Sung-Min Cho

Sung-Min Cho, DO, MHS is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine with joint appointments in Neurology, Cardiac Surgery, and Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. He serves as Director of Adult ECMO Research and leads the HERALD Lab (Hopkins Education and Research for the Advancement of Life Support Devices).

• Education: BS in Physics (University of Cincinnati), DO (Ohio University), MHS in Clinical Investigation (Johns Hopkins)

Dr. Cho specializes in neurocritical care with focus areas in cerebrovascular diseases, mechanical circulatory support outcomes, and neurological complications of cardiac procedures. His research bridges ECMO management with stroke pathophysiology, emphasizing neurological monitoring and multimodal imaging in critical care settings.

Recent work includes consensus guidelines for neurological management in ECMO patients and multicenter trials evaluating ultra-low-field MRI safety in extracorporeal support. He contributes to device-related cerebrovascular risk assessments and neurocognitive outcomes research for continuous-flow LVAD recipients.

His affiliations include the Neurocritical Care Society, ELSO, and American Heart Association, with board certifications in Neurology and Neurocritical Care.