Titles and Contact Information
Director, Stroke Unit
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Appointments: (617) 726-8459
Fax Number: (617) 726-5043
Affiliations and Profiles
Clinical Interests
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Stroke Prevention
- Acute Stroke Treatment
- Stroke Rehabilitation
Clinical Background
| 1964 |
M.D. Degree
|
Columbia University
College of
Physicians and Surgeons |
| 1968 |
Residency
|
Presbyterian Hospital in the City
of New York
Internal Medicine |
| 1970 |
Board Certification
|
Internal Medicine |
| 1975 |
Residency
|
Massachusetts General Hospital
Neurology |
| 1976 |
Board Certification
|
Neurology |
Articles
Kistler
JP, Singer
DE, Millenson
MM, Bauer
KA, Gress
DR, Barzegar
S, Hughes
RA, Sheehan
MA, Maraventano
SW, Oertel
LB, Rosner
B, Rosenberg
RD, for the BAATAF investigators
Effect of low-intensity warfarin
anticoagulation on level of activity of the hemostatic system in
patients with atrial fibrillation.
Stroke 1993; 24(9):1360-1365..
;
():
The BAATAF Study Investigators.
The effect of low dose warfarin in
preventing stroke in non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation.
N Engl J Med 1990; 323:1505-1511..
;
():
Kistler
JP, Buonanno
FS, DeWitt
LD, Davis
KR, Pykett
IL, Brady
TJ, Fisher
CM
Vertebral basilar territory stroke - Delineation by proton nuclear magnetic resonance imaging.
Stroke 1984; 15(3):417- 426..
;
():
Furie
KL, Rosenberg
R, Thompson
JL, Bauer
K, Mohr
JP, Rosner
B, Sciacca
R, Barzegar
S, Thornell
B, Costigan
T, Kistler
JP
Thrombin generation in non-cardioembolic stroke subtypes: the Hemostatic System Activation Study.
Neurology.
2004
Sep
14;
63
(5):
777-84
Kelly
PJ, Kistler
JP, Shih
VE, Mandell
R, Atassi
N, Barron
M, Lee
H, Silveira
S, Furie
KL
Inflammation, homocysteine, and vitamin B6 status after ischemic stroke.
Stroke.
2004
Jan
;
35
(1):
12-5
Kelly
PJ, Shih
VE, Kistler
JP, Barron
M, Lee
H, Mandell
R, Furie
KL
Low vitamin B6 but not homocyst(e)ine is associated with increased risk of stroke and transient ischemic attack in the era of folic acid grain fortification.
Stroke.
2003
Jun
;
34
(6):
e51-4
Kelly
PJ, Furie
KL, Kistler
JP, Barron
M, Picard
EH, Mandell
R, Shih
VE
Stroke in young patients with hyperhomocysteinemia due to cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency.
Neurology.
2003
Jan
28;
60
(2):
275-9
Kelly
PJ, Rosand
J, Kistler
JP, Shih
VE, Silveira
S, Plomaritoglou
A, Furie
KL
Homocysteine, MTHFR 677C->T polymorphism, and risk of ischemic stroke: results of a meta-analysis.
Neurology.
2002
Aug
27;
59
(4):
529-36
Topcuoglu
MA, Pryor
JC, Ogilvy
CS, Kistler
JP
Cerebral Vasospasm Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med.
2002
Oct
;
4
(5):
373-384
Mohr
JP, Thompson
JL, Lazar
RM, Levin
B, Sacco
RL, Furie
KL, Kistler
JP, Albers
GW, Pettigrew
LC, Adams
HP, Jackson
CM, Pullicino
P,
A comparison of warfarin and aspirin for the prevention of recurrent ischemic stroke.
N Engl J Med.
2001
Nov
15;
345
(20):
1444-51
Furie
KL, Topcuoglu
MA, Kelly
PJ, Koroshetz
WJ, Kistler
JP
Asymptomatic Internal Carotid Artery Origin Stenosis.
Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med.
2001
Oct
;
3
(5):
441-447
Kistler
JP, Furie
KL
Patent foramen ovale diameter and embolic stroke: a part of the puzzle?
Am J Med.
2000
Oct
15;
109
(6):
506-7
Kistler
JP, Furie
KL
Carotid endarterectomy revisited.
N Engl J Med.
2000
Jun
8;
342
(23):
1743-5
Kistler
JP
Strategic location of large-vessel atherothrombotic cerebral vascular disease.
Arch Neurol.
1999
Nov
;
56
(11):
1329-30
Gilon
D, Buonanno
FS, Joffe
MM, Leavitt
M, Marshall
JE, Kistler
JP, Levine
RA
Lack of evidence of an association between mitral-valve prolapse and stroke in young patients.
N Engl J Med.
1999
Jul
1;
341
(1):
8-13
Ay
H, Buonanno
FS, Abraham
SA, Kistler
JP, Koroshetz
WJ
An electrocardiographic criterion for diagnosis of patent foramen ovale associated with ischemic stroke.
Stroke.
1998
Jul
;
29
(7):
1393-7
Caplan
LR, Mohr
JP, Kistler
JP, Koroshetz
W
Should thrombolytic therapy be the first-line treatment for acute ischemic stroke? Thrombolysis-not a panacea for ischemic stroke.
N Engl J Med.
1997
Oct
30;
337
(18):
1309-10; discussion 1313
Can
U, Furie
KL, Suwanwela
N, Southern
JF, Macdonald
NR, Ogilvy
CS, Buonanno
FS, Koroshetz
WJ, Kistler
JP
Transcranial Doppler ultrasound criteria for hemodynamically significant internal carotid artery stenosis based on residual lumen diameter calculated from en bloc endarterectomy specimens.
Stroke.
1997
Oct
;
28
(10):
1966-71
Suwanwela
N, Can
U, Furie
KL, Southern
JF, Macdonald
NR, Ogilvy
CS, Hansen
CJ, Buonanno
FS, Abbott
WM, Koroshetz
WJ, Kistler
JP
Carotid Doppler ultrasound criteria for internal carotid artery stenosis based on residual lumen diameter calculated from en bloc carotid endarterectomy specimens.
Stroke.
1996
Nov
;
27
(11):
1965-9
Kistler
JP
Cerebral embolism.
Compr Ther.
1996
Aug
;
22
(8):
515-30
Kistler
JP
Atherosclerotic disease of the aortic arch and the risk of ischemic stroke.
N Engl J Med.
1995
May
4;
332
(18):
1238
Kistler
JP
The risk of embolic stroke. Another piece of the puzzle.
N Engl J Med.
1994
Dec
1;
331
(22):
1517-9
Kistler
JP, Singer
DE, Millenson
MM, Bauer
KA, Gress
DR, Barzegar
S, Hughes
RA, Sheehan
MA, Maraventano
SW, Oertel
LB
Effect of low-intensity warfarin anticoagulation on level of activity of the hemostatic system in patients with atrial fibrillation. BAATAF Investigators.
Stroke.
1993
Sep
;
24
(9):
1360-5