an additional fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery at the University of Miami before returning to join the Johns Hopkins faculty.

  Dr. Justin Caplan, MD - Baltimore, MD - Endovascular Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 

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  Heather McCrea

  University of Miami /Holtz Children's Hospital

  Name and Title(s): Heather McCrea

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Associate Professor

  Areas of specialty:

  Pediatric neurosurgery

  Additional biographical information:

  Heather J. McCrea, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at the University of Miami and serves as the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery for Holtz Children’s Hospital/Jackson Health System.  She is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery. She specializes in the field of pediatric neurosurgery. Her neurosurgical training was completed at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. She then completed specialized fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery and served as the Shillito Staff Associate at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Prior to her neurosurgical training, Dr. McCrea completed her undergraduate degree at Brown University with an ScB degree with honors in biochemistry and received her MD and PhD degrees from Yale University. Her PhD in cell biology was completed under the supervision of Dr. Pietro De Camilli, a noted cell biologist and neuroscientist and member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. During her PhD, she studied a rare genetic disorder affecting the brain, eye, and kidney. In her clinical practice, Dr. McCrea operates on the entire range of pediatric neurosurgical conditions, but has a particular interest in pediatric brain tumors, pediatric vascular conditions including Moyamoya and AVM, hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury, craniosynotosis, Chiari malformation, and tethered cord. She also has significant expertise in the use of endoscopy to treat brain and pituitary tumors, hydrocephalus, intracranial cysts, and craniosynostosis. As part of a multidisciplinary team, Dr. McCrea also sees pediatric patients in the Comprehensive Spina Bifida program at Holtz Children’s Hospital, which addresses everything from neurosurgical and urological treatment to dietary and orthopedic care in one centralized location. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. McCrea is an accomplished researcher with significant basic and translational science contributions, and she has presented her research both nationally and internationally. While in neurosurgical residency at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell she received a prestigious Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) research fellowship grant to support her research on the role of the vasculature in supporting brain tumor growth. Her current research focuses on understanding and developing new treatments for pediatric brain tumors, drug delivery across the blood brain barrier, intra-arterial chemotherapy for high-grade glioma and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), and concussion/traumatic brain injury.

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  Kerry-Ann Mitchell

  The Ohio State University

  Name and Title(s): Kerry-Ann Mitchell MD, PhD

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Surgeon

  Areas of specialty:

  Plastic surgery

  Additional biographical information:

  I am a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon specializing in Neuroplastic Surgery. My work primarily focuses on complex scalp reconstruction, cranioplasty and patient-specific custom skull implants for adult patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures. My focus is not only to help patients heal, but to improve quality of life and restore patients to normalcy— whether it’s patients who have a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or stroke and are missing a portion of their skull, or a brain cancer patient with complex scalp or skull conditions. This unique, multidisciplinary, collaborative approach between Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery involves much more than how a patient looks. A systematic approach can help decrease the risk of serious complications and need for multiple operations, while improving important physical functions and even emotional well-being.
  
  As an OSU Wexner/James Neuroplastic Surgeon, I treat patients with scalp, skull or brain disease that result in complex scalp or bone defects. Sometimes I may simply be working with my neurosurgical colleagues to repair the skin to improve wound healing or repair radiation-induced injury. At other times, I may be performing more complex procedures to replace the bone with a patient-specific customized alloplastic implant, or using the patient’s own tissues to perform complex microvascular reconstruction.
  
  It is an honor to have the unique privilege of working with a diverse and inspiring patient population. Their compassion, kindness and resilience drive me to advance the field of Neuroplastic Surgery and focus my determination on improving patient outcomes.
  
  I believe that a patient’s diagnosis or medical condition does not define who they are. Rather, a patient’s goals and lifestyle can and must play a critical role in developing a successful treatment approach collaboratively. Together, we are able to formulate a treatment strategy that strives to optimize outcomes and quality of life.
  
  In addition to cancer-related surgery, I believe aesthetic principles are at the core of what we do as plastic surgeons. I thoroughly enjoy aesthetic procedures such as facelift, browlift, rhinoplasty and eyelid surgery, and am passionate about serving patients from underserved backgrounds. Facial feminization and gender affirming top surgery for transgender patients are some of my favorite areas of expertise. It is so satisfying to help patients achieve the best version of themselves.
  
  I am also a Research Scientist. My earlier PhD work, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Epilepsy Society and the Epilepsy Foundation, investigated the underlying mechanisms of brain disease. I developed a novel model of epilepsy that is currently being used in epilepsy studies and antiepileptic drug development worldwide. This has led me to my current research emphasis, which is to develop ways to integrate patient perspectives and feedback into neuroplastic surgery care models that highlight innovative strategies and improve outcomes for patients undergoing scalp and skull surgery.

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  Tamir Shay

  Rabin Medical Center

  Name and Title(s): Tamir Shay MD

  Profession: Physician

  Areas of specialty:

  Plastic surgery

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  Daniel H. Daneshvar

  Harvard Medical School

  Name and Title(s): Daniel H. Daneshvar MD, PhD

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Chief of the Division of Brain Injury Rehabilitation

  Additional biographical information:

  Dr. Daneshvar serves as Chief of the Division of Brain Injury Rehabilitation where he conducts research on the long-term effects of moderate-severe traumatic brain injury, concussion, and subclinical traumatic brain injury, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Dr. Daneshvar has authored and co-authored over 70 scientific papers including in JAMA, Nature Communications, and Brain, and his work has been featured broadly including in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, and ESPN. 

  He also founded Team Up Against Concussions, the first scientifically validated concussion education program for kids, for which he received the 2016 Excellence in Public Health award from the United States Public Health Services. He is the Director of the Institute for Brain Research and Innovation at TeachAids, which created CrashCourse: a free, scientifically validated virtual reality and computer-based concussion education program, for which he received the 2021 Dean’s Community Service Award from Harvard Medical School. 

  Dr. Daneshvar received his S.B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and completed his M.D./Ph.D. at the Boston University CTE Center, where his research resulted in the first dissertation in history to study CTE. He completed residency at Stanford University before joining the faculty at Harvard Medical School.

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  Chetan Bettagodwa

  Johns Hopkins Medicine

  Name and Title(s): Chetan Bettagodwa MD, PhD

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  Robert Thomas Wicks

  Baptist Hospital Miami - Miami Neuroscience Institute

  Name and Title(s): Robert Thomas Wicks

  Profession: Physician

  Areas of specialty:

  Neurovascular, Skull base, Neuro-oncology

  Additional biographical information:

  Robert Wicks, M.D., is a neurosurgeon, co-director of cerebrovascular surgery and director of the neurosurgical anatomy laboratory at Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute. Dr. Wicks specializes in neurological surgery, interventional neuroradiology and skull base surgery.

  Prior to joining Miami Neuroscience Institute in 2021, Dr. Wicks completed a cerebrovascular and skull base fellowship at the Barrow Neurological Institute followed by an endovascular neurosurgery fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

  Before starting his neurosurgical training, Dr. Wicks completed a research year in the Hunterian Neurosurgical Laboratory of Johns Hopkins. During that time, his research focused on the local delivery of new chemotherapies for brain tumors and the development of a handheld imaging device for the detailed imaging of brain blood vessels during aneurysm surgery. This research resulted in several academic publications and was awarded the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery Harvey Cushing Student Research Award.

  His research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Neurosurgery, Stroke, Journal of Neural Engineering and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Dr. Wicks has also published multiple book chapters and presented at many national meetings and forums. Currently, he is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, AANS/CNS Joint Cerebrovascular Section and Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery.

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  Natalie Wisniewski

  CraniUS

  Name and Title(s): Natalie Wisniewski PhD

  Job title: Chief Product Officer

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