Rohan Mathur, MD, MPA
Neurocritical CareNeurology
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Rohan Mathur
Professional Titles
Associate Director, Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Neurocritical Care
Core Faculty, Johns Hopkins Center for Humanizing Medicine
Medical Director, Neurosciences Intermediate Care Unit
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Dr. Rohan Mathur is a neurologist and neurocritical care physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He cares for patients with severe neurological and neurosurgical emergencies, including stroke, brain injury, brain swelling, coma, and disorders of consciousness.
He is also a physician-scientist focused on improving how acute brain injuries are monitored, diagnosed, and treated. His research centers on intracranial pressure, coma, and recovery of consciousness. He helps lead a multidisciplinary team developing advanced monitoring technologies and AI-based tools to support bedside decision-making for critically ill patients. Dr. Mathur’s work is grounded in compassionate, patient-centered care. He has helped bring music therapy and narrative-based care into the ICU, ensuring that care reflects not only clinical data, but also each patient’s values, goals, and lived experience. He is a dedicated educator and mentor, serving as faculty for the Neurocritical Care Fellowship and the Osler Attending Preceptor Program. He has received numerous awards for clinical excellence, teaching, research, and humanistic care, reflecting his commitment to advancing the field while training the next generation of physicians and advanced practice providers.
Dr. Mathur earned his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University. He completed a residency in Neurology and a fellowship in Neurocritical Care from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Centers and Institutes
Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Neurocritical Care
Johns Hopkins Center for Humanizing Medicine
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Additional Academic Titles
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Explainable AI, Intracranial Pressure, Acute Brain Injury, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Disorders of Consciousness, Humanism in Medicine, Music Therapy in Neurocritical Care
Research Summary
Dr. Mathur serves as the Associate Director of the Precision Medicine Center for Neurocritical Care, a multidisciplinary research group of more than 20 physicians, scientists, applied mathematicians, and data scientists. This team develops state-of-the-art artificial intelligence–based tools to help clinicians better predict outcomes and care for patients with critical brain and spinal cord injuries in the intensive care unit. Dr. Mathur and his team helped pioneer scalable AI-based tools for intracranial pressure (ICP) waveform processing and prediction, including CICL, the first validated semi-supervised framework to clean and label high-frequency ICP data for predictive modeling. In addition to his work in AI and precision medicine in Neurocritical Care, Dr. Mathur has helped develop innovative clinical and research programs focused on humanizing neurocritical care. These include programs studying the role of music therapy in patients with coma, as well as the use of audio recordings from patients and family members to enhance compassionate care in the Neurocritical Care Unit.
Selected Publications
- Mathur, R., Yellapantula, S., Cheng, L. et al. Classification of intracranial pressure epochs using a novel machine learning framework | npj Digital Medicine 8, 201 (2025).
- Bösel, J., Mathur, R., Cheng, L. et al. AI and Neurology | Neurological Research and Practice | Springer Nature Link Neurol. Res. Pract. 7, 11 (2025).
- Mathur R, Cheng L, Lim J, Azad TD, Dziedzic P, Belkin E, Joseph I, Bhende B, Yellapantula S, Potu N, Lefebvre A, Shah V, Muehlschlegel S, Bosel J, Budavari T, Suarez JI. Evolving concepts in intracranial pressure monitoring - from traditional monitoring to precision medicine - ClinicalKey. Neurotherapeutics. 2025 Jan;22(1):e00507
Honors
- William Baumgartner M.D. Physician of The Year - The Johns Hopkins Hospital (2026)
- A.B. Baker Award for Teaching Excellence, American Academy of Neurology (2026)
- Neurology Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Johns Hopkins (2025)
- Attending Physician of the Year, Critical Care PA Residency, Johns Hopkins (2025)
- Best Scientific Abstract Award, Neurocritical Care Society (2023)
- Ruth L. Kirschstein Research Service Award T32-421, National Institutes of Health (2021-2024)
- Chief Fellow, Neurocritical Care Fellowship, Johns Hopkins (2020–2021)
- Guy M. McKhann Award for Teaching Excellence, Johns Hopkins Neurology (2019)
- Robert Fogelson Award for Humanity in Medicine, Johns Hopkins Neurology (2018)
- STAR Award for Teaching Excellence, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2018)
- Carl & Brunilla Bronnell Scholarship in Neurological Medicine, Rutgers RWJ (2015)
- Distinction in Research, Rutgers RWJ Medical School (2014)
- Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, University of Iowa (2012)
Memberships
- Neurocritical Care Society
- Society for Critical Care Medicine
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Heart Association
Professional Activities
Organizing Committee Member - World Coma Day, Curing Coma Campaign of the Neurocritical Care Society
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- Get Directions
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neurocritical Care Medicine, 2021
- Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neurology, 2019
- Medical Education: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, MD, 2015
- Graduate School: Kennedy School of Government, MPA, 2015
Board Certifications
- Neurocritical Care: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2021
- Neurology: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2019
Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)