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Wade S. Smith, Ph.D., M.D.

Director of Neurovascular Services

Dr. Wade Smith, director of the UCSF Neurovascular Service, specializes in stroke prevention, the management of acute stroke, critical care medicine, cerebral blood-flow monitoring with transcranial Doppler techniques and the medical management of patients after stroke. As a neurointensivist trained in both critical care and neurology, he directs the UCSF Neurological Intensive Care Unit, a 16-bed ICU dedicated to the care and resuscitation of patients with neurological injury. Many of the patients he evaluates are referred for a second or third opinion, but he also sees patients on primary referral.

Smith earned a medical degree along with a doctorate in neurophysiology from the University of Washington. He completed a residency as well as a fellowship in critical care medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

Conditions & Treatments

Clinics

Neurovascular Disease and Stroke Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-8897
Fax: (415) 353-8705

Hours: Monday to Friday
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Vascular Laboratories at Parnassus
505 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor, Room M-830A
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-1286
Fax: (415) 353-8706

Hours: Monday to Friday
9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

More about Wade S. Smith

Education

University of Washington 1989

Residencies

UCSF, Neurology 1993

Fellowships

UCSF, Critical Care 1994

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Wijdicks EF, Smith WS. Brain death in children: Why Does It Have to Be So Complicated? Ann Neurol. 2012 Apr; 71(4):442-3.
  2. Toossi S, Lomen-Hoerth C, Josephson SA, Gropper MA, Roberts J, Patton K, Smith WS. Organ donation after cardiac death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Ann Neurol. 2012 Feb; 71(2):154-6.
  3. González RG, Lev MH, Goldmacher GV, Smith WS, Payabvash S, Harris GJ, Halpern EF, Koroshetz WJ, Camargo EC, Dillon WP, Furie KL. Improved Outcome Prediction Using CT Angiography in Addition to Standard Ischemic Stroke Assessment: Results from the STOPStroke Study. PLoS One. 2012; 7(1):e30352.
  4. Smith WS, Schwab S. Advances in stroke: critical care and emergency medicine. Stroke. 2012 Feb; 43(2):308-9.
  5. Navi BB, Kamel H, McCulloch CE, Nakagawa K, Naravetla B, Moheet AM, Wong C, Johnston SC, Hemphill JC, Smith WS. Accuracy of neurovascular fellows' prognostication of outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke. 2012 Mar; 43(3):702-7.
  6. Nogueira RG, Smith WS, Sung G, Duckwiler G, Walker G, Roberts R, Saver JL, Liebeskind DS. Effect of time to reperfusion on clinical outcome of anterior circulation strokes treated with thrombectomy: pooled analysis of the MERCI and Multi MERCI trials. Stroke. 2011 Nov; 42(11):3144-9.
  7. Taub PR, Fields JD, Wu AH, Miss JC, Lawton MT, Smith WS, Young WL, Zaroff JG, Ko NU. Elevated BNP is associated with vasospasm-independent cerebral infarction following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2011 Aug; 15(1):13-8.
  8. Kamel H, Smith WS. Detection of atrial fibrillation and secondary stroke prevention using telemetry and ambulatory cardiac monitoring. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2011 Aug; 13(4):338-43.
  9. Nakagawa K, Smith WS. Paradoxical vasoconstrictive effect in the contralateral hemisphere after carotid stenting. Neurology. 2011 Jul 19; 77(3):300.
  10. Boussel L, Rayz V, Martin A, Lawton M, Higashida R, Smith WS, Young WL, Saloner D. Temporal stability of dysmorphic fusiform aneurysms of the intracranial internal carotid artery. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2011 Jul; 22(7):1007-11.
  11. Poisson SN, Nguyen-Huynh MN, Johnston SC, Furie KL, Lev MH, Smith WS. Intracranial large vessel occlusion as a predictor of decline in functional status after transient ischemic attack. Stroke. 2011 Jan; 42(1):44-7.
  12. Dhand A, Nakagawa K, Nagpal S, Gelfand JM, Kim AS, Smith WS, Tihan T. Cardiac rupture after intravenous t-PA administration in acute ischemic stroke. Neurocrit Care. 2010 Oct; 13(2):261-2.
  13. Lima FO, Furie KL, Silva GS, Lev MH, Camargo EC, Singhal AB, Harris GJ, Halpern EF, Koroshetz WJ, Smith WS, Yoo AJ, Nogueira RG. The pattern of leptomeningeal collaterals on CT angiography is a strong predictor of long-term functional outcome in stroke patients with large vessel intracranial occlusion. Stroke. 2010 Oct; 41(10):2316-22.
  14. Silva GS, Lima FO, Camargo EC, Smith WS, Lev MH, Harris GJ, Halpern EF, Koroshetz W, Furie KL. Gender differences in outcomes after ischemic stroke: role of ischemic lesion volume and intracranial large-artery occlusion. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010; 30(5):470-5.
  15. Furtado AD, Adraktas DD, Brasic N, Cheng SC, Ordovas K, Smith WS, Lewin MR, Chun K, Chien JD, Schaeffer S, Wintermark M. The triple rule-out for acute ischemic stroke: imaging the brain, carotid arteries, aorta, and heart. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2010 Aug; 31(7):1290-6.
  16. Josephson SA, Moheet AM, Gropper MA, Nichols AD, Smith WS. Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a neurologic intensive care unit does not lead to increased mortality. Neurocrit Care. 2010 Apr; 12(2):155-8.
  17. Josephson SA, Douglas VC, Lawton MT, English JD, Smith WS, Ko NU. Improvement in intensive care unit outcomes in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage after initiation of neurointensivist co-management. J Neurosurg. 2010 Mar; 112(3):626-30.
  18. Silva GS, Lima FO, Camargo EC, Smith WS, Singhal AB, Greer DM, Ay H, Lev MH, Harris GJ, Halpern EF, Sonni S, Koroshetz W, Furie KL. Wake-up stroke: clinical and neuroimaging characteristics. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010; 29(4):336-42.
  19. Furtado AD, Lau BC, Vittinghoff E, Dillon WP, Smith WS, Rigby T, Boussel L, Wintermark M. Optimal brain perfusion CT coverage in patients with acute middle cerebral artery stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2010 Apr; 31(4):691-5.
  20. Soares BP, Tong E, Hom J, Cheng SC, Bredno J, Boussel L, Smith WS, Wintermark M. Reperfusion is a more accurate predictor of follow-up infarct volume than recanalization: a proof of concept using CT in acute ischemic stroke patients. Stroke. 2010 Jan; 41(1):e34-40.

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