Steven P. Kiefer, M.D.

EDUCATION

A.B. History
Duke University, 1985

M.D.
University of Louisville 1989

INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY

Intern, Surgery
University Hospitals of Cleveland/Affiliated Hospitals
Cleveland, Ohio

Resident, Neurosurgery
University Hospitals of Cleveland/Affiliated Hospitals
Cleveland, Ohio

HOSPITAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky
1996 - Present

Central Baptist Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky
1996 - Present

Samaritan Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky
1996 - Present

Saint Joseph East Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky
1996 - Present

Marymount Hospital
London, Kentucky

Georgetown Community Hospital
Georgetown, Kentucky

MEDICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

American Medical Association

Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Transitional

Fayette County Medical Society

Kentucky Medical Association

Kentucky Neurosurgical Society

OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Public Relations Committee, 1997, 1998
Co-Chairman, Public Relations Committee, 1997
Co-Chairman, Registration Committee, 1998

Saint Joseph Hospital

NeuroCare Committee
Medical Education Committee

AWARDS AND HONORS

Pathology Composition, 1st Place, 1987

Senior Award for Excellence in the Neurosciences, 1989

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

Finelli DA, Christopherson LA, Rhodes RH, Kiefer SP, Takoaka Y: Leptomeningeal and calvarial sarcoidosis: CT and MR appearance. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography 19(4):639-642, 1995.

Kiefer SP, Hlavin ML: Harvey Cushing and Claude Beck: Asurgical legacy. Neurosurgery, 38(6): 1223-1231, 1996.

Taylor CL, Selman WR, Kiefer SP, Ratcheson RA: Temporary vessel occlusion during intracranial aneurysm repair. Neurosurgery, 39:893-906, 1996.

Book Chapters

Kiefer SP, Selman WR, Ratcheson RA: Clinical syndromes in cerebral ischemia ischemia. In Tindall GT, Barrow DL, Cooper PR (eds): The Practice of Neurosurgery, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, In Press.

Ratcheson RA, Kiefer SP, Selman WR: Pathophysiology and clinical evaluation of ischemic crebrovascular disease. In Youmans JR (ed): Neurological Surgery, 4th ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Company, 1996, 1113-1138.

Abstracts

Firlik K, Hlavin ML, Kiefer SP, Tarr RW: Focal cerebral infarction due to child abuse. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 1995.

Kiefer SP, Hlavin ML: Harvey Cushing and Claude Beck: The "Western Reserve" connection. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 1995.

Lust WD, Selman WR, Pundik S, Kiefer SP, Zhou Y, Ratcheson RA: Compromised metabolic recovery following spontaneous spreading depression in the penumbra. XVII International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, July 1995.

Selman WR, Barnes B, Whitingham TS, Zhou Y, Ratcheson RA, Kiefer SP, Lust WD: Sensitivity of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity to permanent focal ischemia and sodium nitroprusside. XVII International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, July 1995.

Selman WR, Kiefer SP, Lust WD, Zhou Y, Pundik S, Ratcheson RA: Metabolic evidence to support that single ischemic episodes are more devastating to the brain than are multiple insults of similar duration. XVII International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, July 1995.

Book Reviews

Kiefer SP: Neurosurgery: An Introductory Text. Black P, Rossitch Jr. E. In Neurology 45:2124, 1995.

MEDICAL LICENSURE

Kentucky

CERTIFICATION

American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1999

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