GeorgeBRichersonMD

Epilepsy

Professor of Neurology, University Iowa College of Medicine

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Office
200 Hawkins Dr
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone+1 319-356-1616

Fax+1 319-384-7199

Dr. George Richerson, based in Iowa City, IA, is a neurologist with a subspecialty in epilepsy. He completed his medical education and PhD in Physiology & Biophysics at the University of Iowa and his residency at Yale-New Haven Medical Center. He was on the faculty at Yale for 19 years, spending 14 of them as residency director. Since 2010, he has been the Chairman at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. His expertise includes general neurology, epilepsy, critical care medicine, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Dr. Richerson has published more than 100 articles in esteemed journals and has been recognized as one of America's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly between 2012 and 2014. He discovered that brainstem serotonin neurons are sensors of carbon dioxide and pH and stimulate breathing and cause arousal to restore homeostasis and sustain life. He has participated in clinical trials focusing on carbon dioxide chemosensitivity and SUDEP.

Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1988 - 1991
Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Waterbury)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 1987

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Chemosensitivity and SUDEP Start of enrollment: 2019 Dec 12
Recruiting
Not Applicable

PubMed

An Approach to Successful Development of Clinician-Scientists in Neurology: The NINDS R25 Experience.
S Andrew Josephson, Michael S Tennekoon, S Thomas Carmichael, Sydney S Cash, John A Detre
Annals of Neurology. 2024-10-01
1 citations
Incidence and Types of Cardiac Arrhythmias in the Peri-Ictal Period in Patients Having a Generalized Convulsive Seizure.
Laura Vilella, Christina Y Miyake, Ganne Chaitanya, Johnson P Hampson, Shirin Jamal Omidi
Neurology. 2024-07-09
2 citations
Altered 5-HT2A/C receptor binding in the medulla oblongata in the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): Part II. Age-associated alterations in serotonin receptor bindin...
Kevin J Cummings, James C Leiter, Felicia L Trachtenberg, Benjamin W Okaty, Robert A Darnall
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 2024-02-21

Journal Articles

Low-Frequency Vibrations Enhance Thrombolytic Therapy and Improve Stroke Outcomes
George Richerson, Stroke
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Case Fatality and Parkinson's Disease
George Richerson, Movement Disorders

Researchers Stimulate Human Amygdala to Gain Key Insight into Sudden Unexpected Death in EpilepsyJuly 15th, 2015

Cellular Mechanisms Of Respiratory And Temperature Control By The Medullary 5-HTEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2008–2012
Developmental Defects In Serotonin Neurons And The Response To O2 And CO2Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2011
Non-Vesicular GABA Release VIA GABA Transporter ReversalNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2010–2011
Developmental Defects In Serotonin Neurons And The Response To O2 And CO2Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2007–2011
Non-Vesicular GABA Release VIA GABA Transporter ReversalNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2008–2010
Cellular Mechanisms Of Medullary Serotonergic Neurons During DevelopmentEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2007
Nonvesicular GABA Release VIA GABA Transporter ReversalNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2002–2005
Mechanisms And Localization Of CO2 Sensitive CNS NeuronsNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1995–2005
Nonvesicular GABA Release And Inhibition In EpilepsyNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1997–2001