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Susanne Muehlschlegel

Susanne Muehlschlegel, MD, MPH

Neurology

Highlights

Languages

  • German
  • English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Susanne Muehlschlegel

Professional Titles

  • Director of Clinical Research in Neurocritical Care
  • Core Faculty, Johns Hopkins Neurocritical Care Fellowship
  • Core Faculty, Hopkins Business of Health Initiative (HBHI), JH Carey Business School

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Neurology

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Background

Neurologist Susanne Muehlschlegel is an internationally known clinician-researcher who specializes in critically ill patients as well as understanding and improving shared decision-making and the ways physicians derive and convey health care recommendations and prognostication to families of neuro-critically ill patients. Her empirical family- and patient-centered research intersects with decision-science, qualitative and mixed-methods research, neurology, neurosurgery, and critical care medicine. She strongly believes that involving families and other stakeholders in her research will positively impact the clinical care of neurocritically ill patients.

More about her research: Muehlschlegel Lab 

Dr. Muehlschlegel earned her medical degree at Philipps-University in Marburg, Germany. She completed an internship in internal medicine followed by residency training at Shands Hospital and Malcolm Randall Veteran Affairs Medical Center at the University of Florida College of Medicine. She finished her fellowship training in neurocritical care at the Harvard Combined Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and she obtained her master’s degree in public health at the Harvard School of Public Health.

She is the co-chair of a large international guideline on neuroprognostication, a joint guideline between the Neurocritical Care Society and the German Society for Neuro-Intensive Care Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurointensivmedizin). She served as the leader of the “Curing Coma” Common Data Elements subgroup for “Goals of Care Decisions / Family Data” with national and international group members. She also served as co-chair of the NIH/NINDS-funded Family Experience Workshop after Cardiac Arrest and Severe Neurotrauma.

Centers and Institutes

Center for Humanizing Medicine

 

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

Additional Academic Titles

Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Professor of Neurological Surgery

Research Interests

Neuroprognostication, Physician-family Communication, Severe acute brain injury, Severe stroke, Shared Decision-Making, Traumatic Brain Injury

Research Summary

Dr. Susanne Muehlschlegel is a clinician-researcher with a nationally and internationally known clinical research program in neuroprognostication, clinician-family communication, and shared decision-making for surrogate decision-makers of neurocritically ill patients, especially those with traumatic brain injury, and ischemic or hemorrhagic strokes. Her empirical research lies at the intersection of neurology, neurosurgery, and critical care medicine using qualitative and mixed-methods research, stakeholder involvement, intervention design, and clinical trials. Her research has been funded by the NIH, foundations, and philanthropy. She has published >100 research articles and book chapters.  

Dr. Muehlschlegel is a highly sought-after mentor and has successfully mentored >50 medical students, residents, fellows, visiting research scholars, and PhD students. She is passionate about promoting curiosity, scientific rigor, and her love for neurocritical care. 

To learn more: Muehlschlegel Lab

Additionally, Dr. Muehlschlegel is a leader in academic faculty development. She has served the institutional faculty development programs at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School for the past decade and has directed the institution's Junior Faculty Development Program, a national, intense model for junior faculty development for five years. She is particularly interested in advocating for women in medicine. She has led an author group within the international Neurocritical Care Society who have published on gender parity in membership and leadership as well as grants and recognition awards within the Society.

PubMed - Publications

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=susanne+muehlschlegel&sort=date

Pure - Research Profile

https://pure.johnshopkins.edu/en/persons/susanne-muehlschlegel

Honors

  • 2021 Top Reviewer Award (awarded to the top 15 reviewers of this journal for superior dedication and commitment to excellence), The "Green Journal" NEUROLOGY, 5/1/22
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, (awarded by Editor-in-Chief for top 25 reviewers of the year), Neurocritical Care Journal, 10/1/20
  • Top-Paper of the Year in Neurotrauma and Critical Care Award (Manuscript: Multicenter Validation of the Survival After Acute Civilian Penetrating Brain Injuries (SPIN) Score), Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 6/1/20
  • Nominee, 2020 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Mentoring, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 6/1/20
  • Fellow (FAAN), American Academy of Neurology, 4/1/19
  • American Academy of Neurology "Women Leading in Neurology" leadership program, Selected Participant (selected as 1 of 12 participants, out of >80 applicants), American Academy of Neurology, 9/1/18
  • Presidential Citation (for Outstanding Contributions to the Neurocritical Care Society), Neurocritical Care Society, 10/1/17
  • Fellow (FCCM), American College of Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/16
  • Fellow (FNCS), Neurocritical Care Society, 10/1/14
  • UMASS Faculty Scholar Award (awarded to women faculty at Univ of Massachusetts Chan Medical School for outstanding research during times of increased family responsibilities), University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 5/1/11
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Florida College of Medicine, 5/1/05
  • Neurology Resident Teacher of the Year, University of Florida College of Medicine, 5/1/05

Memberships

  • Neurocritical Care Society
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • American Neurological Association

Locations

  1. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
  2. The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Expertise

Education

  • Graduate School: Harvard School of Public Health, MPH, 2010
  • Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Vascular and Critical Care Neurology, 2008
  • Residency: University of Florida Shands Hospital, Neurology, 2006
  • Medical Education: Philipps-University Marburg School of Medicine, MD, 2002

Board Certifications

  • Neurocritical Care: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Vascular Neurology: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2008
  • Neurocritical Care: United Council for Neurological Subspecialties, 2008
  • Neurology: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2007