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Department Center for Pediatric Neurosciences
Primary Location Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Type of Doctor Children & Adolescents Only
Languages English
Surgeon No
Locations Specialties & Treatments

Treatment & Services

  • Department of Pediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery
  • Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)
  • Pediatric Neurology
  • Pediatric Neuroscience
  • Skin Biopsies
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Specialty in Diseases & Conditions

  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
  • Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum (ACC)
  • Alexander Disease
  • Angelman Syndrome
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Batten Disease
  • Canavan Disease
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
  • Dandy-Walker Syndrome
  • Essential Tremor
  • Fabry's Disease
  • Growth Failure in Children with Kidney Disease
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  • Hallervorden-Spatz Disease
  • Holoprosencephaly
  • Hydranencephaly
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Infantile Refsum Disease
  • Infantile Spasm
  • Joubert Syndrome
  • Krabbe Disease (Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy)
  • Leigh's Disease
  • Leukodystrophy
  • Lissencephaly
  • Lysosomal Disorders
  • Megalencephaly
  • Menkes Disease
  • Metabolic Diseases
  • Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
  • Microcephaly in Children
  • Munchausen Syndrome
  • Myoclonus (Muscle Twitch)
  • Narcolepsy
  • Niemann-Pick Disease (NP)
  • Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy
  • Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
  • Pediatric White Matter
  • Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease
  • Pompe's Disease
  • Porencephaly
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri
  • Refsum Disease
  • Sandhoff Disease
  • Seizures
  • Seizures - Febrile
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome
  • Sturge-Weber Syndrome
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
  • Tay-Sachs Disease
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Von Hippel-Lindau Disease (VHL)
  • Wilson Disease
  • Zellweger Syndrome
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Education & Professional Highlights

Education & Professional Highlights

Appointed
2005

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Kennedy Krieger Institute
Neurology, post-doctoral fellow
Baltimore, MD
2005

Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital
Neurology Research Gene Therapy
Boston, MA
2004

Fellowship - Boston Children's Hospital
Child Neurology
Boston,, MA
2001

Residency - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pediatrics
Philadelphia, PA
1998

Medical Education - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
1996

Undergraduate - The John Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
1991

Additional Training

  • Fellowship: Kennedy-Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Md.

Professional Highlights

  • Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Certifications

  • Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology

Specialty Interests

Pseudotumor cerebri, leukodystrophies, lysosomal storage disorders, Pediatric Neurology Child abuse Factitious disorders

Innovations & Patents

  • Patent Number 5,998,149.  Issued December 7, 1999.  Inventors: Hsich Gary, Kenney Kimbra, Gibbs Clarence J., and Harrington Michael G.  “Method of detecting transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.”  Patent for the detection of 14-3-3 proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid as a diagnostic tool in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Research & Publications

Research & Publications

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Industry Relationships

Industry Relationships

Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists may collaborate with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide medical expertise or education. Cleveland Clinic strives to make scientific advances that will benefit patient care and support outside relationships that promise public benefit. In order for the discoveries of Cleveland Clinic physicians' and scientists' laboratories and investigations to benefit the public, these discoveries must be commercialized in partnership with industry. As experts in their fields, Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists are often sought after by industry to consult, provide expertise and education.

To assure professional and commercial integrity in such matters, Cleveland Clinic maintains a program that reviews these collaborations and, when appropriate, puts measures in place to minimize bias that may result from ties to industry. Cleveland Clinic publicly discloses the names of companies when (i) its physicians/scientists receive $5,000 or more per year (or, in rare cases, equity or stock options) for speaking and consulting, (ii) its physicians/scientists serve as a fiduciary, (iii) its physicians/scientists receive or have the right to receive royalties or (iv) its physicians/ scientists hold any equity interest for the physician's/scientist's role as inventor, discoverer, developer, founder or consultant.* In publicly disclosing this information, Cleveland Clinic tries to provide information as accurately as possible about its physicians' and scientists' connections with industry.

As of 7/14/2024, Dr. Hsich has reported the financial relationships with the companies listed below. In general, patients should feel free to contact their doctor about any of the relationships and how the relationships are overseen by Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about Cleveland Clinic's policies on collaborations with industry and innovation management, go to our Integrity in Innovation page.

Royalty Payments. Dr. Hsich receives or has the right to receive royalty payments for inventions or discoveries commercialized through the companies shown below:

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Public Health Service-Reportable Financial Conflicts of Interest. Cleveland Clinic scientists and physicians engage in basic, translational and clinical research activities, working to solve health problems, enhance patient care and improve quality of life for patients. Interactions with industry are essential to bringing the researchers' discoveries to the public, but can present the potential for conflicts of interest related to their research activities. Click here to view a listing of instances where Cleveland Clinic has identified a Public Health Service (PHS)-Reportable Financial Conflict of Interest and has put measures in place to ensure that, to the extent possible, the design, conduct and reporting of the research is free from bias.

* Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists subscribe to the guidance presented in the PhRMA Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals and the AdvaMed Code of Ethics on Interactions with Health Care Professionals. As such, gifts of substantial value are generally prohibited.

Patient Satisfaction Reviews

39 Patient Satisfaction Reviews

The Patient Satisfaction Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown below from our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question.

Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

The comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cleveland Clinic.

Overall Star Ratings
4.5 out of 5
Explains 4.5
Courtesy, Respect & Concern 4.5
Patient Rating of Doctor 4.5

8 Patient Comments

Reviewed on Oct 10, 2024

The experience with the Dr was excellent. We felt heard and he took time to answer our questions. It was the 1st appointment in a long time where I did not feel rushed.

Reviewed on Oct 4, 2024

This physician went above and beyond with compassion and concern. He took as long as we needed and didn't feel rushed at all. He even was sensitive about how he discussed his recommendations with my daughter. He was truly amazing and I highly recommend him!

Reviewed on Oct 1, 2024

Dr. Hsich was amazing! He took his time and really got to know his patient and his background. We are thankful he took the time he did!

Reviewed on Jul 29, 2024

The dr she seen wrote notes in her chart that was unacceptable and very wrong

Reviewed on May 21, 2024

Dr. Hsich has been the best Neurologist for me over the years and is very knowledgeable.

Reviewed on Apr 23, 2024

Dr.Hsich was very amazing! He listened to all of my concerns and was very caring and knowledgable. He even recommended that we get my son's hips checked for hip dysplasia and come to find he does have it. I am so glad Dr.Hscich recommended us to get the X-rays done!

Reviewed on Apr 16, 2024

Doctor was awesome he took time listen to me and my child

Reviewed on Mar 15, 2024

Dr. Hsich very personable, approachable, excellent bedside manner.

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