Future in 3-D: Johns Hopkins turns its surgeons into artists with new 3-D technology – Baltimore Business Journal

Surgery is an art form for Johns Hopkins surgeon Dr. Amir Dorafshar, who on a November morning spent four hours smoothing the point out of a child’s skull.

The procedure, needed to allow the 18-month old’s brain to grow properly and avoid developmental disorders, requires taking apart the skull in pieces, then putting it back together.