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Gerard A. Gioia, PhD (he/him/his)

Division Chief (Emeritus), Pediatric Neuropsychology Director, Safe Concussion Outcome Recovery & Ed
Children's National Hospital and George Washington University
Ellicott City, MD, United States

Gerard Gioia, Ph.D., is a pediatric neuropsychologist and the director of the Safe Concussion Outcome, Recovery & Education (SCORE) Program at Children's National Hospital. He is a professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is the founder and former Chief of Pediatric Neuropsychology at Children's National.

Dr. Gioia treats persons and families with brain injuries with dual areas of interest in disorders involving the executive functions and pediatric concussion/ mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). He has been the Principal Investigator of several NIH and multi-site CDC-funded research studies of pediatric mild TBI with a focus on the development of methods/tools for the evaluation of the executive functions and post-concussion neuropsychological functioning. He has developed several smartphone apps, currently the SCORE4BrainHealth app, and concussion assessment and treatment tools such as the Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE), Post-Concussion Symptom Inventory-2, Concussion Learning Assessment & School Survey (CLASS-3), and the ACE Care Plan. He has worked closely with the CDC in the past on their “Heads Up” concussion educational programs, as a contributing author to the toolkits.

Dr. Gioia has been an active participant from 2004 to 2022 in the International Concussion in Sport Group Consensus meetings, and contributed to the evidence-based concussion guidelines of the CDC and American Academy of Neurology. He is the team neuropsychologist for the NHL’s Washington Capitals and the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, school systems, and numerous youth sports organizations in the Baltimore-Washington region. He has consulted with the local and National Governing Organizations of ice hockey, lacrosse, football, rugby and soccer related to concussion management and is the Chair of the Medical Advisory Panel for USA Football, on USA Lacrosse's Sport Science & Safety Committee, and the National Advisory Board of the Positive Coaching Alliance.

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