Anuj Jayakar, MD

Scientific Committee & Education Lead

Neurology, Nicklaus Children's Hospital

Miami, FL, USA

About

Member of the PedQuEST Scientific Committee and Education Initiative co-lead.

Research Interests

qEEG EducationPediatric EpilepsyClinical Neurophysiology

Publications(19)

A scoping review on clinical and genetic diagnostic approaches for cerebral visual impairment

Albertos-Arranz H, Juvier-Riesgo T, Sainfort F, Jayakar A, Alfonso EC, Jacko VA, Mendoza-Santiesteban CE

Surv Ophthalmol (2025) · DOI → · PubMed

SeizuresReviewSurveyNeurocritical Care

Influenza-Associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in US Children

Silverman A, Walsh R, Santoro JD, Thomas K, Ballinger E, Fisher KS, Thomas AX, Appavu B, Kruer MC, Neilson D, Knoll J, Sharp AN, Edelman HE, Otallah S, Morgan A, Grzezulkowska A, Nguyen J, Rao LM, Hecht SM, Catalano L, Daigle H, Kronfol C, Wharton J, Adams D, Kalawi AZ, Kung M, Arellano JL, Smith L, Segal D, Feja K, Broomall E, Jayakar A, Arnold SR, Retallack H, Press CA, Gombolay G, McLaughlin MH, Kannan V, Thakkar K, Rezwan T, Hulfish E, Eid D, Meylor J, Peng D, Hurtado R, Nickerson T, Mandell I, Carbonell AU, Kerner-Rossi M, Jayaraman D, Davis M, Olivero R, Shah N, Osborne CM, Zhang B, Cortina C, Randolph AG, Rao S, LaRocca T, Van Haren KP, Wilson-Murphy M

JAMA (2025) · DOI → · PubMed

Neurocritical CareSeizuresBiomarkers

De novo variants in GABRA4 are associated with a neurological phenotype including developmental delay, behavioral abnormalities and epilepsy

Sajan SA, Gradisch R, Vogel FD, Coffey AJ, Salyakina D, Soler D, Jayakar P, Jayakar A, Bianconi SE, Cooper AH, Liu S, William N, Benkel-Herrenbrück I, Maiwald R, Heller C, Biskup S, Leiz S, Westphal DS, Wagner M, Clarke A, Stockner T, Ernst M, Kesari A, Krenn M

Eur J Hum Genet (2024) · DOI → · PubMed

EEGSeizuresEpilepsy

Multi-center implementation of rapid whole genome sequencing provides additional evidence of its utility in the pediatric inpatient setting.

Thompson L, Larson A, Salz L, Veith R, Tsai JP, Jayakar A, Chapman R, Gupta A, Kingsmore SF, Dimmock D, Bedrick A, Galindo MK, Casas K, Mohamed M, Straight L, Khan MA, Salyakina D

Front Pediatr (2024) · DOI → · PubMed

Neurocritical Care

Spike isolation from background signal in neonatal EEG data using an integrated independent component analysis method.

Asl ME, Rodriguez JD, Cabrerizo M, Jayakar A, Barreto A, Adjouadi M

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc (2024) · DOI → · PubMed

EEGEpilepsyNeonatal

Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) Astrocytopathy: An Emerging Cause of Meningoencephalomyelitis in Children and Adolescents

Uppal P, Smith J, Castillo-Pinto C, Wells EM, Jayakar A, Harrar D

J Child Neurol (2023) · DOI → · PubMed

Neurocritical Care

Real-world economic evaluation of prospective rapid whole-genome sequencing compared to a matched retrospective cohort of critically ill pediatric patients in the United States

Diaby V, Babcock A, Huang Y, Moussa RK, Espinal PS, Janvier M, Soler D, Gupta A, Jayakar P, Diaz-Barbosa M, Totapally B, Sasaki J, Jayakar A, Salyakina D

Pharmacogenomics J (2022) · DOI → · PubMed

Neurocritical Care

Clinico-radiological features, molecular spectrum, and identification of prognostic factors in developmental and epileptic encephalopathy due to inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase (ITPase) deficiency

Scala M, Wortmann SB, Kaya N, Stellingwerff MD, Pistorio A, Glamuzina E, van Karnebeek CD, Skrypnyk C, Iwanicka-Pronicka K, Piekutowska-Abramczuk D, Ciara E, Tort F, Sheidley B, Poduri A, Jayakar P, Jayakar A, Upadia J, Walano N, Haack TB, Prokisch H, Aldhalaan H, Karimiani EG, Yildiz Y, Ceylan AC, Santiago-Sim T, Dameron A, Yang H, Toosi MB, Ashrafzadeh F, Akhondian J, Imannezhad S, Mirzadeh HS, Maqbool S, Farid A, Al-Muhaizea MA, Alshwameen MO, Aldowsari L, Alsagob M, Alyousef A, AlMass R, AlHargan A, Alwadei AH, AlRasheed MM, Colak D, Alqudairy H, Khan S, Lines MA, García Cazorla MÁ, Ribes A, Morava E, Bibi F, Haider S, Ferla MP, Taylor JC, Alsaif HS, Firdous A, Hashem M, Shashkin C, Koneev K, Kaiyrzhanov R, Efthymiou S, Genomics QS, Schmitt-Mechelke T, Ziegler A, Issa MY, Elbendary HM, Striano P, Alkuraya FS, Zaki MS, Gleeson JG, Barakat TS, Bierau J, van der Knaap MS, Maroofian R, Houlden H

Hum Mutat (2022) · DOI → · PubMed

SeizuresBiomarkersOutcomesNeurocritical Care

Pediatric Critical Care Neurologists in the United States and Canada: A Survey of Clinical Practice Experience

Farias-Moeller R, Jayakar A, Guerriero RM, Carpenter JL, Wainwright MS, Harrar DB

J Child Neurol (2022) · DOI → · PubMed

Neurocritical CareSurveyEducation

A Survey of Neuromonitoring Practices in North American PICUs

Kirschen MP, LaRovere K, Balakrishnan B, Erklauer J, Francoeur C, Ganesan SL, Jayakar A, Lovett M, Luchette M, Press CA, Wolf M, Ferrazzano P, Wainwright MS, Appavu B

Pediatr Neurol (2022) · PubMed

NeuromonitoringSurveyNeurocritical Care

Pediatric Acute Stroke Protocols in the US and Canada

Harrar DB, Benedetti GM, Jayakar A

J Pediatr (2021) · PubMed

StrokeSurvey

A Case of UDP-Galactose 4'-Epimerase Deficiency Associated with Dyshematopoiesis and Atrioventricular Valve Malformations: An Exceptional Clinical Phenotype Explained by Altered N-Glycosylation with Relative Preservation of the Leloir Pathway.

Febres-Aldana CA, Pelaez L, Wright MS, Maher OM, Febres-Aldana AJ, Sasaki J, Jayakar P, Jayakar A, Diaz-Barbosa M, Janvier M, Totapally B, Salyakina D, Galvez-Silva JR

Mol Syndromol (2020) · DOI → · PubMed

Course and Outcome of Children with Convulsive Status Epilepticus Admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Chegondi M, Garland MM, Sendi P, Jayakar AR, Totapally BR

Cureus (2019) · DOI → · PubMed

Status EpilepticusOutcomes

Epilepsy surgery near or in eloquent cortex in children-Practice patterns and recommendations for minimizing and reporting deficits

Jayakar P, Jayakar A, Libenson M, Arzimanoglou A, Rydenhag B, Cross JH, Bhatia S, Tassi L, Lachhwani D, Gaillard WD

Epilepsia (2018) · DOI → · PubMed

SurveyEpilepsy

Pediatric epilepsy surgery

Jayakar A, Bolton J

Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep (2015) · DOI → · PubMed

ReviewEpilepsyOutcomes

Near-infrared spectroscopy to define cognitive frontal lobe functions

Jayakar A, Dunoyer C, Rey G, Yaylali I, Jayakar P

J Clin Neurophysiol (2005) · DOI → · PubMed

Cardiac ArrestSeizuresNeuromonitoring

Fraser-Cryptophthalmos syndrome with cardiovascular malformations: a rare association.

Hambire SD, Bhavsar PP, B M, Jayakar AV

Indian Pediatr (2003) · PubMed

HIV related immune thrombocytopenia.

Godambe SV, Jayakar AV, Muzumdar HV, Kandoth PW

Indian Pediatr (1994) · PubMed

Benign cystic teratoma of the mediastinum.

Jajoo SP, Dandge VP, Jayakar AV, Dalwai WM, Karande SC, Dharap PB

Indian Pediatr (1992) · PubMed

Conference Abstracts(2)

Development of a Multicenter EEG Research Consortium and Data Platform to Advance Pediatric Quantitative EEG Research

Press CA, Benedetti GM, Harrar DB, Farias-Moeller R, Tomko S, Jayakar A, Appavu B, Morgan LA, Castillo-Pinto C, Thomas AX, Rau S, Fulton F, Parikh D, Abend NS, Hahn C, Riviello J, Ganesan R, De Freitas D, Dare Y, Wagenaar J

American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting (2025) · poster

EEGEpilepsyPedQuESTqEEG

Feasibility of Implementation of an Age-Based Guideline for PCPC Scoring

Nelliot A, Thomas AX, Farias-Moeller R, Tomko S, Jayakar A, Appavu B, Harrar DB, Morgan LA, Castillo-Pinto C, Rau S, Fulton M, Press CA, Benedetti GM

American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting (2025) · poster

Epilepsy