Rachel Vassar, MD

Asst Prof Clinical Neurology

Neurology

I am a pediatric neurologist with a focus on cerebrovascular diseases and acute brain injury. My research over the past decade has focused on how neuroimaging can inform prognostication after acute brain injury. I am also interested in the genetics of cerebrovascular disease. I have established the world's first clinic dedicated to individuals with COL4A1/2 variants who are at risk for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke across the lifespan. Through my clinical care and research, I aim to further our understanding of pediatric stroke and acute brain injury to promote rapid, accurate diagnosis and optimal recovery.

Publications:

Fetal MRI findings, etiology, and outcome in prenatally diagnosed schizencephaly.

AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

George E, Vassar R, Yu Y, Norton ME, Gano D, Glenn OA

Cerebrovascular Injury From Early-Onset Neonatal Escherichia coli Meningitis: Expanding the Clinical-Radiologic Phenotype.

Pediatric neurology

García FG, Li Y, Vassar R, Hawkins C, Petersen M, Gano D

Fetal Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage Imaging Patterns, Etiology, and Outcomes: A Single Center Cohort Study.

Annals of neurology

Vassar R, George E, Mogga A, Li Y, Norton ME, Glenn O, Gano D

Mortality and Timing of Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapies After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Two-Center Retrospective Pediatric Cohort Study.

Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies

Vassar R, Mehta N, Epps L, Jiang F, Amorim E, Wietstock S

Neonatal Brain Microstructure and Machine-Learning-Based Prediction of Early Language Development in Children Born Very Preterm.

Pediatric neurology

Vassar R, Schadl K, Cahill-Rowley K, Yeom K, Stevenson D, Rose J

Prediction of Gait Impairment in Toddlers Born Preterm From Near-Term Brain Microstructure Assessed With DTI, Using Exhaustive Feature Selection and Cross-Validation.

Frontiers in human neuroscience

Cahill-Rowley K, Schadl K, Vassar R, Yeom KW, Stevenson DK, Rose J

The Association of Prenatal Ultrasonography and Autism Spectrum Disorder-Reply.

JAMA pediatrics

Rosman NP, Abbott J, Vassar R

Association of Prenatal Ultrasonography and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

JAMA pediatrics

Rosman NP, Vassar R, Doros G, DeRosa J, Froman A, DiMauro A, Santiago S, Abbott J

Prediction of cognitive and motor development in preterm children using exhaustive feature selection and cross-validation of near-term white matter microstructure.

NeuroImage. Clinical

Schadl K, Vassar R, Cahill-Rowley K, Yeom KW, Stevenson DK, Rose J

Neonatal brain microstructure correlates of neurodevelopment and gait in preterm children 18-22 mo of age: an MRI and DTI study.

Pediatric research

Rose J, Cahill-Rowley K, Vassar R, Yeom KW, Stecher X, Stevenson DK, Hintz SR, Barnea-Goraly N

Neonatal Biomarkers of Inflammation: Correlates of Early Neurodevelopment and Gait in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Children.

American journal of perinatology

Rose J, Vassar R, Cahill-Rowley K, Hintz SR, Stevenson DK

Movement disorders due to bilirubin toxicity.

Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine

Rose J, Vassar R

Identification of neonatal white matter on DTI: influence of more inclusive thresholds for atlas segmentation.

PloS one

Vassar RL, Barnea-Goraly N, Rose J

Neonatal physiological correlates of near-term brain development on MRI and DTI in very-low-birth-weight preterm infants.

NeuroImage. Clinical

Rose J, Vassar R, Cahill-Rowley K, Stecher Guzman X, Hintz SR, Stevenson DK, Barnea-Goraly N

Motor systems and postural instability.

Handbook of clinical neurology

Vassar RL, Rose J

Brain microstructural development at near-term age in very-low-birth-weight preterm infants: an atlas-based diffusion imaging study.

NeuroImage

Rose J, Vassar R, Cahill-Rowley K, Guzman XS, Stevenson DK, Barnea-Goraly N

Rachel Vassar, MD

Fetal MRI findings, etiology, and outcome in prenatally diagnosed schizencephaly.

Cerebrovascular Injury From Early-Onset Neonatal Escherichia coli Meningitis: Expanding the Clinical-Radiologic Phenotype.

Fetal Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage Imaging Patterns, Etiology, and Outcomes: A Single Center Cohort Study.

Mortality and Timing of Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapies After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Two-Center Retrospective Pediatric Cohort Study.

Spectrum of Fetal Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage in COL4A1/A2-Related Disorders.

Critical congenital heart disease beyond HLHS and TGA: neonatal brain injury and early neurodevelopment.

Pearls and Oy-sters: Symmetric Numbness and Paresthesia Due to Stroke-like Episode in an Adolescent Male With MELAS.

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for motor recovery in pediatric neurological conditions: a scoping review.

Neonatal Brain Microstructure and Machine-Learning-Based Prediction of Early Language Development in Children Born Very Preterm.

Prediction of Gait Impairment in Toddlers Born Preterm From Near-Term Brain Microstructure Assessed With DTI, Using Exhaustive Feature Selection and Cross-Validation.

The Association of Prenatal Ultrasonography and Autism Spectrum Disorder-Reply.

Association of Prenatal Ultrasonography and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Prediction of cognitive and motor development in preterm children using exhaustive feature selection and cross-validation of near-term white matter microstructure.

Neonatal brain microstructure correlates of neurodevelopment and gait in preterm children 18-22 mo of age: an MRI and DTI study.

Neonatal Biomarkers of Inflammation: Correlates of Early Neurodevelopment and Gait in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Children.

Movement disorders due to bilirubin toxicity.

Identification of neonatal white matter on DTI: influence of more inclusive thresholds for atlas segmentation.

Neonatal physiological correlates of near-term brain development on MRI and DTI in very-low-birth-weight preterm infants.

Motor systems and postural instability.

Brain microstructural development at near-term age in very-low-birth-weight preterm infants: an atlas-based diffusion imaging study.

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