Nisa Maruthur, MD

Dr. Michele A. Manahan is a professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a plastic surgeon practicing reconstructive and cosmetic surgery of the breasts, face, abdomen and extremities. Dr. Manahan is originally from Atlanta, Georgia, where she graduated as valedictorian from Norcross High School. She attended Harvard University and graduated in three years, obtaining summa cum laude honors. She was also elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Dr. Manahan earned her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is a member of the Alpha Omega Medical Honor Society. She completed a combined residency in plastic surgery at Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland. She serves in national leadership positions in medical organizations such as the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and state leadership positions in medical organizations such as the Maryland State Medical Society (MedChi), of which she was president and speaker of its House of Delegates. Her passion is patient care. She is dedicated to providing the highest levels of plastic surgical techniques, including microvascular and other breast reconstruction with oncoplastic techniques and aesthetics. Dr. Manahan is actively researching operative methods to maximize results and minimize complications. She has published multiple book chapters and scientific papers in national peer-reviewed journals. She performs all aspects of plastic surgery with a special focus on the unification of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the breast.

Anja Frost, M.D. is a Gyn/Ob practitioner and is a part of the minimally invasive surgery group and multidisciplinary Fibroid Center under the Division of Gynecologic Specialties at Johns Hopkins. She is also the director of robotic simulation in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Dr. Frost completed her medical education at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences before completing residency training in Gyn/Ob at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. She then completed a fellowship in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and was recruited to remain at Johns Hopkins as a faculty member. Dr. Frost is a Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence Award recipient.Her research interests include optimization of the patient experience regarding postoperative pain control, and quality improvement projects to optimize surgical workflow and patient safety. Her other professional interests include minimally invasive surgery and treatment of fibroids, adenomyosis, abnormal uterine bleeding, endometriosis and ovarian cysts.

Carlos Romo, M.D., is a neuro-oncologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Romo specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors, including glioblastoma, astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, neurofibromas, and schwannomas among others. Dr. Romo earned his medical degree from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico and completed his Neurology residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where he served as chief resident. He then completed a Neuro-oncology clinical and research fellowship in a joint program between The Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Romo additionally trained as a clinical pharmacology fellow at The Johns Hopkins University and completed training on clinical cancer research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.In his research, Dr. Romo studies drug pharmacokinetics and the blood-brain barrier, and investigates better ways to reach tumors in the central nervous system. Dr. Romo also studies treatments for patient with neurofibromatosis.In addition to patient care and research, Dr. Romo teaches and mentors medical and undergraduate students to help develop a future generation of neurologists.