Juan Piantino

Juan Piantino is a Senior Professor at Oregon Health & Science University. His research focuses on pediatric neurology, traumatic brain injury, sleep, and neuroimaging, with particular emphasis on perivascular spaces, concussion pathophysiology, and autonomic dysfunction following trauma. His recent work includes investigating the translational relevance of aging macaques for perivascular space biology, racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric migraine diagnosis and management, and the longitudinal evolution of MRI-visible perivascular spaces influenced by biological sex and body mass index. He has also explored heart rate variability during sleep in Veterans with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as discrepancies between self-reported and objective sleep in adolescents with subacute concussion. His research integrates critical care, emergency medicine, and advanced neuroimaging to bridge gaps in pediatric brain injury and sleep science.