Charlene Ong, MD, MPHS

Assistant Professor, Neurology

Charlene Ong
617.638.5351
72 E. Concord Street

Biography

Charlene Ong, MD, MPHS, is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine (BUSM), and clinical Neurointensivist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), and a lecturer at Harvard Medical School. She received her undergraduate degree at University of Pennsylvania, her MD at Columbia University and her Master’s in Population Health Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the development and validation of data-driven tools to support clinical decision making in patients with catastrophic neurologic injury including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, traumatic brain injury and anoxic brain injury. She receives support from the National Institute of Health through a K-award, and has also received foundational support from the American Brain Foundation, Philips-MIT, Peter-Paul Career Development Committee and Boston University Center for Translational Science Institute. Through machine learning methods, understudied physiologic biomarkers, and dynamic multimodal risk prediction methods, she aims to reduce morbidity and optimize treatment decision making in patients with acute neurologic disease.

Other Positions

  • Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Education

  • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, MD
  • University of Pennsylvania, BA
  • University of Pennsylvania, BS

Publications

  • Published on 12/30/2023

    Stafford R, Chatzidakis S, Kim ISY, Zhang Y, Rina A, Brush B, Mian A, Abdalkader M, Greer DM, Smirnakis SM, Feske SK, Dupuis J, Ong CJ. Follow-up ASPECTS improves prediction of potentially lethal malignant edema in patients with large middle cerebral artery stroke. J Neurointerv Surg. 2023 Dec 30. PMID: 38160055.

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  • Published on 11/20/2023

    Ong C, Huang Q, Kim I, Pohlmann J, Chatzidakis S, Brush B, Zhang Y, Du Y, Mallinger LA, Benjamin EJ, Dupuis J, Greer D, Smirnakis S, Trinquart L. Dynamic trajectories of life-threatening mass effect in patients with large middle cerebral artery stroke. Res Sq. 2023 Nov 20. PMID: 38045289.

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  • Published on 8/28/2023

    Ong CJ. The prognostic potential of pupillometry in patients with acute brain injury. Lancet Neurol. 2023 Oct; 22(10):876-878. PMID: 37652069.

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  • Published on 5/24/2023

    Ong CJ. Quantitative Pupillometry: Not a Clear Predictor of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2023 Aug; 39(1):34-35. PMID: 37225940.

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  • Published on 5/15/2023

    Hingorani KS, Barnes E, Carneiro T, Sader E, Anand P, Ong CJ, Chung D, Daneshmand A, Suchdev K, Takahashi C, Greer D, Shulman JG, Aparicio HJ, Nguyen TN, Romero JR, AbdalKader M, Feske SK, Kimmel SD, Weinstein ZM, Fagan M, Dobrilovic N, Awtry E, Cervantes-Arslanian AM. Strokes in Patients With Injection Drug Use and Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis - A Case Series. Neurohospitalist. 2023 Jul; 13(3):272-277. PMID: 37441214.

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  • Published on 4/12/2023

    Dupre AE, Cronin MFM, Schmugge S, Tate S, Wack A, Prescott BR, Li C, Auerbach S, Suchdev K, Al-Faraj A, He W, Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Abdennadher M, Saxena A, Lehan W, Russo M, Pugsley B, Greer D, Shin M, Ong CJ. A machine learning eye movement detection algorithm using electrooculography. Sleep. 2023 Apr 12; 46(4). PMID: 36255119.

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  • Published on 5/13/2022

    Chan WP, Prescott BR, Barra ME, Chung DY, Kim IS, Saglam H, Hutch MR, Shin M, Zafar SF, Benjamin EJ, Smirnakis SM, Dupuis J, Greer DM, Ong CJ. Dexmedetomidine and Other Analgosedatives Alter Pupil Characteristics in Critically Ill Patients. Crit Care Explor. 2022 May; 4(5):e0691. PMID: 35783547.

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  • Published on 5/9/2022

    Miller MI, Orfanoudaki A, Cronin M, Saglam H, So Yeon Kim I, Balogun O, Tzalidi M, Vasilopoulos K, Fanaropoulou G, Fanaropoulou NM, Kalin J, Hutch M, Prescott BR, Brush B, Benjamin EJ, Shin M, Mian A, Greer DM, Smirnakis SM, Ong CJ. Natural Language Processing of Radiology Reports to Detect Complications of Ischemic Stroke. Neurocrit Care. 2022 Aug; 37(Suppl 2):291-302. PMID: 35534660.

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  • Published on 4/25/2022

    Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Venkata C, Anand P, Burns JD, Ong CJ, LeMahieu AM, Schulte PJ, Singh TD, Rabinstein AA, Deo N, Bansal V, Boman K, Domecq Garces JP, Lee Armaignac D, Christie AB, Melamed RR, Tarabichi Y, Cheruku SR, Khanna AK, Denson JL, Banner-Goodspeed VM, Anderson HL, Gajic O, Kumar VK, Walkey A, Kashyap R. Neurologic Manifestations of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection in Hospitalized Patients During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Crit Care Explor. 2022 Apr; 4(4):e0686. PMID: 35492258.

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  • Published on 2/1/2022

    Prescott BR, Saglam H, Duskin JA, Miller MI, Thakur AS, Gholap EA, Hutch MR, Smirnakis SM, Zafar SF, Dupuis J, Benjamin EJ, Greer DM, Ong CJ. Anisocoria and Poor Pupil Reactivity by Quantitative Pupillometry in Patients With Intracranial Pathology. Crit Care Med. 2022 02 01; 50(2):e143-e153. PMID: 34637415.

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