Carlos A. Pardo-villamizar MD

Dr. Carlos A. Pardo-Villamizar is a clinical neurologist and neuropathologist and is currently a Professor of Neurology (Divisions of Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfectious Disorders and Advanced Clinical Neurology) and Pathology (Neuropathology) at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. His clinical expertise centers on neuro-immunological and infectious disorders of the nervous system, with a particular focus on myelitis, neurosarcoidosis, multiple sclerosis, and neurological complications of infections. He is the principal investigator of the Neuroimmunopathology Laboratory and Director of the Johns Hopkins Myelitis & Myelopathy Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital. 

Dr. Pardo’s research interest focuses on the role of neuroimmune factors in the pathogenesis of neurological disorders and the study of biomarkers of neuro-immunological and infectious disorders. His laboratory has contributed to the study of the role of microglia activation in the cerebral cortex and the function of cytokines and chemokines as factors involved in neurobiological processes associated with disturbances of developmental and neurobehavioral trajectories that characterize HIV infection, multiple sclerosis, and autism. His laboratory is also working on the identification of cerebrospinal fluid and blood biomarkers that may facilitate a better understanding of pathogenesis and phenotypic characterization of neuroimmunological disorders.

Dr. Pardo also focuses on global neurology research and is the principal investigator in the Neuroinfections Emerging in the Americas Study (NEAS), a multicenter study of the role of emerging infections in the pathogenesis of acute neuroinflammatory disorders such as encephalitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), myelitis and other complications of viral and bacterial infections. NEAS is a collaborative study that involves 12 university-based medical centers in Colombia (South America).