Shih-ChunLinMDPhD, MBA, FAANS, FACS

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Pituitary Surgery

Chair-Elect, Medical Staff, Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Division Chief of Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery, National Capital Region; Chief of Neurosurgery, Suburban Hospital; Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neuroscience, and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Office
10215 Fernwood Road
Bethesda, MD 20817
Phone+1 301-896-6069

Fax+1 301-896-8802

Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2005 - 2012
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Surgery, 2005 - 2006
Johns Hopkins UniversityPh.D., Neuroscience, 2005
National Taiwan University College of MedicineClass of 1997

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 2012 - 2026
CA State Medical License 2007 - 2025
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

The 2018 Michael J. Stanton MD Award Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2019
Best Consulting Physician Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2018
Living the Hopkins Mission Honoree-Johns Hopkins Medicine 125th Anniversary Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2018
FACS American College of Surgeons, 2017
FAANS American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2016
America’s Top Surgeons Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2017
Fellow American College of Surgeons, 2017
Fellow American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014
Teaching Excellence Award (for Academic Year 2011-2012) Stanford University School of Medicine, 2013
Service Excellence Award Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2013
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Resident Award Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2010
Top Ten Abstract Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2010
Neurosurgery Written Board Exam Award Stanford University, 2009
Phi Beta Kappa Johns Hopkins University, 2005
Paul Ehrlich Research Award Johns Hopkins University, 2004
Best Resident Surgeon, Department of Surgery National Taiwan University Hospital, 2000
Leadership Award, Asia/Pacific AT&T, 2000
Government Scholarship for Advanced Studies Abroad (declined due to acceptance of full scholarship from Johns Hopkins University) Taiwan Ministry of Education, 1998-1999
Dr. Tsungming Tu’s Scholarship 1997
Most Promising Graduate & Most Brilliant in Class National Taiwan University, 1997
Academic Excellence Award and First Place in Graduating Class (1/134) National Taiwan University, 1997
Presidential Award (10-time winner) National Taiwan University, 1990
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

327 citations
Synaptic signaling between GABAergic interneurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the hippocampus
Shih Chun Lin, Dwight E. Bergles
Nature Neuroscience. 2004-01-01
99 citations
Synaptic signaling between neurons and glia
Shih Chun Lin, Dwight E. Bergles
Glia. 2004-08-15
4 citations
Awake Versus Asleep Craniotomy for Patients With Eloquent Glioma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Shahab Aldin Sattari, Jordina Rincon-Torroella, Ali Reza Sattari, James Feghali, Wuyang Yang
Neurosurgery. 2024-01-01

Journal Articles

A rapidly expanding scalp mass
Davis RJ, Lin SC, Mydlarz WK, JAMA Oncology, 1/1/2016
Cholinergic interneurons control local circuit activity and cocaine conditioning
Witten IB, Lin SC, Brodsky M, Diester I, Anikeeva P, Prakash R, Gradinaru V, Ramakrishnan C, Deisseroth KA, Science, 1/1/2010
Intracranial hypotension from intrathecal baclofen pump insertion A case report and review of the literature
Lad SP, Li G, Lin SC, Henderson JM, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 1/1/2008
Climbing fiber innervation of NG2expressing glia in the mammalian cerebellum
Lin SC, Huck JH, Roberts JD, Macklin WB, Somogyi P, Bergles DE, Neuron, 1/1/2005
Synaptic signaling between neurons and glia
Lin SC, Bergles DE, Glia, 1/1/2004
Synaptic signaling between GABAergic interneurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the hippocampus
Lin SC, Bergles DE, Nature Neuroscience, 1/1/2004
Physiological characteristics of NG2-expressing glial cells
Lin SC, Bergles DE, Journal of Neurocytology, 1/1/2002
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Books/Book Chapters

MRI Essentials for the Spine Specialist.
Chapter: The Occipitocervical Junction.
Page 87 - 110Haines C, Khanna AJ, Carrino JA, Lin SC, O'Brien JREditors: Khanna AJ.Thieme, New York, NY2014

Lectures

Management of Acute Adult Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (Update)
Johns Hopkins University - 1/27/2017
Neurosurgery Oral Board Review
1/21/2017
Surgical Spinal Disease
Gaithersburg, MD - 1/16/2017
Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
Rockville, MD - 1/10/2017
Neurosurgery Session, Humanitarian Surgery Course
Washington, DC - 1/16/2016
Surgical Treatment to the Pituitary Tumors and Anterior Skull Base Pathologies: MultiDisciplinary and Multi-Modal Approach
Suburban Hospital and Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery - 1/12/2016
Fresh Off the Board-Trauma Review
Johns Hopkins University - 1/5/2016
Neurosurgical ICU Management
Suburban Hospital - 1/23/2015
ICP Management
Suburban Hospital - 1/20/2014
Lumbar Spine Degenerative Diseases
Suburban Hospital and Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery - 1/1/2014
Thoracolumbar Fractures
Johns Hopkins University - 1/19/2013
Management of Acute Adult Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Johns Hopkins University - 1/14/2013
ICP Monitoring
Suburban Hospital - 1/9/2013
Optogenetics in Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University - 1/5/2013
Synaptic communication between neurons and glia
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan - 1/16/2005
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