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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: Stroke Epidemiology, Balance Disorders, and Vestibular Physiology. http://www.njneuro.org/research/Vestibularlab.asp
Professional Memberships: American Academy of Neurology (Fellow); American College of Physicians (Fellow); American Neurotology Society (Fellow); North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society (Fellow); Barany Society (Fellow); Association of University Professors in Neurology; American Heart Association (Fellow).
Honors and Awards: Physician of the Year, American Heart/Stroke Association, 2009; Best Doctors in NY, 1990, 2002-2010; America's Top Doctors, 2002-2010; 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 2005-2010.
Representative Publications:
Smart CM, Giacino JT, Cullen T, Moreno DR, Hirsch J, Schiff ND, Gizzi M. A case of locked-in syndrome complicated by central deafness. Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2008 Aug;4(8):448-53. Epub 2008 May 27.
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].
Fuentes, K., Brisman, J., Papamitsakis, N., Panezai, S. and Gizzi, M. Multiple ischemic infarctions as a result of vasospasm in a patient with intracerebral and intraventricular hemorrhage. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Neuroimaging, January 18 –21, 2007, Miami, Florida.
Peddareddygari, L.R., Gizzi, M., Gordon, D., Dutra, A., Hirano, M., Abubakr, A., and Grewal, R.P. Genetic Analysis of Benign Positional Paraoxysmal Vertigo. [Poster # 1500 B, 56th Annual meeting, The American Society of Human Genetics Oct 9-13, 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana]. The American Journal of Human Genetics, Abstracts Supplement, Page 281, 2006.
Gizzi, M., Kramer, P. and Kleiman, D. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and time of day. US Neurological Disease, 2006,pp.69-70.
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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.