Joseph T. Giacino, PhD

Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Spaulding Rehabilitation/Harvard Medical School

Dr. Joseph Giacino is Director of Rehabilitation Neuropsychology at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Professor of PM&R at Harvard Medical School, and Adjunct Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. Dr. Giacino co-chaired the Aspen Workgroup, which established diagnostic criteria for the minimally conscious state and chaired the Disorders of Consciousness (DoC) Guideline Development Panel jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. He is the Project Director of the Spaulding-Harvard TBI Model System and co-leads the Outcomes Core of the “Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in TBI” and “TBI Endpoint Development Initiative” projects, aiming to validate clinical, imaging, and genomic biomarkers to improve TBI diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment, and serves as Co-PI on a grant assessing “Central Thalamic Stimulation for Traumatic Brain Injury.

Poster(s):

• Minimal Detectable Difference vs. Diagnostic State Change Using the Coma Recovery Scale-revised: Informing Recovery Monitoring for Patients with Disorders of Consciousness
  Tuesday, October 28, 2025

  4:30 PM - 4:45 PM  

• The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Traumatic Brain Injury v3.0 Clinical Common Data Element Recommendations for Rehabilitation Providers