4th Annual Michael V. Johnston Lectureship & Grand Rounds (Hybrid)

*This event is for Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Medical Staff only.* The Dr. Michael V. Johnston Lectureship celebrates and honors the enduring legacy of Michael (Mike) V. Johnston, MD (1946-2022) who was a world-renowned child neurologist and research scientist, serving as chief medical officer and Executive Vice President at Kennedy Krieger Institute and professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for over three decades. Growing up as the son of a rural primary care physician and a nurse practicing in a small town outside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the young Mike was exposed to medicine at a very young age. He attended Franklin and Marshall College before going on to medical school at the University of Pittsburgh, from which he graduated cum laude in 1971. His post-doctoral training included work in pediatrics, neurology, pharmacology, and pediatric neurology. He held faculty positions at the University of Michigan Medical School and University of Michigan Hospitals before returning to Baltimore in 1988. Dr. Johnston's research focused on developing therapies to reduce brain injury in infants and children as well as to promote recovery by enhancing brain plasticity. His laboratory was one of the first to describe the mechanisms through which the neurotransmitter glutamate triggers brain injury from lack of oxygen, trauma and other insults. Accordingly, Dr. Johnston's research has proved to be relevant to a broad range of Neurodevelopmental disabilities including cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, genetic metabolic disorders, and epilepsy as well as brain injury from trauma. He also mentored countless young researchers and clinicians and was generous with his time. In recognition of his achievements, he in addition received numerous honors and awards including the Bernard Sachs Award from the Child Neurology Society, and the Frank Ford Lecture Award from the International Child Neurology Asso