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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:
Schnakers C, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Giacino J, Ventura M, Boly M, Majerus S, Moonen G, Laureys S. Diagnostic accuracy of the vegetative and minimally conscious state: Clinical consensus versus standardized neurobehavioral assessment. BMC Neurol. 2009 Jul 21;9(1):35.
Schiff ND, Giacino JT, Fins JJ. Deep brain stimulation, neuroethics, and the minimally conscious state: moving beyond proof of principle. Arch Neurol. 2009 Jun;66(6):697-702.
Schnakers C, Majerus S, Giacino J, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Bruno MA, Boly M, Moonen G, Damas P, Lambermont B, Lamy M, Damas F, Ventura M, Laureys S. A French validation study of the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R). Brain Inj. 2008 Sep;22(10):786-92.
Illes J, Lau PW, Giacino JT. Neuroimaging, impaired states of consciousness, and public outreach. Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2008 Oct;4(10):542-3.
Giacino JT, Malone R. The vegetative and minimally conscious states. Handb Clin Neurol. 2008;90:99-111.
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Editorial Positions: Editorial Board: Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; Ad hoc: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Brain, Nature Reviews-Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.