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Office
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
3961 Rutger Ave.
Saint Louis, MO 63110Phone+1 314-977-5700Fax+1 314-977-1617
Summary
- Kenneth Smithson, DO, is a Saint Louis, MO-based anesthesiologist with subspecialties in critical care medicine and neuroanesthesiology. He completed his medical education at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1991 and underwent residency and fellowship training in anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Dr. Smithson currently serves as Chief of Anesthesia Critical Care at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital and previously held academic positions, including Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His experience encompasses awake neurosurgery, neuroanesthesiology, neurocritical care, and surgical critical care. His publication record includes research on deep brain stimulation and sulfur mustard analog-induced lung injury, and his work has been cited multiple times in the literature.
Education & Training
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology), 1996 - 1997
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Anesthesiology, 1993 - 1996
- Michigan State University College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
- AL State License 2012 - 2025
- MO State License 2022 - 2025
- TN State License 1997 - 2020
- MN State License 1992 - 1998
- MI State License 1991 - 1992
- American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
- American Board of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of AnesthesiologyNeurocritical Care Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 10 citationsLatency of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation-evoked cortical activity as a potential biomarker for postoperative motor side effects.Zachary T. Irwin, Mohammad Z. Awad, Christopher L. Gonzalez, Arie Nakhmani, J. Nicole Bentley
Clinical Neurophysiology. 2020-03-12 - 17 citationsExtracellular nucleic acid scavenging rescues rats from sulfur mustard analog-induced lung injury and mortalityNithya Mariappan, Maroof Husain, Iram Zafar, V. Singh, Kenneth G. Smithson
Archives of Toxicology. 2020-03-10 - 5 citationsPropofol withdrawal seizures: non-epileptic nature of seizures in a patient with recently controlled status epilepticusSalman Zubair, Thomas Patton, Kenneth Smithson, Hasan H. Sonmezturk, Amir Arain
Epileptic Disorders. 2011-03-01
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