Joseph Scafidi
Experienced in Asphyxia Neonatorum

Dr. Joseph Scafidi

Pediatric Neurology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD 

Experienced in Asphyxia Neonatorum
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD 
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Pediatric and neonatal neurologist Joseph Scafidi is a clinician-scientist with expertise in pre-term neonatal brain injury, hypoxic ischemia and neurodevelopmental disorders. He directs the Michael V. Johnston Center for Developmental Neuroscience at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Scafidi earned a degree in osteopathic medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed residency training in pediatrics at Rutgers University Medical School as well as in child neurology at Children’s National Hospital, where he also undertook fellowship training in neonatal neurology. Additionally, Dr. Scafidi was a postdoctoral research fellow in developmental neurobiology at Children’s National Research Institute. His research interests focus on understanding metabolic adaptations after perinatal brain injury in the acute and long-term recovery phases, specifically how different cell populations in different brain regions use energy after injury and how these adaptations or maladaptations affect the recovery process. As a practicing pediatric and neonatal neurologist, Dr. Scafidi is ideally positioned to facilitate bench-to-bedside therapies through his laboratory and to improve knowledge of disease by developing and testing bedside-to-bench, research-driven hypotheses.

Dr. Scafidi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Asphyxia Neonatorum. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Seizures, Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Premature Infant, and Endovascular Embolization.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 35 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Asphyxia Neonatorum.

Graduate Institution
New York University School Of Medicine, MS, 1999
Residency
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Pediatrics, 2005
Specialties
Pediatric Neurology
Licenses
Pediatrics in DC
Board Certifications
American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology
Fellowships
Children's National Medical Center, Child Neurology, 2008
Hospital Affiliations
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Languages Spoken
English
Italian
Spanish
Gender
Male

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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Department Of Neurology, Floor 2, Baltimore, MD 21224
Call: 410-550-0630

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35 Total Publications

Aging Effects on Lipid Metabolism in Response to Traumatic Brain Injury.
Aging Effects on Lipid Metabolism in Response to Traumatic Brain Injury.
Journal: Journal of neurochemistry
Published: May 02, 2025
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