GREGORY A. SMITH, M.D. 2421 W. 205 th Street Suite D-107 Torrance, CA 90501 Tel. (310) 320-1970 Fax (888) 988-8315 EDUCATION 1988 Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri 1984 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana B.S. in Biology and Chemistry (double degree) POST DOCTORAL TRAINING 7/91 6/92 Chief Resident State University of New York Health Science Center Brooklyn, New York Department of Anesthesiology 7/89 6/91 Resident State University of New York Health Science Center Brooklyn, New York 7/88 6/89 Internship Washington University St. Luke s Hospital St. Louis, Missouri ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS HELD 7/95 Present Private Practice Pain Management; Addiction Medicine Los Angeles, California 7/92 7/95 Director, Pain Medicine Harbor-UCLA Torrance, California 7/92 7/95 Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology Harbor-UCLA and UCLA 7/92 7/95 Director, Pain Clinic Medical Foundation BOARD CERTIFICATION American Board of Anesthesiology American Board of Anesthesiology Subspecialty Certification in Pain Management MEMBERSHIPS AND SOCIETIES (PAST AND PRESENT) American Society of Anesthesiologists California Society of Anesthesiologists American Medical Association American Pain Society American Society of Regional Anesthesia National Medical Association Research and Education Institute Partners Against Pain
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES FORMER ANESTHESIA MENTORS AWARDS AND HONORS Chairman, Interdisciplinary Pain Committee - Harbor-UCLA Resident Education Committee Resident Evaluation Committee Morbidity and Mortality Committee Treatment of the Dying Patient Task Force Physician Competency Committee James E. Cottrell, M.D. Matthew L. Lefkowitz, M.D. William D. Owens, M.D. Audree D. Bendo, M.D. Rebecca Twersky, M.D. Chingmuh Lee, M.D. Maurice Lippman, M.D. 2015 CCHR Humanitarian award 2005 Consumer s Research Council of America Top Pain Medicine Physician 2003 National Leadership Award Physician s Advisory Board 1993 1994 Outstanding Attending Teacher of the Year Award (Golden Blade Award) 1991 Chief Resident in Anesthesiology Award 1989 Intern of the Year Award 1986 National Medical Fellowship 1985 National Medical Fellowship 1982 Indiana University Tuition Scholarship 1980 Indiana University Tuition Scholarship 1980 Edwin Foos Memorial Scholarship 1980 ABA Scholarship CLINICAL TEACHING ACTIVITIES Outpatient Pain Clinic Visits Annual Average: 2,300 Epidural and Spinal Blocks Annual Average: 100 Peripheral Nerve Blocks Annual Average: 210 Major Nerve Blocks Requiring CAT scan or Fluoroscopy (Spinal Endoscopy, Nucleoplasty, Percutaneous diskectomy, Radiofrequency annuloplasty, etc.) Annual Average: less than 50
LICENSURE States of: California SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES 2016 Producing, co-writing feature film Cancer in Wonderland 2015 Produced Cassandra Awakens (short) Cancer in Wonderland 2014-15 Produced, co-wrote and featured in Documentary feature film American Addict 2 2010-12 Produced co-wrote and featured in Documentary feature film American Addict. Appeared on Good Morning America Health segment (national TV); Recurring appearances on Non Stop News NBC4 TV show; multiple local and national radio appearances. 2010 Featured in Documentary feature film What Killed the King of Pop. Appeared on the show Extra (national TV) regarding Oprah Winfrey food addiction 2009-Present Magazine 2005-Present administrators Recurring contributor regarding celebrity addiction; National Enquirer, Star Multiple lectures/presentations to insurance companies/third party 2005 Weekly Radio show The Doc Smith Show on 97.1 FM 2004 Featured on NBC 4 Percutaneous Diskectomy for Low back Pain 1998-Present Multiple radio show appearances 2002-03 Featured speaker to applicant attorney s association 1996 Present Multiple Lectures on Cancer Pain and Pain for the Non-Pain Physician 9/95 Acute Pain Management Presented at Riverside General Hospital, Department of Family Medicine, Riverside, California 5/95 Postoperative Pain Management Presented at Mission Viejo General Hospital, Mission Viejo, California 6/94 PCA and Other Options for Postoperative Pain Management Presented at Daniel Freeman Hospital, Los Angeles, California 1/94 Non-Operative Management of Chronic Pancreatic Pain
Presented at the International Symposium on Pancreatic and Biliary Endoscopy, Newport Beach, California 9/93 New Trends in Intravenous PCA Presented at Henry-Mayo Newell Hospital, Valencia, California 9/93 The Treatment of Chronic Cancer Pain Presented at Huntington Beach Memorial Hospital, Huntington Beach, California 2/93 Postoperative Pain Management Presented to the Department of Surgery, Harbor UCLA, Torrance, California 10/92 Regional Anesthesia in the Operating Room Presented to the Department of Anesthesia, Harbor UCLA, Torrance, California 8/91 5/92 Local Anesthetics Presented at SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, New York 11/91 Refractory Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Presented at the Williams Club to the group for research in Pain Management, New York, New York 11/91 Local Anesthetics and Nerve Blocks Presented to the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at SUNY Health Center, Brooklyn, New York 1/91 The Anesthetic Implications of Patients on Total Parenteral Nutrition Presented at SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, New York 11/88 Complications of Pancreatitis Presented at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Luke s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri Science JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS Smith, A. Gregory, Sacks, Lester, Schwarz, Daniel: The Framework and Limits of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (G.I.N.A.) in Industrial and Occupational Medicine. Personalized Medicine in Occupational Health, 2015 Smith, G.A. Phantom Limb Pain. Progress in Anesthesiology. October, 1995. Lebovits, A., Smith, G.A., Lefkowitz, M.: Pain in Hospitalized Patients with AIDS: Analgesic and Psychotropic Medications. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 1994; 10:156-161. Smith, G.A.: The Anesthetic Implications of a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis on Total Parenteral Nutrition. NYSSA Journal. 1992; 32-37. Lefkowitz, M., Smith, G.A.: The Prevalence and Management of Pain in Patients with AIDS, A Follow Up Study. Clinical Journal of Pain. S; 1989:246-248.
POSTER AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS: Study Investigating a Genetic Dependence Risk Index of Variants Effect on Risk for Co-morbid Psychiatric Disorders Among Chronic Pain Patients. American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting (AAPM) Phoenix, AZ. 03/06/14 Observational Study to Calculate Addictive Risk to Narcotics Due to Genetic Predisposition in Pain Patients (O.S.C.A.R.) 13 th Annual Pain Medicine (ASRA) San Francisco. 11/13/14-11/16/14. Observational Study to Calculate Addictive Risk to Narcotics Due to Genetic Predisposition in Pain Patients (O.S.C.A.R.) American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry 25 th Annual Meeting and Symposium (AAAP) Aventura, FL. 12/04/14-12/07/14. PERSONAL DATA Place of Birth: Citizenship: Current City of Residence: Hobbies and Outside Interests: Springfield, Ohio United States Redondo Beach, CA Tennis was ranked as a junior player Fitness and Nutrition Classical Piano Screenplay Writing