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Office
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Howard County
11085 Little Patuxent Parkway The Medical Arts Building, Suite 103
Columbia, MD 21044
Summary
- Dr. Michael Marohn was recruited in 2004 by Dr. Julie Freischlag to join Johns Hopkins after 20 years pushing emerging surgical technologies in the US Military. He left the US Military as a USAF Colonel & Vice-Chair of Surgery, Uniformed Services University. A pioneer in minimally invasive surgery (MIS), he co-founded DOD’s Emerging Surgery Technology program, conducting >250 courses for >2,500 Military surgeons worldwide, teaching basic & advanced MIS, image guided surgery, ultrasound, surgical endoscopy, & surgical robotics. For ten years, he was Associate Program Director of Walter Reed’s General Surgery Residency. At Johns Hopkins, he succeeded Dr. Mark Talamini as MIS Fellowship Program Director for 7 years. He directed Hopkins’ Minimally Invasive Surgery Training & Innovation Center (MISTIC) for 10 years while maintaining a busy advanced MIS surgical practice, focusing on foregut, hindgut, and solid organ problems, including robotic surgery. Her remains a ‘go to’ senior surgeon at Johns Hopkins for complex, reoperative MIS cases. A NOTES pioneer, he was a founding member of SAGES/ASGE NOSCAR- providing leadership for the safe investigation of NOTES. He has a longstanding interest in global health- using laparoscopy as a development tool in Peru, China, Mongolia, Moldova, Korea, and elsewhere. A collaborative innovator, Dr. Marohn remains a champion of transdisciplinary efforts to harness technology for improved patient care & safety. He is a member of the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence. He received both Teacher of the Year for Surgery Residents and Teacher of the Year for Surgery Medical Students at Johns Hopkins in 2019- both programs ranked first in the nation.
Education & Training
- School of Aerospace MedicineMilitary, 1987
- San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 1979 - 1985
- San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1981 - 1982
- Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern UniversityClass of 1979
- Indiana UniversityNon-degree, Pre-Medical, 1975
- Dartmouth CollegeNon-degree, Pre-Medical, 1974
- Dartmouth CollegeA.B., Psychology, 1969 - 1973
Certifications & Licensure
- VA State License 1988 - 2026
- MD State License 1987 - 2025
- TX State License 1980 - 2005
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- Society Apothecaries of LondonMedical Care of Catastrophes
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Outstanding Medical Student Teacher in Surgery 2019 Johns Hopkins, 2019
- Keith D. Lillemoe Outstanding Resident Teacher Award 2019 Johns Hopkins, 2019
- Baltimore Magazine Top Doctor Baltimore Magazine, 2018
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 5 citationsBest Practices in Treatment of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease: A Multidisciplinary Modified Delphi Study.Afrin N Kamal, Shumon I Dhar, Jonathan M Bock, John O Clarke, Jerome R Lechien
Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2023-04-01 - 3 citationsSurgineering: curriculum concept for experiential learning in upper-level biomedical engineering.Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, G. L. Adrales, William S. Anderson, John P. Carey, Francis X. Creighton
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 2020-01-01 - 3 citationsSurvivorship care for early-stage colorectal cancer: a national survey of general surgeons and colorectal surgeons.Y. Choi, J. H. Huntley, J. E. Efron, K. Sato, M. R. Marohn
Colorectal Disease. 2018-07-16
Journal Articles
- Perioperative prescribing habits in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a call for standardizationLamore RF 3rd, Heckenbleiker EM, Ha C, Salvatori R, Harris LH, Marohn MR, Gearhart SD, Efron JE, Wick EC, JAMASurg, 3/19/2014
- Defining recurrence after paraesophageal hernia repair: correlating syptoms and radiographic findingsLidor AO, Kawaji Q, Stern M, Fleming RM, Schweitzer MA, Marohn MR, Surg, 8/1/2013
- Serum anti-glycan antibody biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis and progression: a systematic review and meta-analysisKaul A, Huftless S, Liu L, Bayless TM, Marohn MR, Li X, Inflamm Bowel Dis, 10/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Developing advanced laparoscopic surgery in Mongolia.Wells KM, Price RR, Sergelen O, Lkhagvabayar B, Enkh-Amgalan T, Price MD, Marohn MR, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 4/1/2014
- Remote robotic nephrectomy using the public internet: inexpensive telesurgery.Schenkman NS, Sterbis J, Marohn MR Hanly E, Herman B, Shih S, Broderick T, Hartnett B, Doarn C, American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 5/20/2006
- Remote stereoscopic robotic telesurgery using the public internet.Hanly EJ, Miller BE, Herman BC, Marohn MR, Broderick TJ, Shih SP, Sterbis JR, Doarn CR, Harnett B, Hasser CJ, Talamini MA, Meireles O, Moses GR, Marchessault R, Schenk..., Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 4/26/2006
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Lectures
- "NOTES/ Transanal Surgery Panel" Session ChairSalt Lake City, UT - 4/1/2014
- "Frontiers in Surgery: Laparoscopy, Robotics, Notes…"Baltimore, MD - 2/26/2014
- Surgery Grand Rounds: "Notes on Laparoscopy as a Tool for Global Health"Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD - 1/9/2014
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Other
- "2007 Poster Session Proceedings." (DVD-ROM format)Schwaitzberg S, Scott, D, Marohn MR, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 17-2
SAGES, Las Vegas - 1/1/2007 - Remote robotic surgery using the public internet: Cheap transcontinental telesurgery.Hanly EJ, Miller BE, Herman BC, Marohn MR, Broderick TJ, Shih SP, Sterbis JR, Doarn CR, Hammet B, Hasser CJ, Talamini MA, Moses GR, Marchessault R, Schenkman NS, Telemed and E Health
1/1/2006 - "Getting started: challenges and strategies."Marohn MR, Basic Ultrasound, CD-ROM format, edited by Smith R
American College of Surgeons, Chicago - 1/1/2004 - Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Fellow
- Treasurer- SAGES Foundation
- Member
- Fellow
Other Languages
- French
External Links
- Johns Hopkins Physicianshttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/michael-marohn
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