Clinical Interests

Movement disorders; Tourette's Syndrome; Sydenham's Chorea; kernicterus; dystonia; ataxia; clinical research; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Research Interests

Clinical trials in Tourette's Syndrome and associated ADHD; epidemiology of Tourette's Syndrome and PANDAS; clinical effectiveness of multi-drug treatments in Tourette's Syndrome; transcranial magnetic stimulation in Tourette's Syndrome and pediatric movement disorders; functional neurosurgery for pediatric dystonia

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BA: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1987.

MD: University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, 1993.

MS: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2003.

Residency: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1995.

Fellowship: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1995.

Certification: Board Certified in Neurology with Special Competence in Child Neurology, 2010. Board eligible in Pediatrics.

Appointment: Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology.

Ridel KR, Gilbert DL. Child neurology: past, present, and future: part 3: the future. Neurology. 2010 Oct 12;75(15):e62-4.

Wu SW, Harris E, Gilbert DL. Tic suppression: the medical model.  J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2010 Aug;20(4):263-76.

Dalal P, Leslie ND, Lindor NM, Gilbert DL, Espay AJ. Motor tics, stereotypies, and self-flagellation in primrose syndrome. Neurology. 2010 Jul 20;75(3):284-6.

Ridel KR, Lipps TD, Gilbert DL. The prevalence of neuropsychiatric disorders in Sydenham's chorea. Pediatr Neurol. 2010 Apr;42(4):243-8.

Hopkins SE, Somoza A, Gilbert DL. Rare autosomal dominant POLG1 mutation in a family with metabolic strokes, posterior column spinal degeneration, and multi-endocrine disease. J Child Neurol. 2010 Jun;25(6):752-6.

Degrauw RS, Li JZ, Gilbert DL. Body mass index changes and chronic neuroleptic drug treatment for Tourette syndrome. Pediatr Neurol. 2009 Sep;41(3):183-6.

Gilbert DL. Acute and chronic chorea in childhood. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2009 Jun;16(2):71-6. Review.

Wong B, Gilbert DL, Walker WL, Liao IH, Lit L, Stamova B, Jickling G, Apperson M, Sharp FR. Gene expression in blood of subjects with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neurogenetics. 2009 Apr;10(2):117-25.

Gilbert DL, Leslie EJ, Keddache M, Leslie ND. A novel hereditary spastic paraplegia with dystonia linked to chromosome 2q24-2q31. Mov Disord. 2009 Feb 15;24(3):364-70.

Gilbert DL. Drug-induced movement disorders in children. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008 Oct;1142:72-84. Review.

Neuroplasticity; movement disorders; transcranial magnetic stimulation; transcranial magnetic stimulation lab

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BA: University of California, Berkeley CA, 1997.

MD: Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, 2003.

Residency: Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, 2003-2008.

Fellowship: Pediatric Movement Disorders, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnnati OH, 2008-2009.

Lehman LL, Gilbert DL, Leach JL, Wu SW, Standridge SM. Vertebral Artery Dissection Leading to Stroke Caused by Violent Neck Tics of Tourette Syndrome. Neurology. 2011.

Wu SW, Gilbert DL. Altered neurophysiologic response to intermittent theta burst stimulation in Tourette Syndrome. Brain Stimulation. 2011.

Szaflarski J, Vannest J, Wu SW, DiFrancesco M, Banks C, Gilbert DL. Excitatory repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation induces improvements in chronic post-stroke aphasia. Med Sci Monit. 2011 Feb;17(3):132-139.

Wu SW, Harris E, Gilbert DL. Tic suppression: the medical model. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2010 Aug;20(4):263-276.

Harris E, Wu SW. Children with tic disorders: How to match treatment with symptoms. Current Psychiatry. 2010;9:29-36.

Wu SW, Graham B, Gelfand MJ, Gruppo RE, Dinopolous A, Gilbert DL. Clinical and positron emission tomography findings of chorea associated with primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Mov Disord. 2007 Sep;22(12):1813-1815.

Wu SW, Gilbert DL, Phillips T. Retrospective analysis of electroencephalograms in neonates suspected of having seizures. J Child Neurol. 2007;22:669-670.

Anxiety disorders; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tourette Syndrome

Cognitive neuroscience; neurophysiology as a tool to improve our understanding of the etiology and pathophysiology of mental illness; improving treatment of anxiety disorders and Tourette Syndrome using cognitive behavior therapy, biofeedback and habit reversal therapy

MD: State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
PhD: Neural and Behavioral Science; State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
Internship: Pediatrics, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY
Residency: Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Harris, E., Witter, M. P., Weinstein, G., and Stewart, M. Intrinsic connectivity of the rat subiculum. I. Dendritic morphology and patterns of axonal arborization by pyramidal neurons. J. Comp. Neurol., 2001; 436:490-505.

Harris, E. and Stewart, M. Intrinsic connectivity of the rat subiculum. II. Properties of synchronous spontaneous activity and a demonstration of multiple generator regions. J. Comp. Neurol., 2001; 436:506-518.

Harris, E. and Stewart, M. Propagation of synchronous epileptiform events from subiculum backward into area CA1 of rat brain slices. Brain Res., 2001, 895: 41-49.

Presentations, Most Recent

Harris, E. Brain structures underlying fear. Presented to the Child Psychiatry Residency Training Program at CCHMC. February 2, 2008; Cincinnati, OH.

Harris, E.; Gilbert, D. The premotor potential in simple vs. complex motor tics. Presented at the MEG Users' Meeting. November 8, 2007; Cincinnati, OH.