ThomasCSmithermanMD

Cardiology • Pittsburgh, PA

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Professor, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Office
200 Lothrop St
Wing 5b Puh
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone+1 412-647-6000
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Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1970 - 1973
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1967 - 1973
University of Alabama School of MedicineClass of 1967

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1990 - 2024
MA State Medical License 1987 - 2009
TX State Medical License 1974 - 2006
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Addressing innovative off-label medication use at an academic medical center.
Susan J. Skledar, Shelby Corman, Thomas Smitherman> ;American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2015 Mar 15
Response to Dr Sandar et al.
Jeffrey L. Carson, Maria M. Brooks, J. Dawn Abbott, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Darrell J. Triulzi, Mark Menegus, Oscar C. Marroquin, Sunil V. Rao, Thomas C. Smitherman, Tudor V...> ;American Heart Journal. 2013 Oct 1
253 citations
Liberal Versus Restrictive Transfusion Thresholds For Patients With Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease
Jeffrey L. Carson, Maria M. Brooks, J. Dawn Abbott, Bernard R. Chaitman, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Darrell J. Triulzi, Vankeepuram S. Srinivas, Mark Menegus, Oscar C. Marroqui...> ;American Heart Journal. 2013 Jun 1
29 citations
Poor 1-Year Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Report From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Dynamic Registry
Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon, Faith Selzer, Susan Manzi, Kevin E. Kip, Suresh Mulukutla, Oscar C. Marroquin, Thomas C. Smitherman, Lewis H. Kuller, David O. Williams,...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2008 Dec 1
21 citations
Designing a Strategy to Promote Safe, Innovative Off-Label Use of Medications
Nicole T. Ansani, Carl A. Sirio, Thomas Smitherman, Bethany A. Fedutes-Henderson, Susan J. Skledar, Robert J. Weber, Nathalie K. Zgheib, Robert A. Branch> ;American Journal of Medical Quality. 2006 Jul 1
13 citations
United States medical practice summary: innovative off-label medication use.
Nicole T. Ansani, Robert A. Branch, Bethany A. Fedutes-Henderson, Thomas Smitherman, Robert J. Weber, Susan J. Skledar, Nathalie K. Zgheib, Carl A. Sirio> ;American Journal of Medical Quality. 2006 Jul 1
15 citations
Practical approach to grading evidence for formulary recommendations
Nicole T. Ansani, Bethany A. Fedutes-Henderson, Susan J. Skledar, Robert A. Branch, Carl A. Sirio, Thomas Smitherman, Robert J. Weber> ;American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2005 Jul 15
The value and throughput of rest Thallium-201/stress Technetium -99m sestamibi dual-isotope myocardial SPECT.
Berna Okudan, Thomas C. Smitherman> ;Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi. 2004 Jun 1
63 citations
Effects of hostility on platelet reactivity to psychological stress in coronary heart disease patients and in healthy controls.
Jerome H. Markovitz, Karen A. Matthews, Joseph E. Kiss, Thomas C. Smitherman> ;Psychosomatic Medicine. 1996 Mar 1
5 citations
Analysis of thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography after intravenous dipyridamole using different quantitative measures of coronary stenosis severity ...
Jeffrey J. Popma, Gregory J. Dehmer, Brandy S. Walker, Theodore R. Simon, Thomas C. Smitherman> ;American Heart Journal. 1992 Jul 1
15 citations
Direct coronary vasodilation induced by intracoronary vasoactive intestinal peptide.
Jeffrey J. Popma, Thomas C. Smitherman, John B. Bedotto, Eric J. Eichhorn, S. I. Said, Gregory J. Dehmer> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 1990 Dec 1
22 citations
Reverse redistribution of thallium-201 detected by SPECT imaging after dipyridamole in angina pectoris.
Jeffrey J. Popma, Thomas C. Smitherman, Brandy S. Walker, Theodore R. Simon, Gregory J. Dehmer> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1990 May 15
20 citations
Coronary hemodynamic effects of intravenous vasoactive intestinal peptide in humans.
Thomas C. Smitherman, Jeffrey J. Popma, S. I. Said, G. J. Krejs, Gregory J. Dehmer> ;The American Journal of Physiology. 1989 Oct 1
16 citations
Comparison of dipyridamole-Doppler echocardiography to thallium-201 imaging and quantitative coronary arteriography in the assessment of coronary artery disease.
Paul A. Grayburn, Jeffrey J. Popma, Susan L. Pryor, Brandy S. Walker, Theodore R. Simon, Thomas C. Smitherman> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1989 Jun 1
9 citations
A realistic dynamic cardiac phantom for evaluating radionuclide ventriculography: description and initial studies with the left ventricular chamber.
Theodore R. Simon, Brandy S. Walker, Sharon Matthiesen, C. Miller, J. G. Triebel, J. E. Dowdey, Thomas C. Smitherman> ;Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 1989 Apr 1
5 citations
Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide as a Coronary Vasodilator
Thomas C. Smitherman, Gregory J. Dehmer, Sami I. Said> ;Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1988 Jun 1
6 citations
Direct determination of the attenuation coefficient for radionuclide volume measurements.
Andrew M. Keller, Theodore R. Simon, Thomas C. Smitherman, Craig R. Malloy, Gregory J. Dehmer> ;Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 1987 Jan 1
7 citations
Southwestern Internal Medicine Conference: Unstable Angina Pectoris: The First Half Century: Natural History Pathophysiology, and Treatment
Thomas C. Smitherman> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 1986 Dec 1
23 citations
Pneumococcal endocarditis update: analysis of 10 cases diagnosed between 1974 and 1984.
Valentina Ugolini, Antonio Pacifico, Thomas C. Smitherman, Philip A. Mackowiak> ;American Heart Journal. 1986 Oct 1
19 citations
Effect of peripheral thyroid hormone metabolism on cardiac arrhythmias.
Rodrick Meese, Thomas C. Smitherman, Charles H. Croft, Albert Burger, Pascal Nicod> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1985 Mar 1
3 citations
Correlation of scintigraphy and angiography for ventricular volume determinations using realistic cardiac phantoms: the unimportance of self-attenuation.
Theodore R. Simon, J. E. Dowdey, K M Lipscomb, Thomas C. Smitherman> ;Radiology. 1985 Jan 1
138 citations
Conversion from chronic to acute coronary artery disease: speculation regarding mechanisms.
James T. Willerson, William B. Campbell, Michael D. Winniford, James M. Schmitz, P Apprill, Brian G. Firth, J H Ashton, Thomas C. Smitherman, L R Bush, L. Maximilian Buja> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1984 Dec 1
4 citations
Alterations in left ventricular function during therapy of unstable angina pectoris: relationship to clinical outcome.
M.C. Hillert, Thomas C. Smitherman, Larry L. Burden, Kenneth A. Narahara> ;American Heart Journal. 1984 Feb 1
115 citations
Elevated beta thromboglobulin in peripheral venous blood of patients with acute myocardial ischemia: Direct evidence for enhanced platelet reactivity in vivo☆
Thomas C. Smitherman, Mary Milam, Jannie Woo, James T. Willerson, Eugene P. Frenkel> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1981 Sep 1
2 citations
Echocardiography in unstable angina.
J. V. Nixon, M. C. Hillert, Kirk Lipscomb, Thomas C. Smitherman> ;Cardiology. 1981 Jan 1
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Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
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Hospital Affiliations

St. Mary Medical CenterLanghorne, Pennsylvania
UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, Pennsylvania