Jodi L Smith MD

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital St. Vincent Ascension Indianapolis Indiana

8402 Harcourt RdSte 830Indianapolis, IN 46260
Phone+1 317-396-1300
Fax+1 317-396-1480

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Summary

Dr. Jodi L. Smith is an academic Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health and an Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Smith’s clinical interests include pediatric epilepsy surgery, brain and spinal cord tumors, brain and spinal cord congenital malformations, hydrocephalus, myelodsyplasia, craniofacial disorders, and Moyamoya syndrome.

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, as well. Following residency, Dr. Smith completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. Dr. Smith joined the Department of Neurological Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2000 and became the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Riley Hospital for Children in 2006. In November 2009, she had the distinct honor of becoming the first John E. Kalsbeck Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Riley Hospital for Children. Her career is dedicated to the advancement of all aspects of Pediatric Neurosurgery, including patient care, education, and research, and she treats all neurosurgical problems in children. She delights in caring for her patients and their families, as well as teaching medical students, residents, fellows, nurses, and other physicians (e.g., primary care physicians and pediatric neurologists) about pediatric neurosurgical problems. She is involved in basic science research studies on pediatric epilepsy and collaborates on other clinical research projects, with the aim of increasing general understanding of disease processes and, ultimately, improving neurosurgical care of children in Indiana and throughout the world.

Education & Training

Children's Hosp Boston1999 - 2000
University of Utah HealthResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1994 - 1999
University of Utah HealthInternship, Surgery, 1993 - 1994
University of Utah School of MedicineClass of 1993
University of Utah School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1988 - 1989

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Certifications & Licensure

IN State Medical License 2000 - 2027
UT State Medical License 1994 - 2010
MA State Medical License 1999 - 2002
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

AOA Honor Medical Society University of Utah School of Medicine, 1992-present, 2012
Indianapolis’ Top Doctors Castle Connolly, Ltd, 2012
39 Red Shoes Awards 2005-2012, 2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Assessment of neuroendovascular needs in pediatric neurosurgery fellowship training.
Michael J Feldman, Garrett A Dyess, Anastasia Arynchyna-Smith, Jodi Smith, Douglas Brockmeyer
Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2025-07-11
1 citations
Indications for cerebral revascularization for moyamoya syndrome in pediatric sickle cell disease determined by Delphi methodology.
Adam P Robert, Ricardo A Hanel, P David Adelson, Shih-Shan Lang, Paul Grabb
Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2024-10-01
12 citations
Shunt infection prevention practices in Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network-Quality: a new quality improvement network for hydrocephalus management.
Mandeep S Tamber, Hailey Jensen, Jason Clawson, Nichol Nunn, John C Wellons
Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2024-02-01

Journal Articles

Role of cell-cycle in regulating neuroepithelial cell shape during bending of the chick neural plate.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Cell Tiss Res; 252:491-500
A 10-year-old girl with coexistent Moyamoya disease and Graves’ disease.
Golomb MR, Biller J, Smith JL, Edwards-Brown M, Sanchez JC, Nebesio TD, Garg BP, J Child Neurol; 20:620-624
Focal cerebral pathology presenting as tonic seizures.
Patel H, Smith JL, Garg BP, J Child Neurol; 21:813-816

Books/Book Chapters

Seminars in Cerebrovascular Diseases and Stroke.
Chapter: Treatment of moyamoya syndrome in children
Page 225 - 239Smith JL, Scott, RMEditors: Roach S, Biller J.WB Saunders, Philadelphia
Current Topics in Developmental Biology.
Chapter: Getting organized: New insights into the organizer of higher vertebrates
Page 79 - 110Smith JL, Schoenwolf GCEditors: Pedersen RA, Schatten GP.Academic Press, New York
Control of morphogenesis by specific cell behaviors.
Chapter: Epithelial cell wedging: A fundamental cell behavior contributing to hinge point formation during epithelial morphogenesis
Page 325 - 334Schoenwolf GC, Smith JLEditors: Keller RE, Fristrom D.WB Saunders, London

Abstracts/Posters

Pial synangiosis for moyamoya syndrome in children – Long term outcome.
Scott RM, Smith JL, Robertson RL, Madsen JR, Soriano SG, Rockoff MA, Plenary Session II at the 2004 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida
Evidence for a secondary population of neural crest cells in avian embryos.
Smith JL, Schoenwolf GC, Anat Rec 1985;211:181A, American and Canadian Association of Anatomists Joint Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Shaping of neuroepithelial cells during bending of the chick neural plate.
Smith JL, Folsom D, Schoenwolf GC, Neurosci Abstr 1985;11:606, Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Dallas, Texas

Lectures

Guidelines for the Management of Severe Pediatric Head Injury.
4th Annual Trauma Symposium: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Trauma Care, Memorial Hospital of South
Treating Moyamoya Disease in Children.
IU Health Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IONM/EP) Weekly Conference, Methodist Hospit
Understanding and Treating Moyamoya Disease in Children.
Multiple locations, 2012

Other

Neurodevelopment and Congenital Disorders.
Smith JL
https://daly.medicine.iu.edu/med/frameIndex.htm
Indiana University School of Medicine
Neurodevelopment and Congenital Disorders.
Smith JL, Neuroscience & Clinical Neurology (NCN) 2005: D505/D852 – Course for MS2, D.P.T., and Ph.D. student
https://daly.medicine.iu.edu/med/frameIndex.htm
Indiana University School of Medicine

Press Mentions

Looking ‘Pristine’; MRI Reveals Fort Wayne Teen’s Brain Has Completely HealedAugust 3rd, 2021
’45 Minutes from Death’: Fort Wayne Teen Saved with Emergency Brain SurgeryAugust 2nd, 2021
In Memoriam: John Edward Kalsbeck, MD (1928–2017)July 19th, 2017