JohnNGaitanisMD

Child Neurology • Providence, RI

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Office
593 Eddy St
George Building
Providence, RI 02903
Phone+1 401-444-4000
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Education & Training

Children's Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Child Neurology, 1998 - 2001
University of RochesterResidency, Pediatrics, 1996 - 1998
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityClass of 1996

Certifications & Licensure

RI State Medical License 2003 - 2024
MA State Medical License 2002 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Pitfalls of using video-EEG for a trial endpoint in children aged <4 years with focal seizures.
Ali Bozorg, Cynthia Beller, Lori Jensen, Alexis Arzimanoglou, Catherine Chiron, Dennis Dlugos, John Gaitanis, James W Wheless, Carrie McClung> ;Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2024 Mar 1
12 citations
Source localization of high-frequency activity in tripolar electroencephalography of patients with epilepsy.
Christopher Toole, Iris E. Martínez-Juárez, John N. Gaitanis, Andrew S. Blum, Sridhar Sunderam, Lei Ding, John DiCecco, Walter G. Besio> ;Epilepsy & Behavior. 2019 Dec 1
37 citations
Interleukin-1β transfer across the blood-brain barrier in the ovine fetus.
Grazyna B. Sadowska, Xiaodi Chen, Jiyong Zhang, Yow Pin Lim, Erin E. Cummings, Oleksandr Makeyev, Walter G. Besio, John N. Gaitanis, James F. Padbury, William A. Banks...> ;Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 2015 Jun 17
62 citations
Anti–IL-6 neutralizing antibody modulates blood-brain barrier function in the ovine fetus
Jiyong Zhang, Grazyna B. Sadowska, Xiaodi Chen, Seon Yeong Park, Jeong Eun Kim, Courtney A. Bodge, Erin E. Cummings, Yow Pin Lim, Oleksandr Makeyev, Walter G. Besio, J...> ;FASEB Journal. 2015 Jan 21
34 citations
Neutralizing anti-interleukin-1β antibodies modulate fetal blood–brain barrier function after ischemia
Xiaodi Chen, Grazyna B. Sadowska, Jiyong Zhang, Jeong Eun Kim, Erin E. Cummings, Courtney A. Bodge, Yow Pin Lim, Oleksandr Makeyev, Walter G. Besio, John N. Gaitanis, ...> ;Neurobiology of Disease. 2015 Jan 1
27 citations
High-Frequency Oscillations Recorded on the Scalp of Patients With Epilepsy Using Tripolar Concentric Ring Electrodes
Walter G. Besio, Iris E. Martínez-Juárez, Oleksandr Makeyev, John N. Gaitanis, Andrew S. Blum, Robert S. Fisher, Andrei V. Medvedev> ;IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 2014 Jun 30
18 citations
Focal cortical dysplasia.
John N. Gaitanis, John E. Donahue> ;Pediatric Neurology. 2013 Aug 1
2 citations
Multiple sensor integration for seizure onset detection in human patients comparing conventional disc versus novel tripolar concentric ring electrodes
Oleksandr Makeyev, Quan Ding, Iris E. Martínez-Juárez, John N. Gaitanis, Steven Kay, Walter G. Besio> ;Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference. 2013 Jul 3
24 citations
An unbalanced translocation involving loss of 10q26.2 and gain of 11q25 in a pedigree with autism spectrum disorder and cerebellar juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma.
Hassan M. Minhas, Matthew F. Pescosolido, Matthew Schwede, Justyna Piasecka, John N. Gaitanis, Umadevi Tantravahi, Eric M. Morrow> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2013 Apr 1
60 citations
Ischemia-reperfusion impairs blood-brain barrier function and alters tight junction protein expression in the ovine fetus.
Xiaodi Chen, Steven W. Threlkeld, Erin E. Cummings, Ilona Juan, Oleksandr Makeyev, Walter G. Besio, John N. Gaitanis, William A. Banks, Grazyna B. Sadowska, Barbara S....> ;Neuroscience. 2012 Dec 13
9 citations
Genetics in autism diagnosis: adding molecular subtypes to neurobehavioral diagnoses.
Helen M. Johnson, John N. Gaitanis, Eric M. Morrow> ;Medicine and Health, Rhode Island. 2011 May 1
11 citations
The syndrome of perisylvian polymicrogyria with congenital arthrogryposis
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6 citations
Electrophysiologic Evidence for Anterior Horn Cell Disease in Amyoplasia
John N. Gaitanis, Hugh J. McMillan, Allan D. Wu, Basil T. Darras> ;Pediatric Neurology. 2010 Aug 1
43 citations
Periventricular nodular heterotopia and Williams syndrome
Russell J. Ferland, John N. Gaitanis, Kira Apse, Umadevi Tantravahi, Christopher A. Walsh, Volney L. Sheen> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2006 Jun 15
20 citations
Genetics of disorders of cortical development.
John N. Gaitanis, Christopher A. Walsh> ;Neuroimaging Clinics of North America. 2004 May 1
16 citations
Status epilepticus: a review of different syndromes, their current evaluation, and treatment.
John N Gaitanis, Frank W. Drislane> ;The Neurologist. 2003 Mar 1
24 citations
Effectiveness and pitfalls of percutaneous transpedicle biopsy of the spine.
Alexander G. Hadjipavlou, George M. Kontakis, John N. Gaitanis, Pavlos Katonis, Philip Lander, Wayne N. Crow> ;Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2003 Jun 1
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