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Office
Children's National Medical Center Dept Neurology
111 Michigan Avenue, Nw
Washington, DC 20010Phone+1 202-884-6230- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Children's National HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Neurobiology, 2008 - 2011
- Children's National Medical Center/George Washington UniversityFellowship, Child Neurology, 2005 - 2008
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolResidency, Pediatrics, 2003 - 2005
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 2003
Certifications & Licensure
- VA State License 2021 - 2026
- MD State License 2009 - 2025
- DC State License 2007 - 2024
- NJ State License 2005 - 2009
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Washingtonian Top Doctors Washingtonian Magazine, 2016-2018
- Kayla Wenger Chair of Research National Brain Tumor Society, 2012-2015
- Top Docs Washington Post, 2014
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 67 citationsModeling premature brain injury and recoveryJoey Scafidi, Devon M. Fagel, Laura R. Ment, Flora M. Vaccarino
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 2009-12-01 - 15 citationsMetabolic perturbations after pediatric TBI: It's not just about glucose.Caitlyn E. Bowman, Joseph Scafidi, Susanna Scafidi
Experimental Neurology. 2019-06-01 - 115 citationsExperience-dependent regulation of NG2 progenitors in the developing barrel cortex.Jean-Marie Mangin, Peijun Li, Joseph Scafidi, Vittorio Gallo
Nature Neuroscience. 2012-09-01
Journal Articles
- Metabolic perturbations after pediatric TBI: It's not just about glucose.Bowman CE, Scafidi J, Scafidi S., Exp Neurol., 6/2019
- Increased cerebral blood flow on arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging can localize to seizure focus in newborns: A report of 3 cases.Mabray P, Thewamit R, Whitehead MT, Kao A, Scafidi J, Gaillard WD, Chang T, Tsuchida TN, Epilepsia, 5/1/2018
- Age-Dependent Cellular and Behavioral Deficits Induced by Molecularly Targeted Drugs Are Reversible.Joseph Scafidi, Jonathan Ritter, Brooke M. Talbot, Jorge Edwards, Li-Jin Chew and Vittorio Gallo, Cancer Research, 4/15/2018
Grant Support
- The effects of molecularly targeted therapeutic agents on the developing brainNational Brain Tumor Society2012–Present
- Enhanced EGFR signaling promotes white matter recovery in a model of premature brain injuryNIH, NINDS2011–Present
- BIOENERGETIC FAILURE UNDERLIES CEREBRAL DYSMATURITY AFTER PERINATAL BRAIN INJURYNIH2018–2022
Research History
- Research FellowDevelop a murine model of premature brain injury2008 - 2011
Professional Memberships
- Member
- American Neurological AssociationMember
Other Languages
- Spanish, Italian
Hospital Affiliations
- Children's National HospitalWashington, District of Columbia
- Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, Maryland
- Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville, Maryland
- Kennedy Krieger InstituteBaltimore, Maryland
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