He specialized in the diagnosis of neurological disorders in infants and children. His main research interests include neonatal brain injury and the use of magnetic resonance (MR) to better understand both normal brain development and to recognize and classify genetic disorders that underlie abnormal brain development.
Dr. Barkovich’s research established correlations between MR findings and the outcome in affected patients. He has 385 published articles, and has authored or co-authored 9 textbooks and 41 book chapters, and he has written and contributed to a collective of more than 400 research documents.