MichaelRivkinMD

Pediatric Vascular Neurology

Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director, Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center; Neurocritical Care Service, Boston Children's Hospital

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Office
300 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-355-6388

Fax+1 617-730-0285
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Education & Training

Case Western Reserve Univ/Univ Hosps Cleveland Med Ctr/Rainbow Babies and Childrens HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 1985 - 1988
University of Virginia School of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1991 - 2026
ME State Medical License 2020 - 2021
OH State Medical License 1987 - 1988
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children With Perinatal Ischemic Stroke Varies by Stroke Type.
Clara M Wu, Bo Zhang, Cameron C Trenor, Michael J Rivkin, Amy Danehy, Laura L Lehman> ;Journal of Child Neurology. 2023 Aug 1
3 citations
Thrombotic complications in children with Coronavirus disease 2019 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome of Childhood.
Riten Kumar, Michael J Rivkin, Leslie Raffini> ;Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2023 Sep 1
6 citations
Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Term Neonates.
Ratika Srivastava, Mary Dunbar, Michael Shevell, Maryam Oskoui, Anna Basu, Michael John Rivkin, Eilon Shany, Linda S de Vries, Deborah Dewey, Nicole Letourneau, Michae...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2022 Jun 1
12 citations
Safety of Prolonged Inhalation of Hydrogen Gas in Air in Healthy Adults
Alexis R. Cole, Francesca Sperotto, James A. DiNardo, Stephanie Carlisle, Michael J. Rivkin, Lynn A. Sleeper, John N. Kheir> ;Critical Care Explorations. 2021 Oct 8
8 citations
Modeling severe functional impairment or death following ECPR in pediatric cardiac patients: Planning for an interventional trial.
Francesca Sperotto, Kwannapas Saengsin, Amy R. Danehy, Manasee Godsay, Diana L. Geisser, Michael J. Rivkin, Angela Amigoni, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, John N. Kheir> ;Resuscitation. 2021 Aug 10
Child Neurology: Recurrent Brainstem Strokes and Aphthous Ulcers in a Child With Mutations in the ADA2 Gene
Alisa Mo, Stephanie Donatelli, Leslie Benson, Pui Y. Lee, Michael J. Rivkin> ;Neurology. 2021 May 26
4 citations
Abnormal Right-Hemispheric Sulcal Patterns Correlate with Executive Function in Adolescents with Tetralogy of Fallot.
Sarah U. Morton, Lara Maleyeff, David Wypij, Hyuk Jin Yun, Caitlin K. Rollins, Christopher G. Watson, Jane W. Newburger, David C. Bellinger, Amy E. Roberts, Michael J....> ;Cerebral Cortex. 2021 Aug 26
18 citations
EEG features of brain injury during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children.
Arnold J. Sansevere, Melissa L. DiBacco, Alireza Akhondi-Asl, Kerri L. LaRovere, Tobias Loddenkemper, Michael J. Rivkin, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Phillip L. Pearl, Mark H....> ;Neurology. 2020 Sep 8
21 citations
Spectrum of cerebral arteriopathies in children with arterial ischemic stroke
Mubeen F. Rafay, Kevin A. Shapiro, Ann-Marie Surmava, Gabrielle deVeber, Adam Kirton, Heather J. Fullerton, Catherine Amlie-Lefond, Bernhard Weschke, Nomazulu Dlamini,...> ;Neurology. 2020 May 26
3 citations
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Cerebrovascular Disease-Child
Richard L. Robertson, Susan Palasis, Michael J. Rivkin, Sumit Pruthi, Twyla B Bartel, Nilesh K. Desai, Nadja Kadom, Abhaya V. Kulkarni, H F Samuel Lam, Mohit Maheshwar...> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2020 May 1
42 citations
Predicting Recovery and Outcome after Pediatric Stroke: Results from the International Pediatric Stroke Study.
Ryan J. Felling, Mubeen F. Rafay, Timothy J. Bernard, Jessica L. Carpenter, Nomazulu Dlamini, Sahar M A Hassanein, Lori C. Jordan, Michael J. Rivkin, Kevin A. Shapiro,...> ;Annals of Neurology. 2020 Mar 25
14 citations
Prevalence of Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Parents and Children Following Pediatric Stroke:
Laura L. Lehman, Kristin Maletsky, Jeanette Beaute, Kshitiz Rakesh, Michael J. Rivkin, Christine Mrakotsky> ;Journal of Child Neurology. 2020 Mar 23
19 citations
Abnormal Left-Hemispheric Sulcal Patterns Correlate with Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Subjects with Single Ventricular Congenital Heart Disease.
Sarah U. Morton, Lara Maleyeff, David Wypij, Hyuk Jin Yun, Jane W. Newburger, David C. Bellinger, Amy E. Roberts, Michael J. Rivkin, Jonathan G. Seidman, Christine E. ...> ;Cerebral Cortex. 2020 Mar 21
44 citations
Risk of Intracranial Hemorrhage Following Intravenous tPA (Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator) for Acute Stroke Is Low in Children.
Catherine Amlie-Lefond, Dennis W. W. Shaw, Andrew B Cooper, Mark S. Wainwright, Adam Kirton, Ryan J. Felling, Michael G. Abraham, Mark T Mackay, Michael M. Dowling, Ma...> ;Stroke. 2020 Feb 1
18 citations
A Stroke Alert Protocol Decreases the Time to Diagnosis of Brain Attack Symptoms in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
Dana B. Harrar, Catherine L. Salussolia, Kush Kapur, Amy R. Danehy, Monica E. Kleinman, Rebekah Mannix, Michael J. Rivkin> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2019 Nov 5
21 citations
Arterial Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Cardiac Disease in Neonates and Children
Melissa Chung, Kristin P. Guilliams, Jenny L. Wilson, Lauren A. Beslow, Michael M. Dowling, Neil R. Friedman, Sahar M A Hassanein, Rebecca Ichord, Lori C. Jordan, Mark...> ;Pediatric Neurology. 2019 Nov 1
6 citations
Stroke After Cardiac Catheterization in Children
Dana B. Harrar, Catherine L. Salussolia, Patrick Vittner, Amy R. Danehy, Sonali Sen, Robert Whitehill, Jessica H. Chao, Miya E. Bernson-Leung, Michael J. Rivkin> ;Pediatric Neurology. 2019 Nov 1
7 citations
Survey of practice patterns and preparedness for endovascular therapy in acute pediatric stroke
Jenny L. Wilson, Catherine Amlie-Lefond, Todd A. Abruzzo, Darren B. Orbach, Michael J. Rivkin, Gabrielle deVeber, Paola Pergami> ;Child's Nervous System. 2019 Sep 3
5 citations
Characteristics and Outcome in Children With Craniectomy Following Acute Ischemic Stroke in the International Pediatric Stroke Study
Laura L. Lehman, Gabrielle deVeber, Paola Pergami, Kristin P. Guilliams, Melissa Chung, Ryan J. Felling, Michael M. Dowling, Michael J. Rivkin> ;Journal of Child Neurology. 2019 Jul 8
43 citations
Pediatric CNS-isolated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
Leslie Benson, Hojun Li, Lauren A. Henderson, Isaac H. Solomon, Ariane Soldatos, Jennifer L. Murphy, Bibiana Bielekova, Alyssa L. Kennedy, Michael J. Rivkin, Kimberly ...> ;Neurology(R) Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 2019 May 1
8 citations
Serial vessel wall MR imaging of pediatric tuberculous vasculitis.
Jae W. Song, Laura L. Lehman, Michael J. Rivkin, Mark P. Gorman, Edward Yang> ;Neurology. Clinical Practice. 2019 Dec 1
10 citations
Ascending Aorta Size at Birth Predicts White Matter Microstructure in Adolescents Who Underwent Fontan Palliation
Abbas Haider Zaidi, Jane W. Newburger, David Wypij, Christian Stopp, Christopher G. Watson, Kevin G. Friedman, Michael J. Rivkin, Caitlin K. Rollins> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2018 Dec 18
24 citations
Disrupted N-linked glycosylation as a disease mechanism in deficiency of ADA2
Pui Y. Lee, Yuelong Huang, Qing Zhou, Oskar Schnappauf, Michael S. Hershfield, Ying Li, Nancy J. Ganson, Natalia Sampaio Moura, Ottavia M. Delmonte, Scellig S D Stone,...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2018 Oct 1
39 citations
Altered White Matter Microstructure Correlates with IQ and Processing Speed in Children and Adolescents Post-Fontan.
Christopher G. Watson, Christian Stopp, David Wypij, David C. Bellinger, Jane W. Newburger, Michael J. Rivkin> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2018 Sep 1
5 citations
Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Changes in a Child With Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Dana B. Harrar, Jessica D. Solomon, Ankoor S. Shah, Jennifer Vaughn, Adam D. Durbin, Michael J. Rivkin> ;Pediatric Neurology. 2018 Jul 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Boston Children's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts