Neurosurgeons
Jodi L. Smith, PhD, MD
Dr. Jodi L. Smith is a pediatric neurosurgeon at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent in Indianapolis, IN. 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.
Following residency, Dr. Smith completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts and then joined Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine in 2000. Her current research interests include neurulation, which pertains to the formation of the nervous system in early human development.
Office Locations:
PMCH Multispecialty Surgical Clinic
8402 Harcourt Road, Suite 830
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Tel: 317-338-0900
Hospital Locations:
Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent
2001 W 86th St
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Education:
Shillito Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship
Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1999–2000
Residency
University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
1994–1999
Internship
University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
1993–1994
MD
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
1993
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy
1988–1989
PhD in Anatomy
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
1988
BS in Zoology/Chemistry
Weber State College, Ogden, UT
1983
Appointments & Positions:
Assistant Clinical Professor Tom and Julie Wood College of Osteopathic Medicine
2020-present
Clinical Professor Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine
2013–2018
Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine
2000-present
Licenses & Certification:
American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery Certification
2006–present
American Board of Neurological Surgery Certification
2004–present
Indiana Physician and Surgeon License
2000–present
Utah Physician and Surgeon License
1994–2010
Professional Organizations:
American Association of Anatomists
Society for Neuroscience
British Brain Research Association
International Brain Research Organization
World Federation of Neuroscientists
Pediatric Trauma Society
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
American Medical Association
Indianapolis Neurosurgical Society
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Indiana State Medical Association
Indianapolis Medical Society
AANS/CNS Pediatric Section
Indiana State Neurosurgical Society
American Society of Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Collegium Aesculapium
Spina Bifida Association of Central Indiana
Women in Neurosurgery
AMA Women Physicians Congress
Honors, Awards, Achievements:
Top Doctors—Indianapolis
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Inaugural Award: Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Exceptional Women in Medicine 2017
Trustee Teaching Award
Indiana University Board of Trustees
2012
Extramural research funding
Electrophysiological analysis of epileptogenic human cortex
Henry and Nellie Pence Foundation
Specialties
Pediatric Conditions
- Surgical Intervention of Pediatric Epilepsy
- Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors in Children
- Pediatric Moyamoya Disease
- Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
- Brain and Spinal Cord Congenital Malformations
Top Procedures
Brain and Spine Treatments
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Pial Synangiosis for Treatment of Moyamoya Disease in Children
- Removal of Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
- Chiari Malformation Decompression
- Shunt Placement or Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy for Treatment of Hydrocephalus
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