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Specialty:: Neurology, Neurocritical Care
Neurology
Department Affiliation:: Neurology
Hospital Affiliation:: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
State License:: G79459
Phone:: 310-267-9448
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

About Me

Preferred Name: Paul M. Vespa, MD, FCCM, FAAN, FANA, FNCS

Assistant Dean of Critical Care Medicine, Research
Gary L. Brinderson Family Chair in Neurocritical Care
Professor In Residence of Neurosurgery and Neurology
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

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

Membership, Medical Organizations

United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties, Chair Person
Neurocritical Care Society, Board of Directors, Executive Committee
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

stroke.ucla.edu
neurosurgery.ucla.edu/neurocritical-care-fellowship-ucla
neurosurgery.ucla.edu/ucla-neurosurgery-neural-systems-and-dynamics-laboratory-nsdl
neurosurgery.ucla.edu/neurocritical-care-program
uclahealth.org/neurology

Primary Office: Neurosurgery
Primary Address: 300 Stein Plaza
Suite 420
Los Angeles, California 90095
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Phone: 310-267-9448
Fax: 310-825-7245

Medical Board Certifications: Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1998
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
Degree: Ohio State University College of Medicine, MD, 1990

Interests

Brain Trauma
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Head Trauma
Hydrocephalus
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Research Interests

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

Publications

Link to complete list of publications >

Glenn TC, Martin NA, McArthur DL, Hovda D, Vespa PM, Horning MA, Johnson ML, Brooks GA. Endogenous nutritive support following traumatic brain injury: peripheral lactate production for glucose supply via gluconeogenesis. J Neurotrauma 2015 March PMID:25279664
Chmayssani M, Stein NR, McArthur DL, Vespa PM. Therapeutic Intravascular Normothermia Reduces The Burden of Metabolic Crisis. Neurocrit Care. 2014 Oct 28. PMID:25348249.
Goh SY, Irimia A, Torgerson CM, Tubi MA, Real CR, Hanley DF, Martin NA, Vespa PM, Van Horn JD. Longitudinal quantification and visualization of intracerebral haemorrhage using multimodal magnetic resonance and diffusion tensor imaging. Brain Inj. 2015; 29(4):438-45. PMID: 25518865
Glenn TC, Martin NA, Horning MA, McArthur DL, Hovda DA, Vespa P, Brooks GA. Lactate: Brain Fuel in Human Traumatic Brain Injury: A Comparison with Normal Healthy Control Subjects. J Neurotrauma. 2015 Mar 31. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 25594628.
Neville TH, Wiley JF, Holmboe ES, Tseng CH, Vespa P, Kleerup EC, Wenger NS. Differences between attendings' and fellows' perceptions of futile treatment in the intensive care unit at one academic health center: implications for training. Acad Med. 2015 Mar;90(3):324-30. PMID:25517700.
Muschelli J, Ullman NL, Mould WA, Vespa P, Hanley DF, Crainiceanu CM. Validated automatic brain extraction of head CT images. Neuroimage. 2015 Apr 7. PIM: 25862260.
Webb AJ, Ullman NL, Morgan TC, Muschelli J, Kornbluth J, Awad IA, Mayo S, Rosenblum M, Ziai W, Zuccarrello M, Aldrich F, John S, Harnof S, Lopez G, Broaddus WC, Wijman C, Vespa P, Bullock R, Haines SJ, Cruz-Flores S, Tuhrim S, Hill MD, Narayan R, Hanley DF; MISTIE and CLEAR Investigators. Accuracy of the ABC/2 Score for Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Systematic Review and Analysis of MISTIE, CLEAR-IVH, and CLEAR III. Stroke. 2015 Sep;46(9):2470-6. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007343. Epub 2015 Aug 4.
Muschelli J, Ullman NL, Sweeney EM, Eloyan A, Martin N, Vespa P, Hanley DF, Crainiceanu CM. Quantitative Intracerebral Hemorrhage Localization. Stroke. 2015 Nov;46(11):3270-3. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.010369. Epub 2015 Oct 8.
Vespa P, Tubi M, Claassen J, Blanco M, McArthur D, Velazquez AG, Tu B, Prins M, Nuwer M. Metabolic Crisis occurs with Seizures and Periodic Discharges after Brain Trauma. Ann Neurol. 2016 Jan 27. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26814699

In The News

Hypothermia saves girl from carbon monoxide poisoning - abc7.com
Therapeutic hypothermia used to treat L.A. Marathon cardiac arrest victim - UCLA Newsroom

Awards

Presidential Citation from the Neurocritical Care Society
Board of Directors of Unified Council of Neurologic Subspecialities
Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine
SCCM Neuroscience Award Winner

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