About DrDave

David W. Smith MD, ACP, BS (Chemistry), Board Certified (Internal Medicine Specialist), is recognized as a visiting scientist for both The Human Performance Laboratory for the Division of Sports Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the North Shore Division of Neurosurgery and North Shore Neurological Institute, Chicago Illinois. Over his 30-year medical career, he served as Chief of Medicine at Reid Hospital & Healthcare Services and has founded commercial companies for developing his innovative product concepts: Xennovate Medical LLC, TBI Innovations LLC, and Delta Chase LLC.

As Chief Science Officer, he has served as lead design and medical education consultant to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a $90B+ Pharmaceutical and Healthcare company, Gentex Corp, the largest manufacturer of USAF helmets, and Materials Modification Inc., nano–materials and coating pioneer to the military complex.

 Dr. Smith has Intellectual Property and peer-reviewed publications in diverse fields of science, providing him with a unique perspective in overcoming a broad spectrum of significant medical paradigms.

His solid background in analytical chemistry (with an added emphasis in physics),  combined with his medical degree and internal medicine career, gave him insight into energy interactions and impartations to the human body, which has proven particularly useful in the study of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
 
Dr. Smith pioneered “SLOSH Theory,” the basis of his Q-Collar invention designed to mitigate SLOSH energy absorption by the soft tissues of the human brain.  The Q-Collar has been proven to reduce the risk of brain damage from traumatic events and was the first product authorized by the FDA for this purpose. With Julian Bailes MD, a world-renowned neurosurgeon, he co-authored a presentation on “The Physics of Traumatic Brain Injury-Revisited,” delivered at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in September of 2016. At this event, the largest gathering of Neurosurgeons and Brain Injury Specialists worldwide, Dr. Smith presented his ideas on how the physics of a concussive wave (cavitation) can produce the chemistry of a TBI.
 
With Xennovate Medical, he presented several novel battlefield dressings to the Department of the Army Research Lab (DARPA) at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds and was the lead scientist in Xennovate’s two-year funding effort with DARPA’s Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JEIDDO).  Dr. Smith consulted with Gentex Corp, who was successfully awarded a $90M contract in the field of mitigating the forces involved in human ejections from supersonic aircraft.
 
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DrDave’s Timeline of Discoveries and Innovations

And more to come in the months and years ahead!

DrDave’s authored studies have now experienced over 450 citations according to ResearchGate, a respected database of published scientific journal articles.

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Education, Degrees, Licensure, and Certifications

1987-1989 Resident Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Hospitals of Cleveland

1986-1987 Internship—Case Western Reserve University Hospitals of Cleveland

1982-1986 Medical School University of Cincinnati (First Class Honors)

1978-1982 BS Chemistry University of Cincinnati (with Honors)

Licensure and Certifications

Wayne/Union County Medical Society Richmond, IN

Indiana State Medical Society

1986 Medical licensure by the State of Ohio

1989 Medical licensure by the State of Indiana

1990 American Board of Internal Medicine

Academic Appointments

2009-2014 Butler University Faculty, Clinical Instructor

2010-2014 Indianapolis University Medical School, Site Clinical Instructor

Professional Appointments

1989-2016 Staff Physician Reid Hospital and Health Care Services

1992-1994 Vice-Chief of Medicine

1994-1996 Chief of Medicine

1991-2002 Medical Director— Heritage Regency Extended Care

1993-1995 Medical Director— Schuller/Manville International

1995-2006 Medical Director— JM Hutton Stamping Division

1993-2016 Medical Administrator/Managing Partner University Medical Group

2006-2007 Consultant, GlaxoSmithKline (Invented Breathe Right ADVANCED Nasal Strip)

2008-2009 Consultant, GENTEX CORP (mitigation of G-Loss of Consciousness and cockpit ejections)

Chief Scientist, Xennovate Medical LLC

Chief Scientist, TBI Innovations LLC

Chief Scientist, DeltaChase LLC

BOOK

When Heads Come Together – Nature Reveals its Secrets for Preventing

Traumatic Brain Injury, 2022, Publisher Fitting Words

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Weihong Yuan, Kim D. Barber Foss, Jonathan Dudley, Staci Thomas, Ryan Galloway, Christopher DiCesare, James Leach, Pete Scheifele, Megan Farina, Gloria Valencia, David Smith, Mekibib Altaye, Christopher K. Rhea, Thomas Talavage, and Gregory D. Myer, Impact of Low-Level Blast Exposure on Brain Function after a One-Day Tactile Training and the Ameliorating Effect of a Jugular Vein Compression Neck Collar Device, JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA 36:721–734 (March 1, 2019)
  2. David W. Smith, Gregory D. Myer, R. Dawn Comstock, Joseph F. Clark, Julian E. Bailes, Altitude Does Not Reduce Concussion Incidence: Response, Letter to the Editor, 2014, The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2(3), 2325967114527235
  3. Weihong Yuan, Kim D. Barber Foss, Staci Thomas, Christopher A. DiCesare, Jonathan A. Dudley, Katie Kitchen, Brooke Gadd, James L. Leach, David Smith, Mekibib Altaye, Paul Gubanich, Ryan T. Galloway, Paul McCrory, Julian E. Bailes, Rebekah Mannix, William P. Meehan III, and Gregory D. Myer, White Matter Alterations Over the Course of Two Consecutive High-School Football Seasons and the Effect of a Jugular Compression Collar: A Preliminary Longitudinal Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study, Brain Mapp 2018 Jan;39(1):491-508. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23859.Epub 2017 Oct 28
  4. Weihong Yuan, James Leach, Thomas Maloney, Mekibib Altaye, David Smith, Paul J. Gubanich, Kim D. Barber Foss, Staci Thomas, Christopher A. DiCesare, Adam W. Kiefer, and Gregory D. Myer, Neck Collar with Mild Jugular Vein Compression Ameliorates Brain Activation Changes during a Working Memory Task after a Season of High School Football, J Neurotrauma 2017 Aug 15;34(16):2432-2444. doi:10.1089/neu.2016.4834.Epub 2017 Jun 8
  5. Samuel D Roth, Guy Cohen, Kim Barber Foss, MS, Staci Thomas, MS, Michael Gordon, Ken Rushford, David W Smith, MD, Gregory D Myer, Ph.D., UNPUBLISHED DATA, Current Research: Concussion Usability and Tolerability of Novel Brain Injury Prevention Device Used in High School Football
  6. Gregory D. Myer, Ph.D., David Smith, MD, Kim D. Barber Foss, MS, Christopher A. Dicesare, MS, Adam W. Kiefer, Ph.D., Adam M. Kushner, BS, Staci M. Thomas, MS, Heidi Sucharew, PhD, Jane c. Khoury, Ph.D., Rates of Concussion Are Lower in National Football League Games Played at Higher Altitudes, 164 | March 2014 | Volume 44 | Number 3 | Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
  7. Gregory D Myer, Kim Barber Foss, Staci Thomas, Ryan Galloway, Christopher A DiCesare, Jonathan Dudley, Brooke Gadd, James Leach, David Smith, Paul Gubanich, William P Meehan III, Mekibib Altaye, Philip Lavin, Weihong Yuan, Altered Brain Microstructure in Association with Repetitive Subconcussive Head Impacts and the Potential Protective Effect of Jugular Vein Compression: a Longitudinal Study of Female Soccer Athletes, Myer GD, et al. Br J Sports Med 2018;0:1–14. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2018-099571
  8. Gregory D. Myer, Weihong Yuan, Kim D. Barber Foss, David Smith, Mekibib Altaye, Amit Reches, James Leach, Adam W. Kiefer, Jane C. Khoury, Michal Weiss, Staci Thomas, Chris Dicesare, Janet Adams, Paul J. Gubanich, Amir Geva, Joseph F. Clark, William P. Meehan III, Jason P. Mihalik, and Darcy Krueger, The Effects of External Jugular Compression Applied during Head Impact Exposure on Longitudinal Changes in Brain Neuroanatomical and Neurophysiological Biomarkers: A Preliminary Investigation, Front. Neurol. 7:74. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00074
  9. Alexis Bertram, BS David Smith, MD Adam Kiefer, Ph.D., Lee Waite, Ph.D., Julian E Bailes, MD, Pete Scheifele, Ph.D., Gregory D Myer, Ph.D., Unpublished data: Cranial Venous Blood Cavitation: A Possible Mechanism of Traumatic Brain Injury Associated with Blast Wave exposure and Head Impacts,
  10. David Smith, Robert Franco, Christopher A. DiCesare, Daniel K. Schneider, Chuck McGill, Quinton D. Smith, and Gregory D. Myer, Red Blood Cell Response to Blast Levels of Force Impartations into Freely Moveable Fluid Surfaces Inside a Closed Container, Front. Phys. 6:93. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2018.00093
  11. James Leach, M.D., Dr. Gregory Myer, Dr. David Smith, Unpublished data, Mild Neck Compression Alters Intracranial Venous Sinus Volume: Implications for a Novel Neuroprotective Effect in Concussion, Abstract 2762
  12. David Smith, Julian Bailes, Joseph Fisher, Javier Robles, Ryan Turner, James Mills, Internal Jugular Vein Compression Mitigates Traumatic Axonal Injury in a Rat Model by Reducing the Intracranial Slosh Effect, Neurosurgery Vol 70, Number 3, March 2012 pp 740-746
  13. David W. Smith, MD, Gregory D. Myer, Ph.D., Dustin W. Currie, MPH, R. Dawn Comstock, Ph.D., Joseph F. Clark, Ph.D., and Julian E. Bailes, MD, Altitude Modulates Concussion Incidence Implications for Optimizing Brain Compliance to Prevent Brain Injury in Athletes, The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 1(6), 2325967113511588, DOI: 10.1177/2325967113511588
  14. Weihong Yuan, James Leach, Thomas Maloney, Mekibib Altaye, David Smith, Paul J. Gubanich, Kim D. Barber Foss, Staci Thomas, Christopher A. DiCesare, Adam W. Kiefer, and Gregory D. Myer, Neck Collar with Mild Jugular Vein Compression Ameliorates Brain Activation Changes during a Working Memory Task after a Season of High School Football, JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA 34: no 16 1–13 (2017) Published Online:15 Aug 2017 https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2016.4834
  15. Brian Sindelar, Julian Bailes, Sydney Sherman, John Finan, James Stone, John Lee, Saman Ahmadian, Ying Zhou, Vimal Patel, and David Smith, Effect of Internal Jugular Vein Compression on Intracranial Hemorrhage in a Porcine Controlled Cortical Impact Model, J Neurotrauma 2017 Apr 15;34(8):1703-1709. doi: 10.1089/neu.2016.4648.Epub 2016 Dec 16
  16. Brian Sindelar, Michael Shinners, Sydney Sherman, Kevin Novak, Kristine Erickson Vimal Patel, Paul Kubilis, David Smith, John Finan, and Julian E. Bailes, Internal Jugular Vein Compression: A Novel Approach to Mitigate Blast Induced Hearing Injury, Otology & Neurotology: April 2017 – Volume 38 – Issue 4 – p 591-598 doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001332
  17. Ryan C. Turner, B.S., Zachary J. Naser, B.A., Julian E. Bailes, M.D., David W. Smith, M.D., Joseph A. Fisher, M.D., and Charles L. Rosen, m.d., Effect of Slosh Mitigation on Histologic Markers of Traumatic Brain Injury, J Neurosurg 117:1110–1118, 2012
  18. Gregory D Myer, Weihong Yuan, Kim D Barber Foss, Staci Thomas, David Smith, James Leach, Adam W Kiefer, Chris Dicesare, Janet Adams, Paul J Gubanich, Katie Kitchen, Daniel K Schneider, Daniel Braswell, Darcy Krueger, Mekibib Altaye, Analysis of head impact exposure and brain microstructure response in a season-long application of a jugular vein compression collar: a prospective, neuroimaging investigation in American football, Br J Sports Med 2016;0:1–11. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2016-096134

Memberships

1992-1994 Vice Chief of Medicine, Reid Hospital and Healthcare Services

1994-1996 Chief of Medicine, Reid Hospital and Healthcare Services

1997-1997 Founder of Reid Physician Hospital Organization

American Medical Association

Indiana Medical Association

Ohio Medical Society

Speaking Engagements

2022 What has Cincinnati done for our Warfighter’s Brains Conference in honor of 3-Star Lieutenant General Laura A. Potters visit (#2 in Command of US Army), Nature’s Master Class on Traumatic Brain Injury (jugular compression and CO2 rebreathing)

2022 Greater Cincinnati Interdisciplinary Sleep Society (Keynote Speaker)

2020 Neurotrauma Research Center University of Cincinnati (Keynote— How CO2 can alter Spreading Depolarizations)

2019 10th Annual Kettering Sports Medicine Symposium – Athletic Trainers (Keynote Speaker— jugular compression)

2019 Ohio Dental Society Annual Meeting (Keynote Speaker)

2018 The Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society (PHATS) and the Society of Professional Hockey Equipment Managers (SPHEM), National Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (Keynote Speaker)

2018 Greater Cincinnati Interdisciplinary Sleep Society (Keynote Speaker)

2018 Cincinnati Dental Society Annual Meeting (Keynote Speaker)

2016 Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, “The Physics of Traumatic Brain Injury-Revisited” Smith/Bailes

2015 Brain Injury Research Institute Chicago Symposium (Julian Bailes MD moderator) Keynote Speaker— A New look at the Pathophysiology of TBI

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