Shih-Chun Lin MD PhD, MBA, FAANS, FACS

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Pituitary Surgery

Chair of Medical Staff & Chief of Neurosurgery | Suburban Hospital; Division Chief | Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery National Capital Region; Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery & Neuroscience | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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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

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2007 - 2027
DC State Medical License 2026 - 2027
MD State Medical License 2012 - 2026
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

The 2018 Michael J. Stanton MD Award Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2019
Living the Hopkins Mission Honoree-Johns Hopkins Medicine 125th Anniversary Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2018
Best Consulting Physician Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2018

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Utility of direct wave intraoperative neuromonitoring for intramedullary spinal cord tumor resection.
Kelly Jiang, Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi, Khaled J Zaitoun, Carly Weber-Levine, Yuanxuan Xia
Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2026-04-24
Optimal Timing of Initial Surveillance MRI Following Treatment of Brain Metastases With Stereotactic Radiation: A Comparison of Six Weeks Versus Three Months.
Emily P Vonderhaar-Meister, Timothy A Lin, Anne Li, Catherine Siu, Chetan Bettegowda
Cureus. 2026-01-01
7 citations
Impact of Antithrombotic Medications and Reversal Strategies on the Surgical Management and Outcomes of Traumatic Acute Subdural Hematoma.
Vikas N Vattipally, Kathleen R Ran, Ganiat A Giwa, Saket Myneni, Joseph M Dardick
World Neurosurgery. 2024-02-01

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

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