Dr. Genevieve Gabriel is a child neurologist and epileptologist and Director of Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at RWJUH. She is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Prior to coming to RWJMS, she was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where she also practiced child neurology and epilepsy at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital for three years. During her time in Arkansas Children’s Hospital, she developed hospital protocols for the treatment of infantile spasms and status epilepticus. Her work in infantile spasms led to several abstract and poster presentations to national meetings.
Dr. Gabriel graduated with honors (cum laude) from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She received her medical degree from the same university. Her clinical training in pediatrics was at Metropolitan Hospital Center in New York. She then went on to complete residency in child neurology and fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. She is board certified in pediatrics, child neurology, and epilepsy.
Education/Training:
- Undergraduate School – University of the Philippines
- Medical School – University of the Philippines College of Medicine
- Internship – Metropolitan Hospital Center, NY
- Residency – Metropolitan Hospital Center, NY
- Fellowship (Child Neurology) – SUNY (State University of New York) Downstate Medical Center
- Fellowship (Clinical Neurophysiology) – SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Publication Highlights:
- Mohamadpour M, Gabriel G, and Grant AC. A native Haitian woman with Unverricht-Lundborg disease. Case Rep Neurol, 9:284-288, 2017. doi: 10.1159/000484136.
Conference Presentation Highlights:
- Gabriel G, Arya K, et al. Dexamethasone is effective in treatment of infantile spasms. Presented at American Academy of Neurology 71st Annual meeting, 2019; Abstract # P3.5-012
- Arya K, Gabriel G, et al. Cosyntropin is poorly effective in treatment of infantile spasms. Presented at American Academy of Neurology 71st Annual meeting, 2019; Abstract # P1.5-027
- Kairamkonda S, Arya K, Gabriel G, Hutchison M, and Veerpandiyan A. A challenging case of intractable seizures in a pediatric patient with anti-GAD65 encephalitis. Presented at American Academy of Neurology 71st Annual meeting, 2019. Abstract # P2.2-019
- Gabriel G, Arya K, et al. Vigabatrin is effective in treatment of infantile spasms. Presented at American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Annual Meeting, 2019. Abstract # S49.