SNACC Teacher of the Year Award - Previous Recipients
Nominating Criteria - Dr. John Drummond- 2006 Recipient

Congratulations to the 2005 Recipient

David S. Smith, M.D., Ph.D.

David S. Smith, M.D., Ph.D. received his B.A. from Oakland University (Rochester, MI); M.D., Ph.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI); his internship from the Medical College of WI Affiliated Hospitals (Milwaukee, WI); and anesthesia residency from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia PA). 

Dr. Smith also furthered his study in Neuroanesthesia by attending the Brain Research Laboratory in Lund Sweden with Bo Seisjö.  He has received specialty certification from the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Smith is Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania. 

The awards and honors he has received include: Austin Lamont Fellow (Dept of Anesth, U of PA School of Medicine 1979 – 80), Senior Fellow, National Research Service Award (1985 – 87), Kumperman Memorial Lecture (1992 Department of Anesthesia, Temple Univ, Philadelphia PA), Brain E. Marshall Memorial Lectureship (1995 Dept of Anesthesia, Univ of Toronto, Canada), Brigadier P.N. Bhatt Memorial Oration (2003 Indian Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care Meeting, Kolkata, India),  Center of Surgical Excellence Performance Award (2004 HUP), Patient Safety Steering Committee Award for Excellence and Innovation in Patient Safety (2004 HUP), Penn Anesthesia Legacy Award (2005 Dept of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, HUP), SNACC Distinguished Teaching Award (2005), Dr Sander Malathi Memorial Oration (2006 Indian Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care Annual Meeting, Mumbai, India), and Best Doctors (2001 – 2006).  Society memberships include: SNACC (Sec/Treasurer 1987 – 89, Newsletter editor 1987 – 89, Vice-President 1989 – 1990, President – elect 1990 – 92, President 1991 – 92, and Past President 1992 – 93); ASA, and AUA (elected 1985).  Member of the Editorial Board Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesia (1987 – 1997). Referee to many journals including Anesthesiology, Anesthesia and Analgesia, Journal of Neurochemistry, Neuroscience, Life Sciences, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Am J Rhinology, and Head and Neck.  Coauthor of 36 peer reviewed papers, and 52 editorial, reviews or chapters.  Co editor (with James E Cottrell) of edition 3 (1994) and 4 (2001) of Anesthesia and Neurosurgery (Mosby, St Louis, Missouri).  His clinical and academic interests include administration of anesthesia for neurosurgical patients and systems approaches to improve patient safety.