Mike Johnston

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
• Blum Moser Chair for Pediatric Neurology and Chief Medical Officer, Kennedy Krieger Institute
• Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

EDUCATION:
• Undergraduate: Franklin and Marshall College Bachelor of Arts, Biology
• MD: University of Pittsburgh
• Residencies in Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neuroscience and Clinical Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

MEMBERSHIPS:
• Child Neurology Society
• American Neurological Association
• Fellow, American Academy of Neurology
• Society for Neuroscience
• International Child Neurology Association

AWARDS/HONORS:
• Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award From NIH-NINDS
• John Stobo Pritchard Award from International Cjild Neurology Association
• Bernard Sachs Award from Child Neurology Society

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Neuroprotection for the fetal and neonatal brain from hypoxia-ischemia
• Neuroprotection for brain during complex cardiac surgery
• Neuroplasticity in the developing brain
• Pathogenesis and pharmacologic therapy for pediatric genetic neurodevelopment disorders including Rett syndrome and tuberous sclerosis complex

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