James McLaughlin, DO, FACP, FAAN, FAHA

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology

Education & Training

  • Residency Neurology, St. Louis University
  • Residency Internal Medicine: Geisinger Medical Center
  • Internship, Allentown Osteopathic Hospital
  • DO, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • BS, University of Scranton

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology – Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology – Vascular Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology – Clinical Neurophysiology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Organization Membership

  • National Stroke Association
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • American Heart/American Stroke Association
  • American Society of Neuroimaging
  • American Academy of Clinical Neurophysiology
  • American College of Physicians
  • American Medical Association
  • Pennsylvania Medical Society

Selected Recent Publications

McLaughlin, .T.R., Rankin Pauline CRNP - UPMC Annual Stroke Program Report, 2003, 2004, 2005,2006,2007,2008,2009

McLaughlin, .T.R., Rankin Pauline CRNP - UPMC Patient Stroke Education Booklet, 2005

McLaughlin, .T.R., Rankin Pauline CRNP, Steigerwald Rhonda, -Rapid Response Team Specific for Stroke Significantly Decreases Time of Medical Evaluation-Stroke Journal, 2009

McLaughlin, J.R., Rankin Pauline CRNP, Jones Laura, Marsh Diane - CT Brain Alert Specific for Stroke Significantly Improves Door to CT Brain Time in a Rural Hospital Setting- Stroke Journal, 2012

McLaughlin, J.R., Rankin Pauline CRNP, Pen-y Chris-Effectiveness of Rural Community Stroke Screenings on Identification and Physician Follow up for Stroke Risk Factors - Stroke Journal, 2013

McLaughlin, .l.R., Rankin Pauline CRNP, Kline Ann, Perry Chris - Post Stroke Care in a Rural Community; Need for Improvement- Stroke Journal, 2014

Mclaughlin, J.R., Rankin Pauline CRNP, Diane Marsh RN., - Emergency Room Stroke Nurse Facilitator Improves Door to Needle IV rtPA time in a Rural Hospital- poster presentation at International Stroke Conference Nashville, 2015

Mclaughlin, J.R., Rankin Pauline CRNP, Diane Marsh RN., - Ambulance Membership-Impact on 911 Utilization for Prehospital Stroke Triage and Transport in a Rural Community - poster presentation at International Stroke Conference Los Angeles, 2016

Gomez, C.R., McLaughlin, J.R., Njenamze, P.C. and Nashed, A., Effect of Cardiac Dysfunction Upon Diastolic Cerebral Blood Flow Angiology, Vol. 43, No 8, August, 1992, p. 625-630

McLaughlin, J.R., Gomez, S.M., Taylor D., Horenstein, S., Hall, T. S., Interictal Cerebral Vasoreactivity in Patients with Migraine. Headache Quarterly Vol. TiT, No. 1., p. 50. 1992

Gomez, C.R., McLaughlin, J.R., New Method for Optimal Stabilization of the Transcranial Doppler Transducer during Monitoring: normal Controls and Patient Application. The Journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging, 1991; 1:91-94

McLaughlin, J.R., Gomez C.R., Continuous Long-term Transcranial Doppler Monitoring: The Search for Optimal Probe Stabilization. Platform presentation. 5th International Symposium on Intracranial Hemodynamics, San Francisco, CA, Feburary, 1991

McLaughlin, J.R., Gomez, S.M., Taylor, D., Horenstein, S., Hall, LS. Exaggerated Cerebral Vasoconstriction as an Interietal Marker in Migraine. Poster Presentation. ANA, Atlanta, GA, 1990

Burke, W.J., McLaughlin, J.R., Alzheimer's May raise Risk of Prostate, Pancreatic CA. Internal medicine News, Vol. 23, No. 19, 1990

Burke, W.J., McLaughlin, J.R., Chung, H.D., Grossberg, G.T., and Evans, R.G. Occurrence of Cancer in Elderly and Alzheimer Patient: An Epidemiologic Necropsy Study. Alzheimer Disease assoc. Disord 1994 spring; 8(1): 22-8

Gomez, C.R., McLaughlin, J.R., njenamze, P.C. Effect oflntra-aortic Balloon Pumps on Cerebral Circulation. Stroke, Vol. 21, No. 10, October 1990, Letter to the Editor

Burke, W.J., McLaughlin, J.R., Chung, H.D., Grossberg, G.T., and Evans, R.G. Increased Prevalence ofNeoplasia in Autopsy Diagnosed Alzheimer's Disease. Poster Presented at the international Alzheimer's disease Conference, Toronto, Canada. September 1990                                                                                                 •

McLaughlin, J.R., Wade, j., Horenstein, S. The MRI appearance of Central Nervous

System Lesions in Blue-Rubber-Bleb Nevus Syndrome. Poster presented at AAN, New Orleans, LA September, 1989

Sandhu, .T.S., McLaughlin, J.R., Gomez, C.R. Characteristics ofincidental Pineal cysts On Magnetic Resonance imaging neurosurgery, Vol. 25, No. 4, 1989, P. 637-639

Sandhu, J.S. McLaughlin, J.R., Gomez, C.R. The Significance of Spin-Density MRI in The Definition of Cyctic Pineal Changes (2nd author). Poster presented at American Society of Neuroimaging, 1988

Narawong, D., Gibbons V.P., McLaughlin, J.R., Bouhasin, J.D., Kotagal, S. Conservative management of Spinal Epidural Hematoma in Hemophilia. Department of Neurology, St. Louis University, School of medicine, MO Pediatric neurology 1988 May-June; 4(3) 169-71

Hemodynamic evaluation of AVMS by 3-0 Transcranial Doppler Scanning (2nd author). Poster presented at AAN, Chicago, IL, April 1989