George Jallo, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Medicine, joined the staff in September 2015 as Director, Institute for Brain Protection Sciences (IBPS) at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital(JHACH). The institute brings together a comprehensive team of neurosurgeons, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, developmental pediatricians, sports medicine and physiatrists who care for pediatric neurological disorders and conditions. He was the previous director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In addition to leading a neuroscience team ranked by US News and World Report he is the Physician in Chief at JHACH and Vice Dean at JHU. His areas of expertise include tumors of the brain and spinal cord, intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring for eloquent tumors, use of minimally invasive technologies such as endoscopy and keyhole surgery. He has published more than 285 peer-reviewed scientific articles, 100 book chapters and is co-editor of five textbooks on pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric epilepsy surgery and neuroendoscopy.
His research aboratory was one of the first in the world to create the models for both brainstem and spinal cord tumors in small animals. The lab was also able to safely deliver local chemotherapy agents and radiosensitizers to improve the survival.