RebeccaFranGottesmanMDPhD(She/Her)

Neurology • Bethesda, MD

Vascular Neurology

Stroke Branch Chief, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Intramural Research Program, Bethesda, MD

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Office
10 Center drive
B1D733
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone+1 301-435-9321
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Vascular Neurology, 2006
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Neurology, 2001 - 2004
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 2000 - 2003
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2000

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 2005 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Vascular Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2014

Clinical Trials

Clinical Evaluation of Florbetapir F 18 (18F-AV-45) Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Social relationships, amyloid burden, and dementia: The ARIC-PET study.
Renée C Groechel, Albert C Liu, Chelsea Liu, Silvia Koton, Anna M Kucharska-Newton, Pamela L Lutsey, Thomas H Mosley Jr, Priya Palta, A Richey Sharrett, Keenan A Walke...> ;Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2024 Apr 2
Associations Between Prior Head Injury, Physical Functioning, and Frailty in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
Katherine J Hunzinger, Alexa E Walter, Kimberly A Rosenthal, B Gwen Windham, Priya Palta, Stephen P Juraschek, Caitlin W Hicks, Rebecca F Gottesman, Andrea L C Schneider> ;The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2024 Apr 1
Posttraumatic Epilepsy and Dementia Risk.
Andrea L C Schneider, Connor A Law, Rebecca F Gottesman, Gregory Krauss, Juebin Huang, Anna Kucharska-Newton, Frances E Jensen, James J Gugger, Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, Em...> ;JAMA Neurology. 2024 Feb 26
1 citations
Coronary artery calcium as a marker of healthy and unhealthy aging in adults aged 75 and older: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.
Olufunmilayo H Obisesan, Ellen Boakye, Frances M Wang, Zeina Dardari, Omar Dzaye, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica, Michelle L Meyer, Rebecca Gottesman, Priya Palta, Josef Core...> ;Atherosclerosis. 2024 Feb 13
Trajectory of Cognitive Function After Incident Heart Failure.
Shore, S., Li, H., Zhang, M., Whitney, R., Gross, A., Bhatt, A., Nallamothu, B., Giordani, B., Briceño, E., Sussman, J., Gutierrez, J., Yaffe, K., Griswold, M., Johans...> ;Medrxiv. 2024 Feb 11
Associations Between Mid-Life Psychosocial Measures and Estimated Late Life Amyloid Burden: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC)-PET Study.
Groechel, R., Liu, A., Koton, S., Kucharska-Newton, A., Lutsey, P., Mosley, T., Palta, P., Sharrett, A., Walker, K., Wong, D., Gottesman, R.> ;Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2024 Jan 1
Multi-omics and pathway analyses of genome-wide associations implicate regulation and immunity in verbal declarative memory performance.
Hao Mei, Jeannette Simino, Lianna Li, Fan Jiang, Joshua C Bis, Gail Davies, W David Hill, Charley Xia, Vilmundur Gudnason, Qiong Yang, Jari Lahti, Jennifer A Smith, Mi...> ;Alzheimer's Research & Therapy. 2024 Jan 20
Perioperative stroke.
Fanning, J., Campbell, B., Bulbulia, R., Ko, S., Messé, S., Gottesman, R., Floyd, T.> ;Nature Reviews. Disease Primers. 2024 Jan 18
Dental Caries a Risk Factor for Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
Elizabeth A LaValley, Emma Mason, Makenzie Logue, Kevin Moss, James Beck, Souvik Sen, Tushar Trivedi, Wayne D Rosamond, Rebecca F Gottesman> ;Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2024 Jan 1
Association of Dental Infections with Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis.
Jaclyn Meyer, Rachel Mascari, Fareed Suri, Wayne Rosamond, Kevin Moss, James Beck, Souvik Sen, Tushar Trivedi, Bruce Wasserman, Rebecca F Gottesman> ;Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2024 Jan 1
Timing of Cognitive Test Score Decline Prior to Incident Dementia Diagnosis in Blacks and Whites: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study.
Yunzhi Wang, A Richey Sharrett, Jiaqi Hu, Kevin J Sullivan, Josef Coresh, Andrea L C Schneider, David Knopman, Rebecca Gottesman> ;Neuroepidemiology. 2024 Jan 1
Association between structural brain MRI abnormalities and epilepsy in older adults.
Walter, A., Reid, R., Kucharska-Newton, A., Gugger, J., Diaz-Arrastia, R., Huang, J., Jack, C., Gottesman, R., Schneider, A., Johnson, E.> ;Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2024 Feb 1
Transcranial Doppler in Childhood Moyamoya: An Underutilized Tool?
Jordan, L. C., Lisa R Sun, John R Gatti, Syed Ameen Ahmad, Noah Burton, Wendy Ziai, Rebecca F Gottesman, Lori C Jordan> ;Pediatric Neurology. 2024 Feb 1
Dental Caries, Race and Incident Ischemic Stroke, Coronary Heart Disease, and Death.
Souvik Sen, Lawson Logue, Makenzie Logue, Elizabeth A L Otersen, Emma Mason, Kevin Moss, James Curtis, David Hicklin, Cynthia Nichols, Wayne D Rosamond, Rebecca F Gott...> ;Stroke. 2024 Jan 1
Relative anemia and perioperative stroke in children with moyamoya.
John R Gatti, Syed Ameen Ahmad, Sarah Gardner Yelton, Matthew DiGiusto, Dennis Leung, Risheng Xu, Alan R Cohen, Rebecca F Gottesman, Lisa R Sun> ;Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2024 Jan 1
2 citations
Orthostatic Blood Pressure Change, Dizziness, and Risk of Dementia in the ARIC Study.
Yuan Ma, Yiwen Zhang, Josef Coresh, Anand Viswanathan, Kevin J Sullivan, Keenan A Walker, Chelsea Liu, Lewis A Lipsitz, Elizabeth Selvin, A Richey Sharrett, Rebecca F ...> ;Hypertension. 2024 Jan 1
Effects of System-Level Factors on Race/Ethnic Differences in In-Hospital Mortality after Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Philip Sun, Daniela Markovic, Abdullah Ibish, Roland Faigle, Rebecca Gottesman, Amytis Towfighi> ;Medrxiv. 2023 Oct 22
1 citations
The association of long-term exposure to criteria air pollutants, fine particulate matter components, and airborne trace metals with late-life brain amyloid burden in ...
Erin E Bennett, Ziwei Song, Katie M Lynch, Chelsea Liu, Emma K Stapp, Xiaohui Xu, Eun Sug Park, Qi Ying, Richard L Smith, James D Stewart, Eric A Whitsel, Thomas H Mos...> ;Environment International. 2023 Oct 1
Sleep apnea, hypoxia, and late-onset epilepsy: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
Christopher M Carosella, Rebecca F Gottesman, Anna Kucharska-Newton, Pamela L Lutsey, Adam P Spira, Naresh Punjabi, Andrea L C Schneider, Kelsie M Full, Emily L Johnson> ;Sleep. 2023 Sep 6
Mid-Life Vascular Risk and Rate of Physical Function Decline Among Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.
Laura F Skow, A Richey Sharrett, Rebecca F Gottesman, Josef Coresh, Jennifer A Deal, Priya Palta, Kevin J Sullivan, Jennifer A Schrack, B Gwen Windham, Griswold, M.> ;The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2024 Feb 1
Midlife Hemostasis Measures, 20-Year Cognitive Decline, and Incident Dementia.
Aozhou Wu, A Richey Sharrett, Aaron R Folsom, Alvaro Alonso, Keenan A Walker, Rebecca F Gottesman, Alden L Gross, Andreea M Rawlings, Andrea Lauren Christman Schneider...> ;Neurology. 2023 Oct 24
Cerebral Microbleed Patterns and Cortical Amyloid-β: The ARIC-PET Study.
Derrick N Okine, David S Knopman, Thomas H Mosley, Dean F Wong, Michelle C Johansen, Keenan A Walker, Clifford R Jack Jr, Kejal Kantarci, James R Pike, Jonathan Graff-...> ;Stroke. 2023 Oct 1
Parity and Risk of Dementia in Women: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
Rebecca M DiBiase, Rebecca F Gottesman, Sarah E Tom, Keenan A Walker, Thomas Mosley, Pamela L Lutsey, Eliza C Miller> ;Journal of Women's Health. 2023 Oct 1
Factors Associated with Poor Olfaction and Olfactory Decline in Older Adults in the ARIC Neurocognitive Study.
Srishti Shrestha, Xiaoqian Zhu, Vidyulata Kamath, Kevin J Sullivan, Jennifer A Deal, A Richey Sharrett, Andrea L C Schneider, Priya Palta, Rebecca F Gottesman, B Gwen ...> ;Nutrients. 2023 Aug 19
1 citations
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Health Inequities Training in Neurologic Disorders and Stroke: Analysis and Recommendations From the NINDS Advisory Council Working G...
David L Brody, Rebecca F Gottesman, Gerald Griffin, Zayd M Khaliq, Daniel T Lackland, Geoff Ling, Nimish Mohile> ;Neurology. 2023 Aug 15
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Journal Articles

Sex Differences in Cognitive Decline Among US Adults
Deborah A Levine, Jeremy B Sussman, Rodney A Hayward, Rebecca F Gottesman, Ralph L Sacco, Kristine Yaffe, JAMA Network Open
Association of Hospitalization, Critical Illness, and Infection with Brain Structure in Older Adults
Rebecca F Gottesman, David S Knopman, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Heart Failure and Cognitive Impairment in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
Lucy S Witt, Carla A Sueta, Patricia P Chang, Rebecca F Gottesman, Journal of General Internal Medicine

Lectures

Association of Sickle Cell Trait with Measures of Cognitive Function and Dementia in African Americans
2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018

Press Mentions

Cognitive Impairment After Stroke Is Common, and Early Diagnosis and Treatment NeededMay 1st, 2023
The Secret to a Healthy Brain Is Taking Care of Your Heart, Experts SayFebruary 28th, 2023
Dementia Risk May Be Higher if an Upper Heart Chamber Is AbnormalAugust 10th, 2022
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