JodiLSmithMD

Neurosurgery • Indianapolis, IN

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital St. Vincent Ascension Indianapolis Indiana

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Office
8402 Harcourt Rd
Ste 830
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Phone+1 317-396-1300

Fax+1 317-396-1480

Summary

Dr. Jodi L. Smith is an academic Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health and an Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Smith’s clinical interests include pediatric epilepsy surgery, brain and spinal cord tumors, brain and spinal cord congenital malformations, hydrocephalus, myelodsyplasia, craniofacial disorders, and Moyamoya syndrome.

Dr. Smith received her Ph.D. in Anatomy at the University of Utah School of Medicine for her doctoral dissertation studies on “Neurulation.” Dr. Smith subsequently completed medical school and residency training in Neurological Surgery at the University of Utah, as well. Following residency, Dr. Smith completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. Dr. Smith joined the Department of Neurological Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2000 and became the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Riley Hospital for Children in 2006. In November 2009, she had the distinct honor of becoming the first John E. Kalsbeck Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Riley Hospital for Children. Her career is dedicated to the advancement of all aspects of Pediatric Neurosurgery, including patient care, education, and research, and she treats all neurosurgical problems in children. She delights in caring for her patients and their families, as well as teaching medical students, residents, fellows, nurses, and other physicians (e.g., primary care physicians and pediatric neurologists) about pediatric neurosurgical problems. She is involved in basic science research studies on pediatric epilepsy and collaborates on other clinical research projects, with the aim of increasing general understanding of disease processes and, ultimately, improving neurosurgical care of children in Indiana and throughout the world.

Education & Training

Children's Hosp Boston1999 - 2000
University of Utah HealthResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1994 - 1999
University of Utah HealthInternship, Surgery, 1993 - 1994
University of Utah School of MedicineClass of 1993
University of Utah School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1988 - 1989
University of Utah School of MedicinePh.D, Anatomy, 1983 - 1988
Weber State CollegeB.S, Zoology/Chemistry, Summa cum Laude, 1979 - 1983

Certifications & Licensure

IN State Medical License 2000 - 2025
UT State Medical License 1994 - 2010
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Teaching Award Indiana University Board of Trustees, 2012
Health Care Heroes Physician Award Indianapolis Business Journal, 2012
John E. Kalsbeck Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health, 2009-present, 2012
Indianapolis’ Top Doctors Castle Connolly, Ltd, 2012
39 Red Shoes Awards 2005-2012, 2012
AOA Honor Medical Society University of Utah School of Medicine, 1992-present, 2012
Awarded funding IUSM Dean’s office to attend the Harvard/2009 AAMC mid-career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar, Scottsdale, AZ, 2009
Distinguished Alumni Award Weber State University, 2008
Shillito Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship The Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1999
Glasgow Memorial Award American Medical Women’s Association (award received for graduating first in the University of Utah School of Medicine Class of 1993), 1993
Lange Medical Publications Award for outstanding achievement as a 1993 medical student University of Utah School of Medicine, 1993
Paul Wintrobe Memorial Award, Outstanding Senior Medical Student University of Utah School of Medicine (award received for graduating first in the University of Utah School of Medicine Class of 1993), 1993
Summer Research Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine, 1990
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 1988-1989, 1989
University of Utah Departmental Fellowship - Anatomy Department 1983-1988, 1988
University of Utah Graduate Research Fellowship 1985-1987, 1987
Outstanding Young Women of America 1984
WSC Athletic Department, Outstanding Female Scholar Athlete 1983
WSC Zoology Department Award, Outstanding academic achievement 1983
WSC Dean's Award, Outstanding scholastic achievement 1983
All-Conference Scholar Athlete 1983
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society 1982-1983, 1983
Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Fraternity 1981-1983, 1983
Weber State College Scholastic Society 1980-1983, 1983
Athletic Scholarship 1979-1983, 1983
National Dean's List 1979 to 1982, 1982
Who's Who among Students 1981-1982, 1982
Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Indications for cerebral revascularization for moyamoya syndrome in pediatric sickle cell disease determined by Delphi methodology.
Adam P Robert, Ricardo A Hanel, P David Adelson, Shih-Shan Lang, Paul Grabb
Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2024-10-01
6 citations
Cerebral revascularization surgery reduces cerebrovascular events in children with sickle cell disease and moyamoya syndrome: Results of the stroke in sickle cell reva...
Philipp R Aldana, Ricardo A Hanel, Joseph Piatt, Sabrina H Han, Manisha M Bansal
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2023-07-01
4 citations
Hydrocephalus surveillance following CSF diversion: a modified Delphi study.
David S Hersh, Jonathan E Martin, Ruth E Bristol, Samuel R Browd, Gerald Grant
Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2022-08-01

Journal Articles

Role of cell-cycle in regulating neuroepithelial cell shape during bending of the chick neural plate.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Cell Tiss Res; 252:491-500
A 10-year-old girl with coexistent Moyamoya disease and Graves’ disease.
Golomb MR, Biller J, Smith JL, Edwards-Brown M, Sanchez JC, Nebesio TD, Garg BP, J Child Neurol; 20:620-624
Focal cerebral pathology presenting as tonic seizures.
Patel H, Smith JL, Garg BP, J Child Neurol; 21:813-816
Long- term follow-up of solitary intracerebral juvenile xanthogranuloma: Case report and review of the literature.
Fulkerson DH, Luerssen TG, Hattab EM, Kim DL, Smith JL, Pediatric Neurosurgery; 44:480-485
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome associated with Chiari type I malformation caused by a large 16p13.3 microdeletion: A contiguous gene syndrome?
Wójcik C, Volz K, Ranola M, Kitch K, Volz K, Karim T, O’Neil J, Smith JL, Torres-Martinez W, Am J Med Genetics Part A; 9999:1-5
Mechanisms of neurulation: Traditional viewpoint and recent advances.
Schoenwolf GC, Smith JL, Development; 109:243-270
Mechanisms of neurulation: coming to closure.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Trends in Neuroscience; 20:510-517
Gastrulation and early mesodermal patterning in vertebrates.
Schoenwolf GC, Smith JL, Methods Mol Biol;135:113-25
Neural tube defects.
Inagaki T, Smith JL, Walker ML, Schoenwolf GC, Methods Mol Biol; 136:161-166
Mechanisms of neurulation.
Schoenwolf GC, Smith JL, Methods Mol Biol;136:125-134
Analysis of the origins and early fates of neural crest cells in caudal regions of avian embryos.
Schoenwolf GC, Chandler NB, Smith JL, Dev Biol; 110:467-479
Cell cycle and neuroepithelial cell shape during bending of the chick neural plate.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Anat Rec; 218:196-206
Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy in Children.
Smith JL, Physician’s Practice, pp. A4-A7
Arthritogenic effects of Mycoplasma Arthritidis T cell mitogen in rats.
Cannon GW, Cole BC, Ward JR, Smith JL, Eichwald EJ, J Rheumatol; 15:735-741
Notochordal induction of cell wedging in the chick neural plate and its role in neural tube formation.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf, GC, J Exp Zool; 250:49-62
Further evidence of extrinsic forces in bending of the neural plate.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf, GC, J Comp Neurol; 307:225-236
Quantitative analyses of neuroepithelial cell shapes during bending of the mouse neural plate.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Quan J, J Comp Neurol; 342:144-151
Prospective fate map of the mouse primitive streak at 7.5 days of gestation.
Smith JL, Gesteland KM, Schoenwolf GC, Dev Dynamics; 201:279-289
Fatal air bag mediated craniocervical trauma in a child.
Willis BK, Smith JL, Falkner LD, Vernon DD, Walker ML, Pediatr Neurosurg; 24:323-327
Role of nonrandomly-oriented cell division in shaping and bending of the neural plate.
Sausedo RA, Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, J Comp Neurol; 381:473-488
Epidermal ectoderm is required for full elevation and for convergence during bending of the avian neural plate.
Hackett DA, Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Dev Dynamics; 210(4):397-406
Long-term outcome in children with moyamoya syndrome following cranial revascularization by pial synangiosis.
Scott RM, Smith JL, Robertson RL, Madsen JR, Soriano SG, Rockoff MA, J Neurosurg (Pediatrics 2);100:142-149
Surgical Management of Pediatric Epilepsy.
Smith JL, Riley Today: A video journal for primary care physicians. Vol. VIII, No. III
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Books/Book Chapters

Seminars in Cerebrovascular Diseases and Stroke.
Chapter: Treatment of moyamoya syndrome in children
Page 225 - 239Smith JL, Scott, RMEditors: Roach S, Biller J.WB Saunders, Philadelphia
Current Topics in Developmental Biology.
Chapter: Getting organized: New insights into the organizer of higher vertebrates
Page 79 - 110Smith JL, Schoenwolf GCEditors: Pedersen RA, Schatten GP.Academic Press, New York
Control of morphogenesis by specific cell behaviors.
Chapter: Epithelial cell wedging: A fundamental cell behavior contributing to hinge point formation during epithelial morphogenesis
Page 325 - 334Schoenwolf GC, Smith JLEditors: Keller RE, Fristrom D.WB Saunders, London
Handbook of Pediatric Surgical Care.
Chapter: CNS Trauma
Smith JLEditors: Ladd AP, Rescorla FJ, Grosfeld JL.
Pediatric Surgery.
Chapter: Management of Neural Tube Defects, Hydrocephalus, Refractory Epilepsy, and Central Nervous System Infections
Smith JLEditors: Coran AG, Adzick NS, Krummel TM, Laberge J-M, Shamberger RC, Caldamone AA.Elsevier Saunders, PhiladelphiaEdition 7th,
ISPN Guide to Pediatric Neurosurgery.
Chapter: Cervical Encephaloceles
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Pediatric Surgery.
Chapter: Management of Neural Tube Defects, Hydrocephalus, Refractory Epilepsy, and Central Nervous System Infections
Smith JLEditors: Grosfeld JL, O’Neill, JA, Jr, Coran AG, Fonkalsrud EW.ElsevierEdition 6th,
Pediatric Trauma: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment, 2006.
Chapter: Treatment of Severe Pediatric Head Injury: Evidence-Based Practice
Page 211 - 229Smith JLEditors: Wesson DE.Taylor & Francis Group, NY
Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents.
Chapter: Neurosurgical procedures for the treatment of pediatric pain
Page 329 - 338Smith JL, Madsen, JREditors: Schechter NL, Berde CB, and Yaster, M.Lippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 2nd,
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Abstracts/Posters

Pial synangiosis for moyamoya syndrome in children – Long term outcome.
Scott RM, Smith JL, Robertson RL, Madsen JR, Soriano SG, Rockoff MA, Plenary Session II at the 2004 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida
Evidence for a secondary population of neural crest cells in avian embryos.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Anat Rec 1985;211:181A, American and Canadian Association of Anatomists Joint Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Shaping of neuroepithelial cells during bending of the chick neural plate.
Smith JL, Folsom D, Schoenwolf GC, Neurosci Abstr 1985;11:606, Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Dallas, Texas
Alteration of cell cycle length as a mechanism for controlling neuroepithelial cell shape during bending of the chick neural plate.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Anat Rec 1986;214:124A, American Association of Anatomists meeting, Reno, Nevada
Localized differences in cell cycle as a mechanism for regulating neuroepithelial cell shape during bending of the chick neural plate.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Anat Rec 1987;218:128A, American Association of Anatomists meeting, Washington, D.C
Role of the notochord in regulating cellular morphology in localized areas of the chick neural plate.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Anat Rec;220:91A, American Association of Anatomists meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio
Further evidence of extrinsic forces in neural fold elevation.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Anat Rec 1990;226, 94A, American Association of Anatomists meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Multifactorial model of neurulation: Role of the neural plate, epidermal ectoderm, and neural plate/epidermal ectoderm interface in bending of the neural plate.
Smith JL, Hackett D, Schoenwolf GC, Lende Neurosurgery meeting, Snowbird, UT
Role of neural plate/epidermal ectoderm transition zone in bending of the chick neural plate.
Smith, JL, Schoenwolf GC, FASEB Journal. 11(3):p. A418
Role of neural plate/epidermal ectoderm transition zone in bending of the chick neural plate. 1997.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Experimental Biology meeting in conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists, New Orleans, Louisiana
Role of epidermal ectoderm and neural plate/epidermal ectoderm interface in bending of the avian neural plate. 1997.
Hackett DA, Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Society for Developmental Biology International meeting, Snowbird, UT
Event related oscillations and event related potentials during working memory tasks in humans. 2000.
Madsen JR, Smith JL, Kahana, M, Society of University Neurosurgeons meeting, Boston, MA
Intraoperative Use of Electroencephalography in Children with Moyamoya Syndrome.
Soriano SG, Claure RA, Smith J, Scott M, Rockoff MA, Anesthesiology 2002;96: A1259, SG Soriano at American Society of Anesthesiology Meeting, Florida
Surgical Management of Pediatric Epilepsy: Bringing Treatment Home to Indiana’s Children. 2002.
Smith JL, American Association of Neurological Surgeon’s Pediatric Neurosurgery Section Meeting, Tuscon, AZ
Late Correction of Sagittal Craniosynostosis: The Crab Procedure. 2002.
Smith JL, Boaz JC, Eppley BL, Havlik RJ, Luerssen TG, Sadove, AM, Kalsbeck JE, 2003 Meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, Hawaii
Intraoperative monitoring during surgical treatment for moyamoya disease: A case presentation.
Faust S, Smith JL, Utterback S, Wolfe SA, Brown SL, ASET – The Neurodiagnostic Society Annual Conference, St. Paul, MN
Interobserver Variability and the Radiologic Assessment of Ventricular Catheter Placement.
Whitehead, WE, Hanig, J., Smith JL, Ilner, A, American Association of Neurological Surgeon’s Pediatric Neurosurgery Section Meeting, Orlando, Florida
Disseminated Desmoplastic Medulloblastoma in an African-American Child with Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma (Gorlin) Syndrome.
Smucker PS, Smith JL, American Association of Neurological Surgeon’s Pediatric Neurosurgery Section Meeting, Orlando, Florida
Disseminated Desmoplastic Medulloblastoma in an African-American Child with Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma (Gorlin) Syndrome.
Smucker PS, Smith JL, IUSM Dean’s Grand Rounds Poster Session, Indianapolis, IN
Electrophysiological Analysis Comparing Epileptogenic Human Cortex and Hyperexcited Rat Cortex.
Smith JL, Hobbs JP, Patel H, Beggs JM, American Association of Neurological Surgeon’s Pediatric Neurosurgery Section Meeting, Multiple locations, 2006
A maximum entropy model applied to spatial and temporal correlations from cortical networks in vitro.
Tang A, Jackson D, Hobbs J, Chen W, Smith JL, Patel H, Prieto A, Petrusca D, Grivich MI, Sher A, Litke AM, Beggs JM, 2007 Computational and Systems Neuroscience Meeting (COSYNE 2007), Salt Lake City, Utah
A second-order maximum entropy model predicts correlated network states, but not their evolution over time.
Tang, A, Hobbs JP, Chen W, Jackson D, Smith JL, Patel H, Beggs JM, Sixteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2007, Toronto, Canada
Network comparison of human epileptogenic cortex slices with excited rat cortex slices.
Hobbs JP, Smith JL, Patel H, Tang A, Chen W, Beggs JM, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, California
Rosette-Forming Glioneuronal Tumors: A Clinicopathologic Study of Three Cases Not Associated with the Fourth Ventricle.
Hattab EM, Al-Khatib SM, Vakili ST, Witt TC, Smith JL, Boyce H, Malik GM, Wilson JD, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado
Postoperative Visual Loss Associated with Genetic Thrombophilic Predisposition.
Tolley JA, Smith JL, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida
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Lectures

Guidelines for the Management of Severe Pediatric Head Injury.
4th Annual Trauma Symposium: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Trauma Care, Memorial Hospital of South
Treating Moyamoya Disease in Children.
IU Health Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IONM/EP) Weekly Conference, Methodist Hospit
Understanding and Treating Moyamoya Disease in Children.
Multiple locations, 2012
Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Pediatric Neurosurgery – Board Review.
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Indiana University School of Medicine
Traumatic brain injury in children” and “Hydrocephalus.
Neurology Clerkship Lectures - 2001, Indiana University School of Medicine
Orientation to Gross Brain.
Multiple Locations, 2004, 2005, 2006
Gross Brain: Surface Vasculature, Cranial Nerves.
Multiple Locations, 2004, 2005, 2006
Gross Brain: Ventricles, Internal Structures.
Multiple Locations, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Neurodevelopment.
Neuroscience & Clinical Neurology (NCN) 2006: Indiana University School of Medicine
Congenital Disorders.
Neuroscience & Clinical Neurology (NCN) 2006: Indiana University School of Medicine
Pediatric Neurotrauma: Assessment and Management.
Multiple locations, 2007
Craniofacial Reconstruction from a Neurosurgical Perspective.
Skull Base 2001, Indianapolis, IN
Management and Pitfalls of Head Injuries.
9th Annual TRAUMA/SURGICAL Critical Care Symposium, Indianapolis, IN
Seizure management update.
Progressive Pediatrics 2001: A Child’s Odyssey - Pediatric Nurse Conference, Indianapolis, IN
Evaluation and treatment of acute epidural and subdural hematomas.
Update in the Clinical Neurosciences, Indianapolis, IN
Late Correction of Sagittal Craniosynostosis: The Crab Procedure.
2003 Meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, Hawaii
Congenital Malformations of the Posterior Fossa.
Pediatric Neurology Noon Conference, Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine
Pediatric Neuro-Trauma: Assessment and Management.
Pediatric Trauma Conference 2006, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN
Electrophysiological Analysis Comparing Epileptogenic Human Cortex and Hyperexcited Rat Cortex.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons Pediatric Section Meeting 2006, Denver, CO
Electrophysiological Analysis of Epileptogenic Cortex.
Inaugural Shillito Fellowship Day, The Children’s Hospital – Boston, MA
Network Comparison of Epileptogenic Human Cortex and Excited Rat Cortex.
Multiple locations, 2008
Traumatic Brain Injury in Children.
Trauma Topics – Adult and Peds 2008, Clarian Health, Indianapolis, IN
Pediatric Neurosurgery.
Weber State University Lecture to Premedical Students – Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Management of Traumatic Brain Injuries in Children.
Lifeline Neonatal-Pediatric Transport Conference – Clarian Health, Indianapolis, IN
So, you’ve always wanted to be a…Pediatric Neurosurgeon!?!?
Weber State University Lecture to Introductory Neuroscience Students – Weber State University, Ogden
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Other

Neurodevelopment and Congenital Disorders.
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https://daly.medicine.iu.edu/med/frameIndex.htm
Indiana University School of Medicine
Neurodevelopment and Congenital Disorders.
Smith JL, Neuroscience & Clinical Neurology (NCN) 2005: D505/D852 – Course for MS2, D.P.T., and Ph.D. student
https://daly.medicine.iu.edu/med/frameIndex.htm
Indiana University School of Medicine

Press Mentions

Looking ‘Pristine’; MRI Reveals Fort Wayne Teen’s Brain Has Completely HealedAugust 3rd, 2021
’45 Minutes from Death’: Fort Wayne Teen Saved with Emergency Brain SurgeryAugust 2nd, 2021
In Memoriam: John Edward Kalsbeck, MD (1928–2017)July 19th, 2017
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