EMPLOYMENT: 
SCRANTON HEART INSTITUTE, P.C.
Invasive & Interventional Adult Cardiovascular Diseases
President & CEO
Clarks Summit, PA
June 2000 to Present
Radiation Safety Officer/Medical Director - Scranton Heart Institute Cardiac Imaging Center
November 2005 to Present

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (USF) PHYSICIANS GROUP
Invasive & Interventional Adult Cardiovascular Diseases
Tampa, FL
June 1999 to May 2000

CARDIOLOGY CENTER OF TAMPA
Invasive & Interventional Adult Cardiovascular Diseases
Tampa, FL
October 1998 to May 1999

GIAMBER, DALE, & SMITH; CARDIOLOGISTS
Invasive & Interventional Adult Cardiovascular Diseases
Bethlehem, PA
March 1993 to August 1998

BLAIR MEDICAL ASSOCIATES
Invasive & Interventional Adult Cardiovascular Diseases
Altoona, PA
July 1992 to February 1993

FELLOWSHIP: MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
Invasive/Interventional Adult Cardiology
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Richmond, VA
July 1991 to June 1992

PHILADELPHIA HEART INSTITUTE
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Cardiovascular Disease
Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
July 1989 to June 1991

RESIDENCY: PRESBYTERIAN/UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL CENTER
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Internal Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
July 1987 to June 1989

INTERNSHIP: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AFFILIATED HOSPITALS
HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY
Veterans Administration Medical Center/Community Medical Center
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA
February 1986 to June 1987

EDUCATION: 
ST. GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) December 1985

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
Natural Sciences, Baccalaureate (B.A.) August 1981

CERTIFICATIONS:  
AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE/INTERNAL MEDICINE;
     DIPLOMATE  (BOARD CERTIFIED 1990; RE-CERTIFIED 2000) - VALID UNTIL 2010
AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE/CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;
     DIPLOMATE (BOARD CERTIFIED 1993; RE-CERTIFIED 2000) - VALID UNTIL 2013
AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE/INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY;
     (BOARD CERTIFIED 2000) - VALID UNTIL 2010
ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT (RE-CERTIFIED AUGUST 1999)
RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER (US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION) 2005
NASPEXAM (HEART RHYTHM SOCIETY) TESTAUR-NASPEXAM/MD 2005
 (NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PACING & ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY)

CERTIFICATES: 
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ROTATIONAL ABLATION (Sci-Med, Inc.)
DIRECTIONAL CORONARY ATHERECTOMY (DVI, Inc.)
EXCIMER LASER CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY (AIS, Inc.)
PALMAZ-SCHATZTM CORONARY STENT DEPLOYMENT (JJIS, Inc.)
PALMAZ-SCHATZTM CORONARY STENT PROCTOR (JJIS, Inc.) 
GIANTURCO-ROUBIN FLEX-STENTTM DEPLOYMENT (COOK, Inc.)
PALMAZTM PERIPHERAL ARTERY STENT DEPLOYMENT (JJIS, Inc.)
MULTI-LINK CORONARY STENT DEPLOYMENT (ACS, Inc.)
INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND
ANGIO-SEALTM ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE DEVICE (Daig, Inc.)
CLOSERTM ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE DEVICE (Perclose, Inc.)

LICENSES: 
FLORIDA ME-0051904
PENNSYLVANIA MD-040434-L
NEW YORK 217072-1

DEA: BS0841975

FACULTY POSITIONS: 
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
   Assistant Professor of Medicine (June 1999 to May 2000)
   Clinical Information Systems Committee (October 1999 to May 2000)
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
   Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (September 1994 to August 1998)
ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM
   Attending Physician (March 1993 to August 1998)
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA
   Clinical Instructor (July 1991 to June 1992)
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
   Clinical Instructor (July 1987 to June 1991)
 
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS - Fellow
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY - Fellow
     Florida Chapter Website Committee (August 1999 to May 2000)
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS - Fellow
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ANGIOLOGY - Fellow
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONISTS - Fellow
SOCIETY FOR CARDIAC ANGIOGRAPHY AND INTERVENTIONS - Fellow
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANGIOLOGY - Fellow
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL ON CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY - Fellow
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION - Member
SOUTHERN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION - Member (June 1999 to May 2000)
LACKAWANNA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY - Member
HEART RHYTHM SOCIETY (Formerly: THE NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PACING AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY)- Member

HOSPITAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS:
COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER
Scranton, PA
June 2000 to Present

MARIAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Carbondale, PA
June 2000 to Present

MERCY HOSPITAL
Scranton, PA
June 2000 to Present

MOSES TAYLOR HOSPITAL
Scranton, PA
June 2000 to Present

MID-VALLEY HOSPITAL
Peckville, PA
June 2000 to Present

V.A. MEDICAL CENTER
Wilkes-Barre, PA
June 2005 to Present

TYLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Tunkhannock, PA
June 2000 to June 2005

H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Tampa, FL
July 1999 to May 2000

TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL
Tampa, FL
October 1998 to May 2000

ST. JOSEPH=S HOSPITAL
Tampa, FL
October 1998 to May 2000

UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Tampa, FL
October 1998 to May 2000

TOWN AND COUNTRY HOSPITAL
Tampa, FL
October 1998 to May 2000

ST. LUKE=S HOSPITAL
Bethlehem, PA
March 1993 to August 1998

MUHLENBERG HOSPITAL CENTER
Bethlehem, PA
March 1993 to August 1998

ALTOONA HOSPITAL CENTER FOR MEDICINE
Altoona, PA
July 1992 to February 1993

ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER
Philadelphia, PA
July 1989 to June 1991

HOSPITAL COMMITTEES: 
COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER
Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee (January 2001 to Present)
     Chairman; (October 2005 to Present)
Medical QI Committee (October 2005 to Present)

MARIAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Ethics Committee (June 2002 to April 2006)
Credentials Committee: (April 2005 to Present)

TYLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Director: Cardiopulmonary Medicine (April 2001 to December 2003)
Director Arterial Blood Gas Laboratory (April 2001 to December 2003)

TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL
Co-Director; Coronary Care Unit (July 1999 to November April 2000)
GP-IIbIIIa Inhibitor Advisory Committee (September 1999 to May 2000)

ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Interventional Technology (May 1993 to August 1998)
     Chairman (May 1993 to September 1995)
Utilization Review (June 1993 to June 1995)
Critical Care Committee; Coronary Care Unit Sub-Committee (November 1994 to August 1998)
Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee (July 1996 to August 1998)

MUHLENBERG HOSPITAL
Pharmacy and Therapeutics (June 1993 to June 1995)

ALTOONA HOSPITAL CENTER FOR MEDICINE
Interventional Cardiology Committee (July 1992 to February 1993)

SUB-SPECIALTY SKILLS:
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
Directional Coronary Atherectomy (AtherocathTM)
Rotational Coronary Atherectomy (RotablatorTM)
Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty
Nd:YAG Laser-Balloon Coronary Angioplasty
Endovascular Coronary Stent Deployment
Aortic & Mitral Valvuloplasty
Percutaneous Peripheral Angioplasty
Peripheral Directional Atherectomy
Peripheral Stent Deployment
Permanent Pacemaker Implantation
Bi-Ventricular Pacemaker Implantation
Ambulatoruy Cardiac Defibrillator Implantation
Trans-Esophageal Echocardiographic Imaging
Dobutamine-Stress Echocardiography
Angio-Seal Arteriotomy Closure
Perclose Arteriotomy Closure
Beta-Cath Coronary Endovascular Brachytherapy
Angiojet Atherectomy 
Nuclear Cardiac Imaging

ACTIVITIES: 
Co-Director; University of South Florida Heart Center - June 1999 to April 2000
Stent Training Proctor (Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems, Inc.) August 1995 to Present
Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs - Chevalier  November 1997 to Present
L=Ordre Mondial des Gourmets Degustateurs - Member October 1999 to Present
Pennsylvania Heart Institute - Founding Member 1997
Boat US - Member 1996 to 2000

PUBLICATIONS: 
MODERN OCULAR PHARMACOLOGY - Editorial Advisory Board

Smith S AEMERGING THERAPY IN CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS@  Doctor=s Forum
July/August 1998;3 28-31

Wong T, Smith S  TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IS INADEQUATE TO DIAGNOSE ACUTE MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY IN PAPILLARY RUPTURE (Abstr.) ACP Scientific Session Philadelphia  March 1997

Seki I, Indzonka M, Smith S  VASOSPASM RELIEVED BY INTRACORONARY NICARDIPINE ADMINISTRATION (Abstr.) ACP Scientific Session  Philadelphia  March 1997

 Smith S  "CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION"
Disease-A-Month  Mosby-Year Book  St. Louis, MO  June 1995;6:361-436

Little T, Doorey A, Nguyen M, Cassel J, Snyder J, Smith S, Scoblionko D, Singh S,
Aboulmagd A  LONG TERM RESULTS OF THE MULTICENTER SPLINTING FOR ACUTE CLOSURE (SAC) TRIAL(Abstr.) Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions May 1995

Little T, Nguyen M, Doorey A, Cassel J, Smith S, Scoblionko D, Singh S  RESULTS OF THE
SPLINTING  FOR ACUTE CLOSURE TRIAL (Abstr.) American Heart Association
November 1994

Abdulrahman O, Smith S  SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION (Abstr.)
ACP(Pennsylvania Chapter) Scientific Session  Pittsburgh  October 1994

Smith S  "ESSENTIALS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF GLAUCOMA"
Topics in Ocular Pharmacology and Toxicology
(Part 1) March 1986 & (Part 2) April 1986

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