Biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins was first established in 1961 as a Division of Biomedical Engineering within the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in East Baltimore with Samuel Talbot as the head , followed by Richard J. Johns ( 1965 - 1991 ) .
Biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins was first established in 1962 as a Division of Biomedical Engineering within the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in East Baltimore . 
 The PhD program began in the 1960s with Samuel Talbot as the head , followed by Richard J. Johns ( 1965 - 1991 ) .