William D. Smith, M.D.

Chairman
AIMIS Spine Plc.

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Academic Appointments

 

·Section of Neurosurgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

-Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, July 1994 – September 1996

§Director, Complex Spine Program

• Director, Cerebrovascular Program
• Director, Microsurgical Fellowship Laboratory

·Section of Neurosurgery, Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

• Acting Section Chief, July 1994- September 1996
• Mountain View Hospital, Las Vegas, NV
• Chief of Neurosurgery, October 1999 – 2005
• Desert Springs Hospital, Las Vegas, NV
• Chief of Neurosurgery, 1999           
• Director of Spinal Center, 2000
• University Medical Center
• Chief of Neurosurgery January 2006 – Present
• Western Regional Center for Brain and Spine Surgery
• Director, Performance Improvement –  July 2005 – Present

Ÿ    University of Crete, Greece March 2007

• Visiting Professor

Ÿ    University of Guangzhou, China

• Visiting Professor

Ÿ    Santa Rita Hospital, San Paulo, Brazil

• Visiting Professor

Ÿ    University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma February 2007

• Visiting Professor
• Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Adjunct Professor
• General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Region
• Adjunct Professor
• ZheJiang Province Medical University
• Adjunct Professor

Residency

 

• Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Neurological Surgery, July 1993 – June 1994 (Chief Resident)
• Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Neurological Surgery, May 1992 – June1993 (Senior Resident)
• Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Neurological Surgery, January 1991 – June 1991 (Senior Resident)
• Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Clinical Neurology, October 1990 – December 1990
• Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Neurological Surgery, July 1989 – December 1989 (Junior Resident)

 

Internship

 

• Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Department of Surgery, July 1987- June 1988

 

MedicalSchool

 

• Georgetown University Medical Center College of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

-Doctorate of Medicine, 1987

 

College

 

• Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
• B.S. with honors, 1983

 

Board Certification

 

• Diplomat American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1999

 

Specialty Courses

 

• Shock Trauma
• Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services and Systems, Baltimore, Maryland

April 1992 – June 1992

• Clinical Neurosurgery
• Atkinson Morely’s Hospital (Wimbledon, England), Maiden Vale Hospital (London, England)

July 1991 – March 1992

• Pediatric Neurosurgery
• Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

April 1990 – September 1990

• Neuropathology
• Armed Forces Institute of Pathology - Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

January 1990 – March 1990

 

Licensure

 

• State of Nevada – Active
• State of Arizona – Active

 

Memberships

 

• Association of Presacral Spine Surgeons – Chairman
• Society of Lateral Access Surgeons – Co-Chairman
• Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Spine – 2008 Faculty
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• American Academy of Spine Physicians
• American Medical Association
• American Medical Political Action Committee
• Nevada State Medical Association
• Clark County Medical Society

·North American Spine Society

• Hydrocephalus Association
• Spine Arthroplasty Society

 

Presentations

 

1. Spinal Cord Injury with a Narrow Spinal Canal: Utilizing the Ration Method in Analyzing Cervical Spinal Radiographs. Poster Presentation. R. Adams Crowley 17^th National Trauma Symposium.  Baltimore, MD; November 1996        

 

1. International Symposium on Lumbar Interbody Fusion – Invited speaker.  Sponsored by Surgical Dynamics.  Houston, TX; August 1997.

 

1. Sofamor Danek Clinical Aspects of PLIF vs. ALIF with Cylindrical Caging.  Memphis, TN; December 1997.

 

1. Las Vegas Pain Symposium on Lumbar Fusions – Invited speaker.  Bend, Oregon; September 1999.

 

1. Making Sense of Spinal Instrumentation – Lecturer and clinical instructor, Las Vegas; October 1999.

 

1. International Symposium of Spinal Instrumentation – Clinical instructor, Cancun, Mexico; March 2009.

 

1. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting – Novel Approach to Lumbar Fusion, Philadelphia, PA; October 2002

 

1. Minimally Invasive Spinal Techniques – Instructor cadaver lab, San Diego, CA January 2005-Present

 

1. Johnson and Johnson Leading XLIF Experience in U.S.A. - Spinal Evolution Nucleus, Cabos San Lucas, Mexico; June 2005

 

1. American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Joint Section – Treatment of Degenerative Scoliosis in the Elderly, Orlando, FL; March 2006

 

1. Global Spine - Fusion vs. Arthroplasty for Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease, Lumbar Degenerative  Panel – Panel Case Discussions, Las Vegas, NV; June 2006

 

1. Global Spine – Mini Open TLIF Cadaver Lab, Las Vegas, NV; June 2006

 

1. University of Nevada School of Medicine – Management of Intracranial Hemorrhage, Las Vegas, NV; August 2006

 

1. International Spine Symposium – Invited Speaker – Minimally Invasive Approach for Thoracic Lumbar Fractures, Jackson Hole, WY; June 2007

 

1. World Spine IV Interdisciplinary Congress on Spine Care – Invited Speaker – Lateral Approach to Lumbar Spine, Istanbul, Turkey; July 2007

 

1. World Spine IV Interdisciplinary Congress on Spine Care – Invited Speaker – Outpatient Lumbar Fusion, Istanbul, Turkey; July 2007

 

1. World Spine IV Interdisciplinary Congress on Spine Care – Outpatient XLIF^®, Istanbul, Turkey; July 2007

 

1. The Cahill Symposium – An Extracavitary Lateral Approach for Thoracolumbar Pathologies: Lateral Corpectomies, Palm Springs, CA; November 2007

 

1. American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons - An Extracavitary Lateral Approach for Thoracolumbar Pathologies: Lateral Corpectomies, Orlando, Fl; February 2008

 

1. General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Region – Invited Lecturer and Visiting Surgeon. Guangzhou, China. March 2008

 

1. Hainan Medical University – Invited Lecturer and Visiting Surgeon. Hainan, China. March 2008

 

1. SpineWeek - Air Embolus During Graft Insertion in AxiaLIF, Geneva, Switzerland; May 2008

 

1. Spine Arthroplasty Society Motion Preservation Technology 9^th Annual Meeting - An Extracavitary Lateral Approach for Thoracolumbar Pathologies: Lateral Corpectomies, Miami, FL; May 2008

 

24. International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques – Air Embolus During Graft Insertion in AxiaLIF, Hong Kong, China; July 2008

 

25. International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques - An Extracavitary Lateral Approach for Thoracolumbar Pathologies: Lateral Corpectomies, Hong Kong, China; July 2008

 

26. International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques – A Comparison of the Surgical Efficacy of ALIF and XLIF^® L4-5 Fusion Procedures with Posterior Fixation, Hong Kong, China; July 2008

 

27. International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques – Complications in eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF^®): One Surgeon’s Experience with 450 Patients, Hong Kong, China; July 2008

 

28. The Congress of Neurological Surgeon’s 2008 Annual Meeting - Air Embolus During Graft Insertion in AxiaLIF, Orlando, FL; September 2008

 

29. The Congress of Neurological Surgeon’s 2008 Annual Meeting- An Extracavitary Lateral Approach for Thoracolumbar Pathologies: Lateral Corpectomies, Orlando, FL; September 2008

 

30. The Congress of Neurological Surgeon’s 2008 Annual Meeting - A Comparison of the Surgical Efficacy of ALIF and XLIF^® L4-5 Fusion Procedures with Posterior Fixation, Orlando, FL; September 2008

 

31. The Congress of Neurological Surgeon’s 2008 Annual Meeting - Complications in eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF^®): One Surgeon’s Experience with 450 Patients, Orlando, FL; September 2008

 

32. Association of Presacral Spine Surgeons’s Inaugural Meeting – Experience with AxiaLIF. Las Vegas, NV; October 2008

 

33. The North American Spine Society – Air Embolus During Graft Insertion in AxiaLIF, Toronto, Canada; October 2008

 

34. Annual Meeting of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery – An Extracavitary Lateral Approach for Thoracolumbar Pathologies: Lateral Corpectomies, Henderson, NV; November 2008

 

35. Spine Arthroplasty Society 2009 - Complications in eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion: One Surgeon’s Experience with 566 Cases and 1550 Levels, London, England; April 28 – May 1, 2009

 

36. Spine Arthroplasty Society 2009 - A Comparison of the Operative Efficacy of ALIF and XLIF L4-5 Fusion Procedures with Bilateral Posteior Fixation, London, England; April 28 - May 1, 2009

 

37. Spine Arthroplasty Society 2009 - Air Embolus during Graft Insertion in AxiaLIF, London, England; April 28 - May 1, 2009

 

38. The Annual International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques 2009 – Prospective, Non-Randomized, Multi-Center Clinical Evaluation of Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF) in the Treatment of Adult Scoliosis, Vienna, Austria; July 15-18, 2009

 

39. The Annual International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques 2009 – A Comparison of the Surgical Efficacy of ALIF and XLIF L4-5 Fusion Procedures with Posterior Fixation, Vienna, Austria; July 15-18, 2009

 

40. The Annual International Meeting of Advanced Spine Techniques 2009 – Air Embolus during Graft Insertion in AxiaLIF^©, Vienna, Austria; July 15-18, 2009

 

41. The Annual International Meeting of Advanced Spine Techniques 2009 – Complications in eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion: One Surgeon’s Experience with 566 Patients and 1550 Levels, Vienna, Austria; July 15-18, 2009

 

42. The Annual International Meeting of Advanced Spine Techniques 2009 – Sacralized Lumbar as a Relative Contraindication for L4-5 XLIF^®, Vienna, Austria; July 15-18, 2009

 

43. The Annual International Meeting of Advanced Spine Techniques 2009 – Graft Extrusion in AxiaLIF^®, Vienna, Austria; July 15-18, 2009

 

44. EuroSpine 2009 - Air Embolus during Graft Insertion in AxiaLIF®. Warsaw, Poland; October 21-24, 2009

 

45. Eurospine 2009 - Complications in eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion: One Surgeon’s Experience with 566 Patients and 1550 Levels. Warsaw, Poland; October 21-24, 2009

 

46. North American Spine Society Annual Meeting - Sacralized Lumbar as a Relative Contraindication for L4-5 XLIF®. San Francisco, CA. November 10-14 2009

 

1. Asia Pacific Spinal Arthoplasty Society 2010 Meeting - Direct Lateral Approach Corpectomy for Severe Kyphotic Deformity Correction. Sanya, China. January 14-17, 2010

 

1. Asia Pacific Spinal Arthoplasty Society 2010 Meeting - Complications in eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion: One Surgeon’s Experience with 566 Patients and 1550 Levels. Sanya, China. January 14-17, 2010

 

1. Asia Pacific Spinal Arthoplasty Society Meeting. Air Embolus during Graft Insertion in AxiaLIF®. Sanya, China. January 14-17, 2010

 

50. Society of Lateral Access Surgery Annual Meeting - Lateral Plating in XLIF. San Diego, CA. 2010

 

1. Society of Lateral Access Surgery Annual Meeting - A Comparison of the Surgical Efficacy of ALIF and XLIF® L4-5 Fusion Procedures with Posterior Fixation. San Diego, CA. 2010

 

51. 10th Annual SAS Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology - AxiaLIF® Complications in 285 Consecutive Cases. New Orleans, LA. April 27-30, 2010

 

1. 10th Annual SAS Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology -  Complications with rhBMP-2 in Lateral Approach Spine Surgery: Two Rare Cases. New Orleans, LA. April 27-30, 2010

 

1. 10th Annual SAS Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology - Sacralized Lumbar as a Relative Contraindication for L4-5 XLIF®. New Orleans, LA. April 27-30, 2010

 

1. 10th Annual SAS Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology  - Graft Extrusion in AxiaLIF®. New Orleans, LA. April 27-30, 2010

 

1. Worldspine V - A Comparison of ALIF and XLIF® L4-5 Fusion Procedures with Posterior Fixation. Santorini, Greece. May 7-14, 2010

 

1. Worldspine V - AxiaLIF® Complications in 285 Consecutive Cases. Santorini, Greece. May 7-14, 2010

 

1. Worldspine V - Complications with rhBMP-2 in Lateral Approach Spine Surgery: Two Rare Cases. Santorini, Greece. May 7-14, 2010

 

1. Worldspine V - Graft Extrusion in AxiaLIF®. Santorini, Greece. May 7-14, 2010

 

1. Worldspine V - Complications in eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion: One Surgeon’s Experience with 566 Patients and 1550 Levels. Santorini, Greece. May 7-14, 2010

 

1. Worldspine V - Sacralized Lumbar as a Relative Contraindication for L4-5 XLIF®. Santorini, Greece. May 7-14, 2010

 

1. Worldspine V - Two-year results from a mini-open, retroperitoneal, 90° lateral, trans-psoas, approach for lumbar discectomy and fusion. Santorini, Greece. May 7-14, 2010

 

1. 40^th Malaysian Orthopaedic Association Annual General Meeting/Annual Scientific Meeting, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. May 20-22, 2010.

 

 

Research

 

1. Intraoperative Navigation for Lumbar Total Disc Replacement, Ongoing Study

 

1. A Pivotal Multi-Center Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of The Lumbar TDR Device in Patients with Single-Level Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease- Principal Investigator/Medical Monitor, Ongoing Study

 

1. Infused Bone Graft/LT Cage Lumbar Tapered Fusion Post Approval Study – 1998

 

1. A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Pivotal Clinical Investigation of DIAM™ Spinal Stabilization System in Patients with Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Ongoing Study

 

1. Pivotal, Multi-Center, Randomized, Controlled Trial Evaluation the Safety and Effectiveness of the NeoDisc® versus Instrumented Anterior Cervial Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) in Subjects with Single-Level Cervical Disc Disease, Ongoing Study

 

1. Air Embolus During Graft Insertion in AxiaLIF, Ongoing Study

 

1. An Extracavitary Lateral Approach for Thoracolumbar Pathologies: Lateral Corpectomies, Ongoing Study

 

1. A Comparison of the Surgical Efficacy of ALIF and XLIF® L4-5 Fusion Procedures with Posterior Fixation, Ongoing Study

 

1. Complications in eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF®): One Surgeon’s Experience with 450 Patients, Ongoing Study

 

1. Outpatient XLIF®, Ongoing Study

 

Publications

 

1. Apple S, Hamilton A, Smith W:  “Pediatric Laminoplasty Utilizing Craniofacial Plates.”

 

1. Fryburg K, Smith W:  Laproscopic Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Acute Discitis:  Clinical Discussion of Three Cases.  Intradiscal Society, September 1996.

 

1. Bey TA, Waer, A, Walter FG, Fortune J, Seeger J, Fryburg K, Smith W:  Spinal Cord Injury with a Narrow Spinal Canal:  Utilizing Torg’s Ratio Method of Analyzing Cervical Spine Radiographs.  J Emerg Med January/February 1998; 16 (1):79-82.

 

1. Vaccaro AR, Robbins MM, Matthew M , Madigan L, Albert T, Smith W, Hilibrand, A: “Early Findings in a Pilot Study of Anterior Cervical Fusion in Which Bioabsorbable Interbody Spacers Were Used”. Neurosurgery Focus, Volume 16 (3), Article 7, March 2004

 

1. Smith WD, Anson JA, Kaplan S, Malone K. “XLIF^® Corpectomy”. Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF). Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. St. Louis, MO. 259-273

 

1. Smith WD, Malone K. “Outpaitient XLIF^®”. Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF). Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. St. Louis, MO. 217-220

 

1. Horsley J, Merkle T, Frisch D, Browder T, Wisniewski T, Smith W, Fildes JJ, Kuhls DA: “Tight Glucose Control Improves Mortality in Adult Brain Injury Patients”. In submitted to SCCM

 

 

Affiliation

 

Western Regional Center for Brain & Spine Surgery

3061 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 200

Las Vegas, NV  89109

(702) 737-1948

November 1996-Present

 

Hospital Privileges

 

• Sunrise
• Summerlin
• University Medical Center
• St. Rose Dominican and Siena
• Valley
• Desert Springs
• MountainView
• Spring Valley
• Southern Hills