CURRICULUM VITAE
Jason Alexander Smith, M.D.
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425 Gregory Lane Pleasant Hill,CA 94523 Work: 925-977-1645 Personal Data Birthdate: June 14, 1964 Birthplace:
Harrison, Arkansas Education Hendrix College, Conway,
Arkansas Major -
Chemistry, 1982-1988 University of
Arkansas School of Medicine Little Rock,
Arkansas M.D., 1992 1992-1993: Intern Department of
Surgery University of
Utah School of Medicine 1993-1994: Orthopedic Research Fellow Department of
Orthopedics University of
Utah School of Medicine 1994-1998: Resident Department of
Orthopedics University of
Utah School of Medicine 1998-1999 Fellow and Clinical Instructor Spine Disorders Service University of California San
Francisco Mentor: David S. Bradford, M.D. Licensure State of Utah Medical License August 1993 to
January 2002 #93-264338-1205 #93-264338-9915 State of
California Medical License June 1998 to June
2006 #G084596 DEA Certificate, through 2-28-2006 Memberships Scoliosis Research Society,
Candidate Fellow, March 2001 to present North
American
Spine Society, 2001 to present American
Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 1999 to present California
Orthopedic Society, 2001 to present California
Medical Association 2001 to present Alameda-Contra Costa Medical
Association 2001 to present Boards Diplomate,
American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons July 12, 2001 to present National
Board of
Medical Examiners July 1,
1993 Certificate
#412445 Employment 4-1-2001 to 12-31-2003 Associate Muir Orthopedic
Specialists Walnut Creek,
California July 1999 to
March 2001 Assistant Professor Department of Orthopedics Spine Disorders
Service University of California San
Francisco Honors/Awards North American Spine
Society’s Norby-Smith Award for minimally
invasive surgery, 2000. Alpha Omega Alpha
University of
Arkansas School of Medicine 1992 Ilse Oates
Memorial Scholarship University of
Arkansas School of Medicine 1991 Honors Research
Program Summer Research
Fellowship University of
Arkansas School of Medicine 1989, 1990 Hendrix College
Merit Scholarship Hendrix College 1982-1985 Journal Publications 1) Schlegel
JD, Smith JA, Schleusener
RL. Lumbar motion segment pathology adjacent to
thoraco-lumbar, lumbar, and lumbosacral fusions. Spine 21:8, 970-981, 1996. 2) Smith JA, Dunn HK, Manaster BJ.
Cementless femoral revision arthroplasty: Two to five year results with
a modular,titanium-alloy stem. Journal
of Arthroplasty 12:2, 194-201, 1997. 3) Smith JA and Hu SS:
Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in children and adolescents. Orthopedic Clinics of North America, 30:3,
487-499, 1999. 4)Momberger N, Smith JA, Coleman
DA. Vascularized fibula grafts for
salvage reconstruction of clavicle non-union.
J of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 9:5, 389-394, 2000. 5) Deviren V, Berven S, Smith JA,
Emami A, Hu SS, and Bradford D.
Hemivertebrae excision for thoracic and thoracolumbar congenital
deformity. JBJS 83(B):496-500. 6) Smith JA, Deviren V, Berven S,
Emami A, Kleinstueck F, and Bradford DS. Clinical outcome of trans-sacral
interbody fusion following partial reduction for high grade L5-S1
spondylolisthesis. Spine 26:20, 2227-2234,
2001. 7) Smith J. Adult deformity-management of sagittal plane
deformity in revision adult spine surgery.
Invited review article for
Current Opinion in Orthopedics, Volume 12, Issue 3, June 2001. 8)Kleinstueck F, Diederich C, Nau
W, Puttlitz C, Smith JA, Bradford DS, and Lotz JC. Acute biomechanical and histologic effects of IDET on human
lumbar discs. Spine 26:20, 2198-2207,
2001. 9) Berven S, Deviren V, Smith J,
Emami A Hu S, and Bradford D.
Management of fixed sagittal deformity of the spine: Clinical results of the transpedicular wedge
resection osteotomy. Spine 26:18, 2036-2043, 2001. 10)Smith JA, Deviren V, Berven S,
Bradford D. Does instrumented anterior
scoliosis surgery lead to kyphosis, pseudarthrosis, or inadequate correction in
adults? In press Spine, 2002. 11)Emami A, Smith J, Deviren V,
Berven S, Hu S, Bradford D. Long fusion
to the sacrum in adults: Luque
Galveston vs Iliac Screws vs Sacral Screws.
In Press, Spine 2002. 12) Kleinstueck F, Diederich C,
Nau W, Puttlitz C, Smith JA, Bradford DS, and Lotz JC. IDET:
Thermal dosimetry in human lumbar discs. In Press, Spine,
2002. 13)Wenger KH, Schlegel JD, Smith
JA, Heigele C, Lutz C. Asymmetry in
deformation of the vertebral endplate
under compressive load. In review The Journal of Spinal
Disorders, 2002. 14)Deviren V, Emami A, Smith
J, Berven S, Hu S, and Bradford D. Outcomeof combined anterior-posterior
arthrodesis for painful adult lumbar and thoracolumbar scoliosis.
In Preparation 15)Puttlitz CM, Tran QNH, Smith
JA, Kleinstueck FS, Deviren V, Bradford DS, Lotz JC, Hopkins RT. Lower cervical spine motion as a function of
the degree of laminoplasty involvement.
Invited for Submission in Spine--In Preparation Abstracts 1) Karsen, Husain, Griffin, Mrak,
Smith, and Garcia-Rill.
Schizophrenia: 1) Brainstem
cholinergic nuclei. Annual Meeting of
the American Psychiatric Society, 1990. 2) Karsen, Garcia-Rill,
Biedermann, Smith, Skinner, Mrak. Possible mesopontine cholinergic hyperplasia
in schizophrenia. Annual Meeting of the
Society for Neuroscience, 1990. 3) Schlegel JD, Smith JA,
Schleusener RL. Lumbar motion segment
pathology adjacent to thoracolumbar,
lumbar, and lumbosacral fusions.
North American Spine Society’s 10th Annual Meeting, 1995. 4) Schlegel JD, Smith JA,
Schleusener RL. Lumbar motion segment
pathology adjacent to thoracolumbar,
lumbar, and lumbosacral fusions.
22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Lumbar
Spine , 1995. 5) Wenger KH, Schlegel JD, Smith
JA. Asymmetry and early compliance in
bending of the vertebral endplate. 23rd
Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine,
1996. 6) Schlegel JD, Smith JA,
Schleusener RL. Lumbar motion segment
pathology adjacent to thoracolumbar,
lumbar, and lumbosacral fusions. 63rd Annual Meeting of the
AmericanAcademy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 1996. 7) Smith JA, Deviren V, Emami A,
Kleinsteuck F, Bradford DS. Clinical
outcome of partial reduction and interbody fusion for high grade L5-S1
spondylolisthesis using the modified SRS outcomes instrument. Scoliosis Research Society’s 34th Annual
Meeting, 2000. 8)
Smith JA, Deviren V, Emami A, Berven S, Bradford D. Does instrumented anterior scoliosis surgery lead to kyphosis,
pseudarthrosis, or inadequate correction in adults? Scoliosis Research Society’s 34th Annual Meeting, 2000. 9)
Deviren V, Emami A, Smith J, Berven S, Hu S, and Bradford D. Outcome of combined anterior-posterior
arthrodesis for painful adult lumbar and thoracolumbar scoliosis. Scoliosis Research Society’s 34th Annual
Meeting, 2000. 10) Berven S, Deviren V, Hu S,
Smith J, Emami A, and Bradford D.
Maintenance of mobile segments in the lumbar spine with endplate
osteotomy and concave osteophyte excision:
Clinical and radiographic results.
Scoliosis Research Society’s 34th Annual Meeting, 2000. 11) Emami A, Deviren V, Berven S,
Smith J, Hu S, Bradford D.
Complications of long fusions to the sacrum in adults: Luque Galveston vs Iliac Screws vs Sacral
Screws. Scoliosis Research Society’s
34th Annual Meeting, 2000. 12) Deviren V, Berven S, Emami A,
Smith J, Hu SS, and BradfordD.
Hemivertebrae resection for thoracic and thoracolumbar congenital
deformity. Scoliosis Research Society’s
34th Annual Meeting, 2000. 13) Berven S, Deviren V, Emami A,
Smith J, Hu S, and Bradford D.
Management of fixed sagittal deformity of the spine: Clinical results of the transpedicular wedge
resection osteotomy. Scoliosis Research Society’s 34th Annual Meeting, 2000. 14) Kleinstueck F, Diederich C,
Nau W, Smith J, Puttlitz C, Lotz J, Bradford, D. The IDET procedure: temperature distribution and biomechanical
effects on human lumbar disc. Scoliosis
Research Society’s 34th Annual Meeting, 2000 (poster). 15) Kleinstueck F, Diederich C,
Nau W, Smith JA, Puttlitz C, Bradford DS, and Lotz JC. IDET:
Thermal dosimetry in human lumbar discs. Scoliosis Research Society’s 34th Annual Meeting, 2000 (poster). 16) Smith JA, Deviren V, Emami A,
Berven S, Bradford D. Does instrumented
anterior scoliosis surgery lead to kyphosis, pseudarthrosis, or inadequate
correction in adults? North American
Spine Society’s 15th Annual Meeting, 2000. 17) Deviren V, Emami A, Smith J,
Berven S, Hu S, and Bradford D. Outcome
of combined anterior-posterior arthrodesis for painful adult lumbar and
thoracolumbar scoliosis. North
American Spine Society’s 15th Annual Meeting, 2000. 18) Berven S, Deviren V, Hu S,
Smith J, Emami A, and Bradford D.
Maintenance of mobile segments in the lumbar spine with endplate
osteotomy and concave osteophyte excision:
Clinical and radiographic results.
North American Spine Society’s 15th Annual Meeting, 2000. 19) Emami A, Deviren V, Smith J,
Berven S, Hu S, Bradford D.
Complications of long fusions to the sacrum in adults: Luque Galveston vs Iliac Screws vs Sacral
Screws. North American Spine Society’s
15th Annual Meeting, 2000. 20) Deviren V, Berven S, Emami A,
Smith J, Hu SS, and Bradford D.
Hemivertebrae resection for thoracic and thoracolumbar congenital
deformity. North American Spine
Society’s 15th Annual Meeting, 2000. 21) Kleinstueck F, Diederich C, Nau W, Smith J, Puttlitz C, Lotz J,
Bradford, D. The IDET procedure:
temperature distribution and biomechanical effects on human lumbar disc.
North American Spine Society’s 15th Annual Meeting, 2000. 22)Deviren
V, Emami A, Smith J, Berven S, Hu S, and Bradford D. Outcome of combined anterior-posterior arthrodesis for painful
adult lumbar and thoracolumbar scoliosis.
American Acad of Orthopedic Surgeons 68th Annual Meeting,, March, 2001. 23)Berven S, Deviren V, Hu S,
Smith J, Emami A, and Bradford D.
Maintenance of mobile segments in the lumbar spine with endplate
osteotomy and concave osteophyte excision:
Clinical and radiographic results.
American Acad of Orthopedic Surgeons 68th Annual Meeting, 2001. 24) Emami A, Deviren V, Berven S,
Smith J, Hu S, Bradford D.
Complications of long fusions to the sacrum in adults: Luque Galveston vs Iliac Screws vs Sacral
Screws. American Acad of Orthopedic
Surgeons 68th Annual Meeting, 2001. 25) Deviren V, Berven S, Emami A,
Smith J, Hu SS, and BradfordD.
Hemivertebrae resection for thoracic and thoracolumbar congenital
deformity. American Acad of Orthopedic
Surgeons 68th Annual Meeting, 2001. 26) Berven S, Deviren V, Emami A,
Smith J, Hu S, and Bradford D.
Management of fixed sagittal deformity of the spine: Clinical results of the transpedicular wedge
resection osteotomy. American Acad of
Orthopedic Surgeons 68th Annual Meeting, 2001. 27) Kleinstueck F, Diederich C,
Nau W, Smith J, Puttlitz C, Lotz J, Bradford, D. The IDET procedure: temperature distribution and biomechanical
effects on human lumbar disc. American Acad of Orthopedic Surgeons 68th Annual
Meeting, 2001. 28) Kleinstueck F, Diederich C,
Nau W, Smith JA, Puttlitz C, Bradford DS, and Lotz JC. IDET:
Thermal dosimetry in human lumbar discs. American Acad of Orthopedic Surgeons 68th Annual Meeting, 2001. 29) Smith JA, Deviren V, Berven S,
Bradford. Single rod anterior surgery
for adult idiopathic scoliosis.
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine 28th Annual
Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2001. 30) Deviren V, Smith J, Berven S,
Bradford D. Adult lumbar and
thoraco-lumbar scoliosis: Fusion to L4,
L5, or the sacrum? International
Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine 28th Annual Meeting, Edinburgh,
Scotland, 2001. 31)Puttlitz CM, Tran QNH, Smith
JA, Kleinstueck FS, Deviren V, Bradford DS, Lotz JC, Hopkins RT. Lower cervical spine motion as a function of
the degree of laminoplasty involvement.
17th Annual Meeting of the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research
Society, Torino, Italy, July 5, 2001. 32)Berven S, Deviren V, Smith JA,
Hu SS, and Bradford DS. Management of Fixed Sagittal Plane Deformity: Outcome of Combined Anterior and Posterior
Surgery. Scoliosis Research Society’s
36th Annual Meeting, September, 2001. 33)Deviren V, Berven S,
Kleinstueck FS, Smith JA, Hu SS, and Bradford DS. Predictors of Flexibility of Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Idiopathic
Scoliosis. Scoliosis Research Society’s 36th Annual Meeting, September, 2001. 34)Deviren V, Smith J, Berven SH,
Hu SS, Bradford DS. Treatment of
Thoracolumbar Scoliosis with Anterior Instrumentation: Adults vs Adolescents. Scoliosis Research
Society’s 36th Annual Meeting, September, 2001. Accepted Abstracts Puttlitz
CM, Tran QNH, Smith JA, Kleinstueck F, Deviren V, Lotz J, Hopkins RT. Scar tissue formation affects cervical spine
kinematics after en-block laminoplasty.
North American Spine Society’s 16th Anuual Meeting, 2001. Berven S, Deviren V, Smith JA, Hu
SS, Bradford DS. Management of Fixed
Sagittal Plane Deformity: Outcome of
Combined Anterior and Posterior Surgery.
North American Spine Society’s 16th Anuual Meeting, 2001. Deviren V, Smith JA, Berven S, Hu
SS, and Bradford DS. Treatment of
Thoracolumbar Scoliosis with Anterior Instrumentation: Adults vs Adolescents. North American Spine
Society’s 16th Anuual Meeting, 2001 Chapters Dunn
HK, Smith JA. Modular components in
femoral revision hip arthroplasty, in Total Hip Revision Surgery, JO
Galante, AG Rosenberg, and JJ Callaghan, eds.
Raven Press, Ltd., New York,
1995. Bradford DS and Smith JA. The Decompensated Spine. Pediatric Spine Surgery, pp311-318, 2nd Edition, edited by Stuart L.
Weinstein, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2001. Smith J. Cervical Pain Disorders. In
Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment, 11th Edition, L Way, ed., 2001. In
press. Presentations 1)
Smith JA. Osseous necrosis of the hip:
Etiology, diagnosis, and current treatment.
University of Utah Orthopedic Surgery Grand Rounds, 10/95. 2) Schlegel JD, Smith JA,
Schleusener RL. Lumbar motion segment
pathology adjacent to thoracolumbar, lumbar, and lumbosacral fusions. 63rd
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, New
Orleans, 1996. 3) Smith JA, Dunn HK, Manaster
BJ. Revision total hip arthroplasty
with the S-ROM stem: two to five year results. University of Utah Orthopedic Surgery Grand
Rounds, March 1997. 4) Smith JA, Dunn
HK: The S-ROM Hip: Use in primary and revision hip surgery. Johnson and Johnson S-ROM Hip Symposium,
Park City, Utah, 7/97. 5) Smith JA, Dunn HK, D’Astous J,
Orme G. Surgical correction of kyphosis
in achondroplasia. The 36th annual
Sherman S. Coleman Scientific Session, Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children,
Salt Lake City, Utah, March 1998. 6) Stevens WR and Smith JA. Degenerative disc disease of the lumbar
spine. University of California at San
Francisco Orthopedic Surgery Grand Rounds, February 1999. 7) Smith JA, Bradford DS. Partial reduction and posterior fibula
interbody fusion for high grade L5-S1 spondylolisthesis. 29th Annual Inman Lectureship Program, UCSF,
San Francisco, California, April 29, 1999. 8) Smith JA. Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. University of California San Francisco,
Department of Orthopedics Grand Rounds, February, 2000. 9) Smith JA, Deviren V, Emami A,
Kleinsteuck F, Bradford DS. Clinical
outcome of partial reduction and interbody fusion for high grade L5-
spondylolisthesis using the modified SRS outcomes instrument. Scoliosis Research Society’s 34thAnnual
Meeting, Cairns, Australia, 2000. 10)
Smith JA, Deviren V, Emami A, Berven S, Bradford D. Does instrumented anterior scoliosis surgery lead to kyphosis,
pseudarthrosis, or inadequate correction in adults? Scoliosis Research Society’s 34th Annual Meeting, Cairns,
Australia, 2000. 11) Emami A, Deviren V, Berven S,
Smith J, Hu S, Bradford D.
Complications of long fusions to the sacrum in adults: Luque Galveston vs Iliac Screws vs Sacral
Screws. Scoliosis Research Society’s
34th Annual Meeting, Cairns, Australia, 2000. 12) Smith JA, Deviren V, Emami A,
Berven S, Bradford D. Does instrumented
anterior scoliosis surgery lead to kyphosis, pseudarthrosis, or inadequate
correction in adults? North American
Spine Society’s 15th Annual Meeting, 2000. 13) Smith JA and
Harris S. Management of
osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.
University of California San Francisco Orthopedic Grand Rounds, March
14, 2001. Grants Principle
Investigator. Biomechanics of cervical
laminoplasty. DePuy Acromed, May,
2000. $23,000. Editorial Experience Consultant
Reviewer for Journal of Bone and Joint
Surgery, 1999, 2000. Consultant
Reviewer for Spine, 1999 Consultant
Reviewer for Journal of Orthopedic Research, 2000 Consultant
Reviewer for Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research, 2000. Works in Progress Biomechanics of
cervical laminoplasty: invivo and
biomechanical studies. In
vitro comparison of biomechanical consequences of three vs four vs five level
laminoplasty of the cervical spine. Updated 2-5-2002