Dr. Michael Lim is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Lim received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He then completed his general surgery internship and neurosurgery residency at Stanford Hospital.\r\n\r\nDr. Lim’s surgical interest is in the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors as well as pituitary and skull base tumors. In addition to treatin g spinal tumors, he is an expert in the treatment of brain tumors, arteriovenous malformations, and trigeminal neuralgia with radiosurgery.\r\n \r\nDr. Lim's primary research interest is in developing immune-based therapies again st brain tumors. As the Director of the Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, his research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of immune evasion by primary brain tumors with the goal of translation to novel therapies against gliomas. In addition, Dr. Lim has served as the site principal investigator for several immunotherapy clinical trials.