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Area of Specialty: Neuropsychology, Brain Injury, Neurodegenerative Disease/Dementia, Movement Disorders
Professional Appointments: Associate Director of Neuropsychology, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute and the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ
Academic Appointments: Clinical Associate Professor, Seton Hall University, Department of Neuroscience, South Orange, NJ; Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ.
Graduate Education: Doctorate, Clinical/School Psychology, Hofstra University, NY
Research Interest: Dr. Giacino's clinical and research interests include diagnostic assessment, outcome prediction, and treatment of disorders of consciousness, impaired awareness and executive dysfunction. He is the primary author of the JFK Coma Recovery Scale-Revised which has been translated into seven languages. He has published and lectured extensively on topics pertaining to neuropsychological and neurobehavioral sequelae of severe brain injury and maintains an active program of research. He was instrumental in establishing a case definition for the minimally conscious state and is the principal investigator for federal and privately funded research studies investigating novel assessment strategies and neuromodulatory interventions designed for patients who have sustained severe brain injury.
Professional Memberships: American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (Fellow) President-Elect, American Psychological Association, National Academy of Neuropsychology (Fellow), Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Advisory Board, Department of Defense Center of Excellence Workgroup on Common Data Elements for Traumatic Brain Dying, Congressional Brain Injury Task Force on Disorders of Consciousness
Honors and Awards: Distinguished Member Award, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2002; Fellow, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2004; Fellow, National Academy of Neuropsychology, 2003; Certificate of Distinguished Achievement in Psychology, Fairfield University, 1981
Representative Publications:
Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Giacino, J., Schnakers, C., Kalmar, K., Smart, C., Bruno, M.A., Gosseries, O., Moonen, G., and Laureys, S. Blink to visual threat does not herald consciousness in the vegetative state. Neurology. 2008 Aug 20; [Epub ahead of print].
Smart, C., Giacino, J., Cullen, T., Rodriguez-Moreno, D., Hirsch, J., Schiff, N., and Gizzi, M. Locked-in syndrome complicated by central deafness: Neuropsychological and neuroimaging findings. Nature- Clinical Practice Neurology 2008 May 27. [Epub ahead of print].
Hanks, R.A., Millis, S.R., Ricker, J.H., Giacino, J.T. , Nakase-Richardson, R., Frol, A.B., Novack, T.A., Kalmar, K., Sherer, M., and Gordon, W. The predictive validity of a brief inpatient neuropsychologic battery for persons with traumatic brain injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2008;89(5):950-957.
Kalmar, K., Novack, T.A., Nakase-Richardson, R., Sherer, M., Frol, A.B., Gordon, W., Hanks, R.A., Giacino, J.T. , and Ricker, J.H. The feasability of a brief neuropsychologic test battery during acute inpatient rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2008;89(5):942-949.
Giacino, J., and Smart, C. Recent advances in behavioral assessment of individuals with disorders of consciousness. Current Opinion in Neurology 2007;20(6):614-619.
Editorial Positions: Editorial Board: Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; Ad hoc: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Brain, Nature Reviews-Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.