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Overview

Stephen Ashwal is affiliated with Loma Linda University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to the subfields of Neurology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Surgery.

Their work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
  • Neurology and Historical Studies
  • Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neonatal and Fetal Brain Pathology

Stephen Ashwal has published multiple recent papers in peer-reviewed journals. Notable publications include:

  • Practice guideline: Treatment for insomnia and disrupted sleep behavior in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, 2020, Neurology
  • Pediatric and Adult Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Consensus Guideline, 2023, Neurology
  • Summary of evidence-based guideline update: Evaluation and management of concussion in sports: Report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Comorbidities in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: A Natural History Study, 2020, Pediatric Neurology
  • Evolving White Matter Injury following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, 2020, Journal of Neurotrauma

Their frequent co-authors include N. Paul Rosman, Gary Gronseth, Brenda Bartnik-Olson, Barbara A. Holshouser, and Nirmalya Ghosh.

Publication venues where Stephen Ashwal often appears include Pediatric Neurology, Neurology, Annals of Neurology, UNC Libraries, and Journal of Neurotrauma.

Best Publications

  • The minimally conscious state: Definition and diagnostic criteria

    Joseph T Giacino;S Ashwal;N Childs;R Cranford

  • The minimally conscious state: Definition and diagnostic criteria. Editorial

    J. T. Giacino;S. Ashwal;N. Childs;R. Cranford

  • Practice parameter: Screening and diagnosis of autism Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society

    P. A. Filipek;P. J. Accardo;S. Ashwal;G. T. Baranek

  • Summary of evidence-based guideline update: Evaluation and management of concussion in sports Report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

    Christopher C. Giza;Jeffrey S. Kutcher;Stephen Ashwal;Jeffrey Barth

  • Practice parameter: Evaluation of the child with global developmental delay Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and The Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society

    M. Shevell;Stephen Ashwal;D. Donley;J. Flint

  • Guidelines for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents--second edition.

    Patrick M Kochanek;Nancy Carney;P David Adelson;Stephen Ashwal

  • Practice Parameter: Diagnostic assessment of the child with cerebral palsy Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society

    S. Ashwal;S. Ashwal;B. S. Russman;P. A. Blasco;G. Miller

  • Patterns of brain injury in term neonatal encephalopathy

    Steven P. Miller;Vijay Ramaswamy;David Michelson;A. James Barkovich

  • Practice parameter for electrodiagnostic studies in carpal tunnel syndrome: Summary statement

    Charles K. Jablecki;Michael T. Andary;Mary Kay Floeter;Robert G. Miller

  • Practice guideline update recommendations summary: Disorders of consciousness: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology; the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine; and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research

    Joseph T. Giacino;Douglas I. Katz;Nicholas D. Schiff;John Whyte

  • Hemorrhagic Shearing Lesions in Children and Adolescents with Posttraumatic Diffuse Axonal Injury: Improved Detection and Initial Results

    Karen A. Tong;Stephen Ashwal;Barbara A. Holshouser;Lori A. Shutter

  • Practice parameter: Evaluating a first nonfebrile seizure in children Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, the Child Neurology Society, and the American Epilepsy Society

    D. Hirtz;S. Ashwal;A. Berg;David Bettis

  • Diffuse axonal injury in children: clinical correlation with hemorrhagic lesions.

    Karen A. Tong;Stephen Ashwal;Barbara A. Holshouser;Joshua P. Nickerson

  • Practice Parameter: Medical Treatment of Infantile Spasms Report of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society

    M. T. Mackay;S. K. Weiss;T. Adams-Webber;S. Ashwal

  • Evidence-based guideline update: Medical treatment of infantile spasms Report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society

    C.Y. Go;M.T. Mackay;S.K. Weiss;D. Stephens

  • Practice parameter: corticosteroid treatment of Duchenne dystrophy: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.

    R. T. Moxley;S. Ashwal;S. Pandya;A. Connolly

  • Core and Penumbral Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity During Cerebral Ischemia and Reperfusion

    Stephen Ashwal;Beatriz Tone;Hui Rou Tian;Daniel J. Cole

  • Practice Parameter: Pharmacologic treatment of spasticity in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (an evidence-based review) Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society

    M. R. Delgado;D. Hirtz;M. Aisen;S. Ashwal

  • PRACTICE PARAMETER: EVALUATION OF THE CHILD WITH MICROCEPHALY (AN EVIDENCE-BASED REVIEW): REPORT OF THE QUALITY STANDARDS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY AND THE PRACTICE COMMITTEE OF THE CHILD NEUROLOGY SOCIETY

    Stephen Ashwal;Stephen Ashwal;David Michelson;Lauren Plawner;William B. Dobyns

  • Medical aspects of the persistent vegetative state--a correction. The Multi-Society Task Force on PVS.

    Stephen Ashwal;Ron Cranford

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick M. Kochanek
Patrick M. Kochanek University of Pittsburgh
Susan L. Bratton
Susan L. Bratton University of Utah
Niranjan Kissoon
Niranjan Kissoon University of British Columbia
Jérôme Badaut
Jérôme Badaut Loma Linda University
Donna M. Ferriero
Donna M. Ferriero University of California, San Francisco
Evan Y. Snyder
Evan Y. Snyder Discovery Institute
Michael Shevell
Michael Shevell McGill University
Joseph T. Giacino
Joseph T. Giacino Massachusetts General Hospital
John Whyte
John Whyte Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience
Shlomo Shinnar
Shlomo Shinnar Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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