Name and Degrees
Isabelle Rapin, MD, University of Lausanne Medical School.
Major Appointments (Institution, Location, Dates)
1953–1954: intern in Pediatrics, Bellevue Hospital/New York University Medical School
1954–1958: resident in Neurology, Fellow in Child Neurology, Neurological Institute of NY – Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
1957–1958: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Assistant in Neurology
1958–2012: Faculty, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. (1972–2012: Professor Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, [Neurology])
2012–2017: Professor Emerita of Neurology and Pediatrics (Neurology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Major Honors and Awards
Dr. Rapin has been recognized as an early leader in child neurology by most major professional societies. She served as an officer of the Child Neurology Society, the International Child Neurology Association, the American...
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References and Readings
Selected Papers on Sensory Input and Development of Higher Cortical Functions
Jure, R., Rapin, I., & Tuchman, R. F. (1991). Hearing impaired autistic children. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 33, 1062–1072.
Jure, R., Pogonza, R., & Rapin, I. (2016). Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in blind children: Very high prevalence, potentially better outlook. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(3), 759–769. doi:10.1007/s10803-015-2612-5.
Rapin, I. (1964). Evoked responses to clicks in a group of children with communication disorders. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 112, 182–203.
Rapin, I. (1978). Consequences of congenital hearing loss – A long term view. Canadian Journal of Otolaryngology, 7, 473–483.
Rapin, I. (1979a). Effects of early blindness and deafness on cognition. In R. Katzman (Ed.), Congenital and acquired cognitive disorders (pp. 189–245). New York: Raven Press.
Rapin, I. (1979b). Conductive hearing loss: Effects on children’s language and scholastic skills. A review of the literature. The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, 88(Suppl. 60), 3–12.
Rapin, I. (n.d.). Why the high prevalence of autism in children with congenital blindness? (Submitted for publication).
Rapin, I., & Graziani, L. J. (1967). Auditory evoked responses in normal, brain damaged, and deaf infants. Neurology, 17, 881–894.
Wilson, J. J., Rapin, I., Wilson, B. C., & Van Denburgh, F. V. (1975). Neuropsychologic function of children with severe hearing impairment. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 18, 634–652.
Other Recent Autism Papers
Goldman, S., Wang, C., Salgado, M. W., Greene, P. E., Kim, M., & Rapin, I. (2013a). Motor stereotypies in children with autism and other developmental disorders. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 51(1), 30–38.
Goldman, S., O’Brien, L. M., Filipek, P. A., Rapin, I., & Herbert, M. R. (2013b). Motor stereotypies and volumetric brain alterations in children with autistic disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7(1), 82–92.
Graf, W. D., Miller, G., Epstein, L. G., & Rapin, I. (2017). The autism “epidemic”: Ethical, legal, and social issues in a developmental spectrum disorder. Neurology, 88(14), 1371–1380. ID#: NEUROLOGY/2016/764498.
Pfaff, D. W., Rapin, I., & Goldman, S. (2011). Male predominance in autism: Neuroendocrine influences on arousal and social anxiety. Autism Research, 4(3), 163–176.
Rapin, I. (2006). Language heterogeneity and regression in the autistic spectrum disorders – Overlaps with other childhood language regression syndromes. Clinical Neuroscience Research, 6, 209–218.
Rapin, I. (2014). Classification of behaviorally-defined disorders: Biology vs. the DSM. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(10), 2661–2666.
Rapin, I. (2016). Dyscalculia and the calculating brain. Journal of Pediatric Neurology, 61, 11–20. http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0887899416000679
Shetreat-Klein, M., Shinnar, S., & Rapin, I. (2014). Abnormalities of joint mobility and gait in children with autism spectrum disorders. Brain & Development, 36(2), 91–96.
Silver, W. G., & Rapin, I. (2012). Neurobiological basis of autism. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 59(1), 45–61.
Tuchman, R. F., Moshé, S. L., & Rapin, I. (2009). Convulsing toward the pathophysiology of autism. Brain & Development, 31(2), 95–103.173.
Valicenti-McDermott, M., McVicar, K., Rapin, I., Wershil, B. K., Cohen, H., & Shinnar, S. (2006). Frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms in children with autistic spectrum disorders and association with family history of autoimmune disease. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 27, S128–S136.
Weidenheim, K. M., Escobar, A., & Rapin, I. (2012). Brief report: Life history and neuropathology of a gifted man with Asperger syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(3), 460–467.
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Fein, D. (2017). Rapin, Isabelle. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102161-1
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