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Paul Vespa, MD

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Paul Vespa, MD
Preferred Name
Paul M. Vespa, MD, FCCM
Specialty
Neurology
Gender Language Spoken
Male English
Hospital Affiliation
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital
State License Number
G79459
Contact
(310) 794-1572 Outpatient clinic
(310) 267-9448 Administrative office
Fax Number
(310) 267-2147 Outpatient clinic
(310) 267-3841 Administrative office
Email Address
PVespa@mednet.ucla.edu
PRACTICE LOCATION

Westwood Outpatient Clinic Suite
300 Medical Plaza, Suite B200
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Maps and directions

Administrative Office
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Neurosurgery
757 Westwood Plaza Suite 6236A
BOX 957436 Los Angeles, CA 90095-7436

MEDICAL BOARD CERTIFICATION
Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1998
EDUCATION
Fellowship
Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, 1994 - 1996
Residency
Neurology, University of Virginia Medical Center, 1991 - 1994
Internship
Internal Medicine, Riverside Methodist Hospitals, 1990 - 1991
Medical Degree
MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine, 1990
CLINICAL INTEREST
Brain Aneurysm, Brain Trauma, Concussion, Hydrocephalus, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Seizure Disorders, Stroke, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
AFFILIATION
Department Affiliation
Director, Brain Injury Program, Hydrocephalus Program, Neurocritical Care Program
Physician, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Aneurysm and AVM Program , General Neurology Program, Stroke and Vascular Neurology, Stroke Program
MORE INFORMATION
Research Interest

Traumatic Brain Injury
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Coma
Seizures
Brain Imaging (PET and MRI)
Stroke

Additional Information

Associate Professor In Residence of Neurosurgery and Neurology and Director of the Neurocritical Care Program. As a neurointensive care specialist, Dr. Vespa focuses on critical care for the treatment of neurosurgical and stroke patients. Dr. Vespa is a Diplomate of the UCNS in Neurocritical Care and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pyschiatry and Neurology.

HOSPITAL POSITION

  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine
  • Director of Neurocritical Care

MEMBERSHIP, MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • University of California Brain Injury Association
  • National Stroke Association
  • American Heart Association - Section on Stroke
  • NACABI Founding Member, North American Consortium of Acute Brain Injury
  • American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
  • AAN Section of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology
  • AAN Section on Clinical Neurophysiology
  • AAN Section on Stroke
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • California Chapter of The Society of Critical Care Medicine 
Links
http://www.neurosurgery.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=293
http://www.neurosurgery.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=60
http://neurosurgery.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=871
Awards & Recognition
  • Board of Directors of Unified Council of Neurologic Subspecialities
  • SCCM Neuroscience Award Winner
  • Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine
Publications

Vespa, PM, Miller, C, McArthur, D, Eliseo, M, Etchepare, M, Hirt, D, Glenn, TC, Martin, N, Hovda, DA. Nonconvulsive electrographic seizures after traumatic brain injury result in a delayed, prolonged increase in intracranial pressure and metabolic crisis. Crit Care Medicine 35:1-7, 2007.

Miller, C, Vespa, P, Saver, J, Kidwell, C, Carmichael, ST, Alger, JR, Frazee, J, Starkman, S, Martin, NA. Image Guided Endoscopic Evacuation of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Surgical Neurology 2008 69:5 (E pub ahead) Marcoux, J, McArthur, J, Miller, C, Glenn, TC, Villablanca , JP, Martin, NA, Hovda, DA, Alger, JR, Vespa, PM. Persistent metabolic crisis as measured by elevated cerebral microdialysis lactate-pyruvate ratio predicts chronic frontal lobe brain atrophy after traumatic brain injury. Crit Care Medicine (in press 2008)

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