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Martin Gizzi, M.D., Ph.D.
Area of Specialty: Neuro-ophthalmology, Vascular Neurology, Balance Disorders
Professional Appointments: Chairman of the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center , Edison , New Jersey .
Academic Appointments: Professor and Chairman of Neuroscience, Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education, South Orange , New Jersey .
Graduate Education: Doctorate in Visual Neurophysiology, New York University, New York, NY, 1983; Fellowship in Neuro-ophthalmology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, 1989-1991; Residency in Neurology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1986-1989, Chief Resident, 1988-1989; Internship in Medicine, New Rochelle Hospital, New York Medical College, 1985-1986; Research fellowship in Visual Physiology, New York University, New York, NY, 1982-1983.
Medical School : University of Miami , Florida , 1985.
Specialty Board Certification: Neurology, Vascular Neurology.
Research Interest: Balance disorders and Vestibular Physiology. http://www.njneuro.org/research/Vestibularlab.asp
Professional Memberships: American Academy of Neurology (Fellow); American College of Physicians; American Neurotology Society (Fellow); North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society (Fellow); Academy of Medicine of New Jersey; Barany Society (Fellow), Association of University Professors in Neurology, American Heart Association.
Honors and Awards: Best Doctors in NJ, 2001-2008; Best Doctors in NY, 1990, 2002-2008; America's Top Doctors, 2002-2008; Archbishop McCarrick Outstanding Educator Award, 2000; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Clinical Award, 2001; National Eye Institute Physician-Scientist Award, 1989; Who's Who In America 2005 - 2008.
Representative Publications:
Smart C Giacino J, Cullen T, Rodiguez-Moreno D, Hirsch J, Schiff N and Gizzi M. A case of locked-in syndrome complicated by central deafness: neuropsychological and neuroimaging findings. Nature: Clinical Practice Neurology, 2008, in press.
Gizzi M, Kramer P and Kleiman D. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and time of day. US Neurological Disease, 2006, pp. 69-70.
Gizzi M and Diamond S. Dizziness or vestibular problems resembling seizures. In Imitators of Epilepsy , 2 nd Edition, 2005, Chapter 11, pp. 145-161. (Eds.) P. Kaplan and R Fisher, Demos Press, New York .
Gizzi M and Harper H. Suppression of the human vestibulo-ocular reflex by visual fixation or forced convergence in the dark, with a model interpretation. Current Eye Research , 26:281-290, 2003 .
Gizzi M, Zlotnick M, Riley E and Cicerone K. Vestibular dysfunction does not directly cause cognitive or psychological symptoms. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation , 18:398-407 , 2003.
Gizzi M and Diamond S. Vertigo and Dizziness. In Imitators of Epilepsy , 2 nd Edition, 2003. (Ed.) P. Kaplan. Demos Press, New York , in press.
Cohen B and Gizzi M. Physiology of the vestibulo-ocular reflex. In Textbook of Audiological Medicine , 41:701-716, 2003. (Eds.) L. Luxon, J. Furman, A. Martini and D. Stephens; Martin Dunitz, London , UK.
Kaufman H, Biaggioni I, Voustianiouk A, Diedrich A, Costa F, Clarke R, Gizzi M, Raphan T, Cohen B. Vestibular control of sympathetic activity: An otolith-sympathetic reflex in humans, Experimental Brain Research , 143:463-469, 2002.
Rosenberg M and Gizzi M. Neuro-otologic history. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America , 33:471-482, 2000.
Gizzi M and Kastner B. Vision Problems Associated with Multiple Sclerosis. In Lighthouse Handbooks of Vision Impairment and Vision Rehabilitation , 26:535-548, 1999.
Gizzi M, Ayyagari S, Khattar V. The familial incidence of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Acta Otolaryngological (Stockh ), 118:774-777, 1998.
Governmental Committees:
2004-2007 Stroke Center Work Group, NJ Department of Health and Senior Services - Renamed Stoke Advisory Panel in 2008
2008 - Present Chairman, Stroke Advisory Panel, NJ Department of Health and Senior Services
2008 - Present Stroke Steering Committee, The National Quality Forum, Washington, DC. National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Prevention & Management of Stroke Across the Continuum of Care
Editorial Positions: Vision Research 1998-2007, Editorial Board Member; Journal of the NJ Neuroscience Institute, Editor (2006-present).