Joan Mary Jasien

Dr. Joan Mary Jasien is a Med‑Peds–trained child neurologist and neurodevelopmental disabilities specialist with board certification in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Neurology. She completed her Med‑Peds residency followed by fellowship training in Child Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities before joining Duke University Medical Center.

She co‑founded and co‑directs the Children’s Cerebral Palsy–Related Conditions Clinic, the Adults with Cerebral Palsy–Related Conditions Clinic, and the Adults with Spina Bifida Clinic, and also serves as Co‑Director of the Children’s Spina Bifida Clinic. Together, these four programs form Duke’s multidisciplinary clinics for children and adults with spina bifida and cerebral palsy–related conditions. Her clinical expertise focuses on hyperkinetic movements and hypertonia in individuals with cerebral palsy and related conditions, as well as the overall cognition and functioning of individuals with spina bifida and cerebral palsy and related conditions.

Dr. Jasien’s research centers on neurological aging in individuals with spina bifida and on community engagement in research, with the goal of improving long‑term health outcomes across the lifespan.