JamesLawrenceBernatMD

Neurology • Lebanon, NH

Professor of Neurology and Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

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Office
1 Medical Center Dr
Lebanon, NH 03756
Phone+1 603-650-6114

Fax+1 603-650-6233

Education & Training

Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalResidency, Neurology, 1974 - 1977
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1974
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1973

Certifications & Licensure

VT State Medical License 1974 - 2026
NH State Medical License 1977 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow American College of Physicians
Fellow American Academy of Neurology
Fellow American Neurological Association
Fellow Hastings Center
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
Advancing the Scientific Basis for Determining Death in Controlled Organ Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death.
Nicholas B Murphy, Sam D Shemie, Alex Capron, Robert D Truog, Thomas Nakagawa
Transplantation. 2024-11-01
5 citations
Knowledge gaps in heart and lung donation after the circulatory determination of death: Report of a workshop of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
James L Bernat, Kiran K Khush, Sam D Shemie, Matthew G Hartwig, Peter P Reese
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2024-06-01
4 citations
Research opportunities and ethical considerations for heart and lung xenotransplantation research: A report from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop.
Kiran K Khush, James L Bernat, Richard N Pierson 3rd, Henry J Silverman, Brendan Parent
American Journal of Transplantation. 2024-06-01

Journal Articles

Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria
Ariane Lewis, Panayiotis Varelas, Fernando D Goldenberg, James L Bernat, Marie Baldisseri, Thomas A Nakagawa, Cherylee Chang, Shelly D Timmons, JAMA

Authored Content

Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic CriteriaAugust 2020
Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic CriteriaAugust 2020
Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic CriteriaAugust 2020
Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic CriteriaAugust 2020
Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic CriteriaAugust 2020
Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic CriteriaAugust 2020
Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic CriteriaAugust 2020
On Shared Decision-Making and Informed ConsentMarch 2020
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Press Mentions

Unresponsive Brain-Damaged Patients May Have Some AwarenessAugust 14th, 2024
Death’s Troubled Relationship with the LawDecember 12th, 2020
The Pigs Were Dead. But Four Hours Later, Scientists Restored Cellular Functions in Their BrainsApril 18th, 2019
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