Children's Hospital Program
Safe Concussion Outcome Recovery & Education (SCORE) Program
📍 Washington
Neuropsychology/CognitiveBehavioral/Mental HealthRehabilitation/Brain Injury
Concussion specialist
Gerard Anthony Gioia PhD
📍 Washington, Washington DC · ✓ Listing verified 2026-07-11
About
Gerard Anthony Gioia, PhD is a Washington, Washington DC Pediatric Neuropsychology specialist whose subspecialty is Concussion / mTBI. They see patients at Safe Concussion Outcome Recovery & Education Program, part of Children's National Hospital. Their role there is Director, Safe Concussion Outcome, Recovery and Education (SCORE) Program.
Areas of concussion focus include Sports Concussion, Pediatric Concussion, mTBI, Neuropsychology and Return to Play. In this directory the listing sits under Neuropsychology/Cognitive, Rehabilitation/Brain Injury and Return to Play/Learn.
The practice sees athletes and children and teenagers.
Services
Neuropsychology/CognitiveRehabilitation/Brain InjuryReturn to Play/Learn
Clinical focus areas
ConcussionSports ConcussionPediatric ConcussionmTBINeuropsychologyReturn to PlayReturn to Learn
Details
Provider typeNeuropsychologist
SpecialtyPediatric Neuropsychology
PracticeSafe Concussion Outcome Recovery & Education (SCORE) Program
Health systemChildren's National Hospital
RoleDirector, Safe Concussion Outcome, Recovery and Education (SCORE) Program
ServesAthletes/Sports, Pediatric/Youth
Before your first appointment
Patients who contact Gerard Anthony Gioia in Washington usually want to be clear on a few things first:
- the 6-step return-to-play protocol — The standard stepwise protocol athletic trainers and team physicians follow.
- spotting a concussion in a child who can't describe it — What to watch for in a child too young to tell you what hurts.
- how to assess a head injury at home — The danger signs that mean the ER tonight, and why no home test rules a concussion out.
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