CURRICULUM VITAE

Jason Alexander Smith, M.D.

 

 

 

Address                                            

                             

 

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

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                                                                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