L. Gilbert Vézina, M.D. Director, Neuroradiology program
L. Gilbert Vézina, M.D., is a professor of radiology and pediatrics at the George Washington University and the director of the Neuroradiology Program at Children’s National Hospital. Dr. Vézina is a graduate of McGill Medical School and completed radiology and neuroradiology training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is a fellow of the American College of Radiology and a past president of the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR). He has more than 200 journal and literary publications on pediatric neuroradiology. Dr. Vézina’s clinical and research interests include fetal/neonatal imaging and imaging of patients with brain tumors, epilepsy, congenital anomalies, phacomatoses, traumatic brain injuries and head and neck disorders. He was awarded the Gold Medal by the ASPNR in 2020, the society’s most distinguished honor, in recognition of his exceptional service and achievements.
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Address: 111 Michigan Ave. NW; Washington, D.C., 20010
Email: [email protected]
Department: MRI Lab
Recent publications
2024 | July
De Asis-Cruz J, Kalsi IA, Kapse K, Vezina G, Donofrio MT, Limperopoulos C. Decreased gray matter density in subcortical structures in newborns with complex congenital heart disease. NeoHeart 2024. (One of the top three conference abstracts.) New York, NY. July 2024.
Corn E, Andringa-Seed R, Williams ME, Arroyave-Wessel M, Tarud R, Vezina G, Podolsky RH, Kapse K, Limperopoulos C, Berl MM, Cure C, Mulkey SB. “Feasibility and success of a non-sedated brain MRI training protocol in 7-year-old children from rural and semi-rural Colombia.” Pediatric Radiology. 2024 Jul 6. doi: 10.1007/s00247-024-05964-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38970708
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38970708/
2024 | February
Mulkey SB, Corn E, Williams ME, Peyton C, Andringa-Seed R, Arroyave-Wessel M, Vezina G, Bulas DI, Podolsky RH, Msall ME, Cure C. Neurodevelopmental outcomes of normocephalic Colombian children with antenatal Zika virus exposure at school entry. Pathogens. 2024 Feb 13;13(2):170. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13020170. PMID: 38392908; PMCID: PMC10892822
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38392908/
2024 | January
Andescavage N, Lu YC, Wu Y, Kapse K, Keller J, Von Kohorn I, Afifi A, Vezina G, Henderson D, Wessel DL, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Intrauterine exposure to SARS-CoV-2 infection and early newborn brain development. Cereb Cortex. 2024 Jan 31;34(2):bhae041. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhae041. PMID: 38385890
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38385890/
2023 | November
De Asis-Cruz J, Andescavage N, Donofrio MT, Vezina G, Wessel D, du Plessis A, Limperopoulos C. Disrupted Functional Brain Connectome in the Fetus With Congenital Heart Disease. Circ Res. 2023 Nov 10;133(11):959-961. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.323276. Epub 2023 Oct 12. PMID: 37823309
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37823309/
Cohen NT, Chang P, Gholipour T, Oluigbo C, Vezina LG, Xie H, Zhang A, Gaillard WD. Limbic network co-localization predicts pharmacoresistance in dysplasia-related epilepsy. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2023 Nov;10(11):2161-2165. doi: 10.1002/acn3.51892. Epub 2023 Sep 12. PMID: 37700505; PMCID: PMC10646997
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37700505/
2023 | October
De Asis-Cruz J, Kim JH, Krishnamurthy D, Lopez C, Kapse K, Andescavage N, Vezina G, Limperopoulos C. Examining the relationship between fetal cortical thickness, gestational age, and maternal psychological distress. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2023 Oct;63:101282. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101282. Epub 2023 Jul 20. PMID: 37515833; PMCID: PMC10407290
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37515833/
2023 | September
Chang P, Xie H, Illapani VSP, You X, Anwar T, Pasupuleti A, Vu TA, Vezina LG, Gholipour T, Oluigbo CO, Zhang A, Gaillard WD, Cohen NT. Focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures predict pharmacoresistance in focal cortical dysplasia-related epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2023 Sep;64(9):2434-2442. doi: 10.1111/epi.17700. Epub 2023 Jul 7. PMID: 37349955; PMCID: PMC10529443
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37349955/
2023 | August
Presacco A, Chirumamilla VC, Vezina G, Li R, Du Plessis A, Massaro AN, Govindan RB. Prediction of outcome of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in newborns undergoing therapeutic hypothermia using heart rate variability. J Perinatol. 2023 Aug 21. doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01754-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37604967
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37604967/
2023 | June
Warren KE, Vezina G, Krailo M, Springer L, Buxton A, Peer CJ, Figg WD, William-Hughes C, Kessel S, Fouladi M, Gajjar A, Bowers D. Phase II Randomized Trial of Lenalidomide in Children With Pilocytic Astrocytomas and Optic Pathway Gliomas: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Jun 20;41(18):3374-3383. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.01777. Epub 2023 May 1. PMID: 37126770; PMCID: PMC10414716
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37126770/
2023 | April
Frost FG, Morimoto M, Sharma P, Ruaud L, Belnap N, Calame DG, Uchiyama Y, Matsumoto N, Oud MM, Ferreira EA, Narayanan V, Rangasamy S, Huentelman M, Emrick LT, Sato-Shirai I, Kumada S, Wolf NI, Steinbach PJ, Huang Y; Undiagnosed Diseases Network; Pusey BN, Passemard S, Levy J, Drunat S, Vincent M, Guet A, Agolini E, Novelli A, Digilio MC, Rosenfeld JA, Murphy JL, Lupski JR, Vezina G, Macnamara EF, Adams DR, Acosta MT, Tifft CJ, Gahl WA, Malicdan MCV. Bi-allelic SNAPC4 variants dysregulate global alternative splicing and lead to neuroregression and progressive spastic paraparesis. Am J Hum Genet. 2023 Apr 6;110(4):663-680. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.03.001. Epub 2023 Mar 24. PMID: 36965478; PMCID: PMC10119142
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36965478/
Andescavage N, Bullen T, Liggett M, Barnett SD, Kapse A, Kapse K, Ahmadzia H, Vezina G, Quistorff J, Lopez C, duPlessis A, Limperopoulos C. Impaired in vivo feto-placental development is associated with neonatal neurobehavioral outcomes. Pediatr Res. 2023 Apr;93(5):1276-1284. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02340-0. Epub 2022 Nov 5. PMID: 36335267; PMCID: PMC10147575
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36335267/
2023 | January
Li R, Lee JK, Govindan RB, Graham EM, Everett AD, Perin J, Vezina G, Tekes A, Chen MW, Northington F, Parkinson C, O'Kane A, McGowan M, Krein C, Al-Shargabi T, Chang T, Massaro AN. Plasma Biomarkers of Evolving Encephalopathy and Brain Injury in Neonates with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. J Pediatr. 2023 Jan;252:146-153.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.07.046. Epub 2022 Aug 7. PMID: 35944723; PMCID: PMC9828943
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35944723/