Perelman School of Medicine/ Faculty Search/ Rebecca N. Ichord

Rebecca N. Ichord, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Department: Neurology

Contact information

Dept. of Neurology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
CTRB 10th Floor
3501 Civic Ctr Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318

Office: 215-590-4142
Fax: 215-590-5120

Email:
ichord@email.chop.edu

Links
Website for clinical stroke program.

Education:
B.S. (Biology, Magna cum laude)
University of Hawaii , 1975.
M.D.
(year 1-2), New York Medical College, 1977.
MD
(year 3-4) George Washington University School of Medicine (with distinction), 1979.

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Description of Research Expertise

Clinical research is focused primarily on stroke in childhood, including arterial ischemic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, cerebral venous thrombosis, and related cerebral vascular disorders. Current active research activities include an NIH-funded multicenter cohort study to validate the NIH stroke scale in children; neurological manifestations of cerebral ischemic injury in sickle cell anemia (SITT and SWiTCH trials); a two-center cohort study of outcome predictors in childhood spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage; and a pilot study of constraint-induced movement therapy in children recovering from stroke.

Related research activities through collaborations locally at CHOP/Penn and nationally include: hypothermia for pediatric cardiac arrest, and mechanisms of secondary injury in traumatic brain injury in children.

Description of Clinical Expertise

Childhood Stroke & acute brain injury due to cardiac arrest and traumatic brain injury. Primary clinical focus is stroke. As director of the CHOP Stroke Program, I oversee development and execution of clinical stroke care programs through a 24/7 rapid response neurovascular consultation service and multidisciplinary out-patient stroke follow-up clinic. The Stroke Program team includes expert care in neonatal stroke and cognitive effects of stroke by Dr. Sabrina Smith, and effects of congenital heart disease on developing brain by Dr. Daniel Licht. Training elements include bedside & didactic teaching activities for physician and nursing staff within CHOP, and community outreach via a CME program for primary ED & pediatric practitioners. A pediatric stroke fellowship was established in July 2008.

Selected Publications

Abend, N. S., Topjian, A. A., Kessler, S. K., Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Berg, R. A., Nadkarni, V., Dlugos, D. J., Clancy, R. R., Ichord, R. N.: Outcome prediction by motor and pupillary responses in children treated with therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. Pediatr Crit Care Med 13(1): 32-8, 2012.

Lo, W. D., Ichord, R. N., Dowling, M. M., Rafay, M., Templeton, J., Halperin, A., Smith, S. E., Licht, D. J., Moharir, M., Askalan, R., Deveber, G.: The Pediatric Stroke Recurrence and Recovery Questionnaire: Validation in a prospective cohort. Neurology 79(9): 864-870, 2012.

Kleinman, J. T., Beslow, L. A., Engelmann, K., Smith, S. E., Licht, D. J., Ichord, R. N., Jordan, L. C.: Evaluation of intraventricular hemorrhage in pediatric intracerebral hemorrhage. J Child Neurol 27(4): 526-31, 2012.

Fraser, C. D., Jr., Jaquiss, R. D., Rosenthal, D. N., Humpl, T., Canter, C. E., Blackstone, E. H., Naftel, D. C., Ichord, R. N., Bomgaars, L., Tweddell, J. S., Massicotte, M. P., Turrentine, M. W., Cohen, G. A., Devaney, E. J., Pearce, F. B., Carberry, K. E., Kroslowitz, R., Almond, C. S.: Prospective trial of a pediatric ventricular assist device. N Engl J Med 367(6): 532-41, 2012.

Emmanuele, V., Sotiriou, E., Rios, P. G., Ganesh, J., Ichord, R., Foley, A. R., Akman, H. O., Dimauro, S.: A Novel Mutation in the Mitochondrial DNA Cytochrome b Gene (MTCYB) in a Patient With Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Strokelike Episodes Syndrome. J Child Neurol 2012.

DeBaun, M. R., Sarnaik, S. A., Rodeghier, M. J., Minniti, C. P., Howard, T. H., Iyer, R. V., Inusa, B., Telfer, P. T., Kirby-Allen, M., Quinn, C. T., Bernaudin, F., Airewele, G., Woods, G. M., Panepinto, J. A., Fuh, B., Kwiatkowski, J. K., King, A. A., Rhodes, M. M., Thompson, A. A., Heiny, M. E., Redding-Lallinger, R. C., Kirkham, F. J., Sabio, H., Gonzalez, C. E., Saccente, S. L., Kalinyak, K. A., Strouse, J. J., Fixler, J. M., Gordon, M. O., Miller, J. P., Noetzel, M. J., Ichord, R. N., Casella, J. F.: Associated risk factors for silent cerebral infarcts in sickle cell anemia: low baseline hemoglobin, sex, and relative high systolic blood pressure. Blood 119(16): 3684-90, 2012.

Campen, C. J., Kranick, S. M., Kasner, S. E., Kessler, S. K., Zimmerman, R. A., Lustig, R., Phillips, P. C., Storm, P. B., Smith, S. E., Ichord, R., Fisher, M. J.: Cranial Irradiation Increases Risk of Stroke in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors. Stroke 2012.

Beslow, L. A., Kasner, S. E., Smith, S. E., Mullen, M. T., Kirschen, M. P., Bastian, R. A., Dowling, M. M., Lo, W., Jordan, L. C., Bernard, T. J., Friedman, N., DeVeber, G., Kirton, A., Abraham, L., Licht, D. J., Jawad, A. F., Ellenberg, J. H., Lautenbach, E., Ichord, R. N.: Concurrent validity and reliability of retrospective scoring of the Pediatric National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. Stroke 43(2): 341-5, 2012.

Bernard, T. J., Manco-Johnson, M. J., Lo, W., MacKay, M. T., Ganesan, V., DeVeber, G., Goldenberg, N. A., Armstrong-Wells, J., Dowling, M. M., Roach, E. S., Tripputi, M., Fullerton, H. J., Furie, K. L., Benseler, S. M., Jordan, L. C., Kirton, A., Ichord, R.: Towards a consensus-based classification of childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Stroke 43(2): 371-7, 2012.

Bernard, T. J., Manco-Johnson, M. J., Lo, W., Mackay, M. T., Ganesan, V., Deveber, G., Goldenberg, N. A., Armstrong-Wells, J., Dowling, M. M., Roach, E. S., Tripputi, M., Fullerton, H. J., Furie, K. L., Benseler, S. M., Jordan, L. C., Kirton, A., Ichord, R.: Towards a Consensus-Based Classification of Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke. Stroke 2011.