Donald Lawrence Gilbert MD MS

Founder, Movement Disorder Clinic and Tourette's Syndrome Clinic, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Summary

Donald Gilbert, MD MS, is a professor of pediatrics and neurology, based at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine since 1998. He completed his residency in child neurology at Johns Hopkins University and holds a medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Gilbert's areas of expertise include movement disorders, Tourette syndrome, dystonia, ataxia, and spastic paraplegia. He has contributed significantly to the field through numerous publications and has been involved in clinical trials related to Tourette's disorder and other movement disorders. Dr. Gilbert has received several awards for his teaching and contributions to neurology, including the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Program Director Award from ACGME and recognition from the American Academy of Neurology.

University of Michigan School of Public HealthMaster's, Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis, 2001 - 2003
University of CincinnatiNo Degree, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 1998 - 2001
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Child Neurology, 1995 - 1998
University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1993
Princeton UniversityAB, Philosophy, Cum Laude, 1983 - 1987

IN State Medical License 2021 - 2027
KY State Medical License 2008 - 2027
OH State Medical License 1998 - 2027
MD State Medical License 1997 - 1998
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

PubMed

Complementary and Integrative Medicine for the Treatment of Tourette's Syndrome.
Tamara Pringsheim, Catherine Deans, Saar Anis, Poonam Bhatia, Kevin Black
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 2026-05-01
Recessive AARS1 variants perturb human and mouse development.
Jennifer L Watts, Nicole Costantino, Ammar Husami, Thamara Dayarathna, Logan Willeke
HGG Advances. 2026-04-09
Pseudo-Dystonic Gait in a Preschool Child: Foot Posturing Contralateral to a Cuboid Fracture.
Allison J Chirigos, Donald L Gilbert, Barbara E Hallinan, Jes Marchbank, Alberto J Espay
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 2026-03-24

Journal Articles

Investigation of Previously Implicated Genetic Variants in Chronic Tic Disorders: A Transmission Disequilibrium Test Approach
Barbara J Coffey, Donald L Gilbert, Lawrence W Brown, Dorothy E Grice, Thomas V Fernandez, Samuel Kuperman, Samuel H Zinner, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
The Tourette International Collaborative Genetics (TIC Genetics) Study, Finding the Genes Causing Tourette Syndrome: Objectives and Methods
Dietrich A, Fernandez TV, King RA, State MW, Tischfield JA, Hoekstra PJ, Heiman GA, and the TIC Genetics Collaborative Group, Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 1/1/2014
EEGs Not Likely Helpful for Behavioral Assessments in Smith-Lemli-Opitz
Gilbert DL, Neurology, 1/1/2014

Books/Book Chapters

Conn's Current Therapy
Chapter: Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome
Wu SW, Gilbert DLEditors: Bope ET and Kellerman R.Elsevier/Saunders, Philadelphia, PA2013
A Family's Guide to Tourette Syndrome
Chapter: Drug Treatments for Tourette Syndrome and Co-Morbid Disorders
Gilbert DLEditors: Walkup JT, Mink JW, McNaught KS.iUniverse Press2012
Psychogenic Movement Disorders & Other Conversion Disorders
Chapter: Childhood Disorders, Another Perspective
Page 56 - 58Isaacs KM, Johnson MD, Kao E, Gilbert DLEditors: Hallet M, Lang AE, Jankovic J, Fahn S, Halligan P, Voon V.Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.2011

Abstracts/Posters

Abnormal Neurophysiologic Motor Cortex Plasticity in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (2013)
Wu SW, Pedapati EV, Laue, C, Shahana N, Huddleston DA, Laue CS, Gilbert DL, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Columbus, OH, 1/23/2014
A Multimodal Examination of Interhemispheric Connectivity and Mirror Overflow in Children with ADHD
Dirlikov B, Nebel MB, Barber AD, Laue CS, Huddleston D, Gilbert DL, Mostofsky SH, 20th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Hamburg, Germany, 1/8/2014
Interhemispheric Motor Inhibition is Associated with Callosal Structural Integrity in Children with ADHD
Crocetti D, Dirlikov B, Peterson D, Gilbert DL, Mostofsky SH, 20th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Hamburg, Germany, 1/8/2014

Lectures

Inhibition and Neuroplasticity Biomarkers in ADHD
Washington University in St. Louis - 1/31/2014
Approach to Movement Disorders in Children
University of Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, 2013; Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich - 1/29/2014
Use of TMS for Brain-Based Biomarkers in Children
University of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - 1/22/2014

Other

Why Do Child Neurologists Go to the Annual American Academy of Neurology Meetings?April 2022

Novel Dopamine Blocker Offers Hope for Safer Tourette’s TreatmentOctober 28th, 2025
Investigational Med for Tourette Syndrome PromisingOctober 1st, 2024
Ecopipam Leads to Tics Reduction in Youth with Tourette Syndrome Without Side EffectsMarch 14th, 2023

1/2 - Anomalous Motor System Physiology in ADHD: Biomarker Validation and Modeling Domains of FunctionCINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR2012–2025
4/8-Collaborative Genomic Studies Of Tourette DisorderNational Institute Of Mental Health2011
Effectiveness Of Multi-Drug Treatments In Tourette'SNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2001–2005