The field includes a wide variety of surgical procedures that seek to restore or replace a patient's skull, face, scalp, dura (the protective covering of the brain and spinal cord), the spine and/or its overlying tissues.
[1] Upon arrival to Johns Hopkins Hospital, Gordon formed a multi-disciplinary team of physicians, scientists and engineers.
These advances led to several "first-in-human" publications and skull implant/craniofacial computer-assisted technology patents, and allowed for the establishment of the first formal fellowship training program in Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
[citation needed] The first Neuroplastic Surgery Research Fellow was Dr. Amir Wolff [2017-18], an attending oral-maxillofacial surgeon from Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel.
Its overarching mission was to increase collaboration, awareness and synergy amongst numerous disciplines including craniofacial plastic surgery, adult-based cranial neurosurgery, biomedical engineering, and neurology for improved patient outcomes.