Jonathan G. Murnick, M.D., Ph.D.
Neuroradiologist
Jonathan G. Murnick, M.D., Ph.D., is an attending neuroradiologist in the department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology at Children’s National Hospital. Dr. Murnick has a special interest in brain development in the term and preterm neonates, as well as in diagnosis and prevention of pediatric stroke.
Key Studies
| October 2025 | Hui SCN, Andescavage N, Ngwa JS, Kapse K, Murnick JG, Donofrio MT, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Brain Metabolite Concentrations in Neonates With Congenital Heart Disease Before and After Cardiac Surgery. Neuroimage. 2025 Oct 1;319:121444. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121444. Epub 2025 Sep 4. PMID: 40914450 | view |
| September 2025 | Merhar SL, Bann CM, Mack N, Newman JE, Limperopoulos C, Ambalavanan N, Davis JM, DeMauro SB, Lorch SA, Wilson-Costello DE, Peralta-Carcelan M, Parlberg LM, Poindexter BB, Kapse K, Kline-Fath BM, Murnick JG. Prenatal Opioid Exposure Is Associated with Punctate White Matter Lesions in Term Newborns. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2025 Sep;284:114669. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114669. Epub 2025 May 23. PMID: 40414418; PMCID: PMC12261881 | view |
Date: April 2022
Seed M, Limperopoulos C. In Utero Brain Growth Matters for Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation. 2022 Apr 12;145(15):1120-1122. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.058683. Epub 2022 Apr 11. PMID: 35404677
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35404677
Date: January 2010
Limperopoulos C, Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Newburger JW, Brown DW, Robertson RL Jr, Guizard N, McGrath E, Geva J, Annese D, Dunbar-Masterson C, Trainor B, Laussen PC, du Plessis AJ. Brain Volume and Metabolism in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease: Evaluation With Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy. Circulation. 2010 Jan 5;121(1):26-33. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.865568. Epub 2009 Dec 21. PMID: 20026783; PMCID: PMC2819908
View: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2819908
Date: February 2024
Wu Y, De Asis-Cruz J, Limperopoulos C. Brain Structural and Functional Outcomes in the Offspring of Women Experiencing Psychological Distress During Pregnancy. Molecular Psychiatry. 2024 Jul;29(7):2223-2240. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02449-0. Epub 2024 Feb 28. PMID: 38418579; PMCID: PMC11408260
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38418579
Date: April 2022
Wu Y, Espinosa KM, Barnett SD, Kapse A, Quistorff JL, Lopez C, Andescavage N, Pradhan S, Lu YC, Kapse K, Henderson D, Vezina G, Wessel D, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Association of Elevated Maternal Psychological Distress, Altered Fetal Brain, and Offspring Cognitive and Social-Emotional Outcomes at 18 Months. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e229244. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9244. PMID: 35486403; PMCID: PMC9055453
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35486403