Romergryko G. Geocadin

Romergryko G. Geocadin, M.D., is the Guest Editor of this issue of Seminars in Neurology on Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. Dr. Geocadin is Assistant Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anesthesiology-Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the Director of the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Associate Director of the Neurosciences Critical Care Division, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.

Dr. Geocadin earned a Bachelor of Science at the University of the Philippines and a Doctor of Medicine at the University of the East-Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center College of Medicine. He trained in Neurology at the New York University Medical Center and did a Clinical and Research Fellowship in Neurosciences Critical Care at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Geocadin has published extensively on the pathophysiology and management of brain injury following cardiopulmonary arrest and neurological prognostication. He has done considerable work on the neuroanatomy and physiology of intracranial pressure, and continuous intracranial pressure monitoring via shunt reservoir to assess suspected shunt malfunction. He has research funding for cortical brain injury monitoring via quantitative EEG analysis and evoked potential monitoring, as well as hypothermic neuroprotection after cardiac arrest. For many years now he has been a Course Director and Faculty at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. He has mentored many young investigators who have gone on to make significant contributions themselves.

We are so very grateful to Dr. Geocadin and to all of the contributors to this issue of Seminars in Neurology. Reading these manuscripts improved my care of patients with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, and made me a better teacher in the intensive care unit.

We dedicate this issue of Seminars in Neurology to Romeo Geocadin. His memory is honored by the tremendous work and dedication of his son.