Dr. Smith is a clinician, educator, advocate, and researcher. His areas of expertise include intellectual disability (including Down syndrome), autism, children with medical complexity, health care systems change, and ethics.
Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard
Massachusetts
- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
2002
Boston College
Massachusetts
MA - Theology-Ethics
2002
Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard
Massachusetts
- Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
2000
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Missouri
- Pediatrics
1998
Duke University
North Carolina
MD - Medical School
1995
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
- Theology
1991
University of Notre Dame
Indiana
BA - Pre-professional & Theology
1990
Reduced DJ-1-F1Fo ATP synthase association correlates with midbrain dopaminergic neuron vulnerability in idiopathic Parkinson's disease.
Reduced DJ-1-F1Fo ATP synthase association correlates with midbrain dopaminergic neuron vulnerability in idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Sci Adv. 2025 Jun 06; 11(23):eads3051.
PMID: 40479058
Mitochondrial leak metabolism induces the Spemann-Mangold Organizer via Hif-1a in Xenopus.
Mitochondrial leak metabolism induces the Spemann-Mangold Organizer via Hif-1a in Xenopus. Dev Cell. 2023 11 20; 58(22):2597-2613.e4.
PMID: 37673063
Promoting the Participation of Children and Adolescents With Disabilities in Sports, Recreation, and Physical Activity.
Promoting the Participation of Children and Adolescents With Disabilities in Sports, Recreation, and Physical Activity. Pediatrics. 2021 12 01; 148(6).
PMID: 34851421
Reduced false positives in autism screening via digital biomarkers inferred from deep comorbidity patterns.
Reduced false positives in autism screening via digital biomarkers inferred from deep comorbidity patterns. Sci Adv. 2021 Oct 08; 7(41):eabf0354.
PMID: 34613766
Review and Hypothesis: A Potential Common Link Between Glial Cells, Calcium Changes, Modulation of Synaptic Transmission, Spreading Depression, Migraine, and Epilepsy-H.
Review and Hypothesis: A Potential Common Link Between Glial Cells, Calcium Changes, Modulation of Synaptic Transmission, Spreading Depression, Migraine, and Epilepsy-H. Front Cell Neurosci. 2021; 15:693095.
PMID: 34539347
Heterologous expression of plant glycosyltransferases for biochemistry and structural biology.
Heterologous expression of plant glycosyltransferases for biochemistry and structural biology. Methods Cell Biol. 2020; 160:145-165.
PMID: 32896313
A Glycan Array-Based Assay for the Identification and Characterization of Plant Glycosyltransferases.
A Glycan Array-Based Assay for the Identification and Characterization of Plant Glycosyltransferases. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2020 07 20; 59(30):12493-12498.
PMID: 32396713
Parkinson's disease protein DJ-1 regulates ATP synthase protein components to increase neuronal process outgrowth.
Parkinson's disease protein DJ-1 regulates ATP synthase protein components to increase neuronal process outgrowth. Cell Death Dis. 2019 06 13; 10(6):469.
PMID: 31197129
An innovative health-care delivery model for children with medical complexity.
An innovative health-care delivery model for children with medical complexity. J Child Health Care. 2017 Sep; 21(3):263-272.
PMID: 29119824
Bioisosteric ferrocenyl-containing quinolines with antiplasmodial and antitrichomonal properties.
Bioisosteric ferrocenyl-containing quinolines with antiplasmodial and antitrichomonal properties. Dalton Trans. 2016 Nov 29; 45(47):19086-19095.
PMID: 27858010
Outstanding Teacher Award
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
2016
Mel Levine Award for the Outstanding Fellow
Harvard Medical School & Boston Children's Hospital
2002
Distinguished Service Award
The ARC of Eastern Middlesex, Reading, MA
2002
Elected Fellow
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
2002
Chief Fellow, Division of General Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School & Boston Children’s Hospital
2001 - 2002
NIMH Award Program in MH/DD
Harvard Medical School & Boston Children's Hospital
2000 - 2001
Dyson Advocacy Fellowship
Harvard Medical School & Boston Children’s Hospital
2000 - 2002
Von Meyer Fellowship Award
Harvard Medical School
1999
Cavanaugh Award (Outstanding Undergraduate in the Department of Theology)
University of Notre Dame
1990
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar
Rotary Foundation
1990 - 1991