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Donald Gilbert, MD, Child Neurology, Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

DonaldLawrenceGilbertMDMS

Child Neurology Cincinnati, OH

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

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Summary

  • I am a board certified child neurologist and clinical researcher. At Cincinnati Children's, I launched the Movement Disorders and Tourette Syndrome Clinics and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Laboratory. I also served for 11 years as program director for the child neurology residency. I am currently an associate director for the CCHMC/UC MSTP program

Education & Training

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

Certifications & Licensure

  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 1998 - 2025
  • KY State Medical License
    KY State Medical License 2008 - 2025
  • IN State Medical License
    IN State Medical License 2021 - 2025
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1997 - 1998
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Program Director Award ACGME, 2020
  • Program Director Recognition Award American Academy of Neurology, 2019
  • Educational Achievement Award, Senior Faculty Cincinnati Children's, 2014
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

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
  • Cross-Disorder Genome-Wide Analyses Suggest a Complex Genetic Relationship Between Tourette's Syndrome and OCD  
    Yu D, Matthews CA, Schar JM, Neale BM, et al., American Journal of Psychiatry, 1/1/2014
  • 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
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Books/Book Chapters

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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
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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
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Other

  • What Makes Brains Tic? 
    TSA Ohio Newsletter
    1/1/2014
  • Rages in Tourette's 

    1/1/2013
  • Tics, Tourette's, and Medications 

    1/1/2012
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Authored Content

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

Press Mentions

  • Ecopipam Leads to Tics Reduction in Youth with Tourette Syndrome Without Side Effects
    Ecopipam Leads to Tics Reduction in Youth with Tourette Syndrome Without Side EffectsMarch 14th, 2023
  • How Teens Recovered from the ‘TikTok Tics’
    How Teens Recovered from the ‘TikTok Tics’February 13th, 2023
  • Ecopipam Reduces Tourette’s Tics Without Common Side Effects in Phase 2 Trial
    Ecopipam Reduces Tourette’s Tics Without Common Side Effects in Phase 2 TrialJanuary 17th, 2023
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Grant Support

  • 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

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • French

Hospital Affiliations