Daniel Li Smerin, MD

PGY III

Undergrad

Stanford University: Bachelor of Science in Biology with Honors (2015)

Medical School

University of Central Florida College of Medicine: Doctor of Medicine (2021)

Professional Interests

Publications

Lei, T. Y., Ye, Y. Z., Zhu, X. Q., Smerin, D., Gu, L. J., Xiong, X. X., Zhang, H. F., & Jian, Z. H. The immune response of T cells and therapeutic targets related to regulating the levels of T helper cells after ischaemic stroke. J Neuroinflammation. 2021;18(1):25. Published 2021 Jan 18. doi:10.1186/s12974-020-02057-z

Pendharkar AV, Smerin D, Gonzalez L, et al. Optogenetic Stimulation Reduces Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression After Stroke [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 13]. Transl Stroke Res. 2020;10.1007/s12975-020-00831-y. doi:10.1007/s12975-020-00831-y

Liu C, Smerin D, Comba I, Bhatia L. Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction After Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Cureus. 2020;12(5):e8295. Published 2020 May 26. doi:10.7759/cureus.8295

Jian, Z., Liu, R., Zhu, X., Smerin D., Zhong, Y., Gu, L., … Xiong, X. (2019). The Involvement and Therapy Target of Immune Cells After Ischemic Stroke. Frontiers in immunology,10,2167. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2019.02167

Wang Y, Qian Y, Smerin D, Zhang S, Zhao Q, Xiong X: Newly Detected Atrial Fibrillation after Acute Stroke: A Narrative Review of Causes and Implications. Cardiology 2019. doi: 10.1159/000502971

Markus Aswendt, Masaki Ito, Alex G Lee, Shunsuke Ishizaka, Eric H Wang, Sabrina L Levy, Smerin D, Christoph UW Leuze, Maged Goubran, Michelle Y Cheng, Gary K Steinberg. RNA sequencing analysis revealed distinct motor cortex transcriptome in spontaneously-recovered mice after stroke. Stroke. 2018 Sep;49(9):2191-2199. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.021508.

Zhihong Jian, Zhenxing Yang, Smerin D, Xiaoxing Xiong. Intracranial giant aneurysms in children and adolescents misdiagnosed as intracranial tumors before operation: 2 cases. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 2018 June. Epub 2018 June 15.

Baixin Ye, Smerin D, Qingping Gao, Xiaoxing Xiong, Jianfeng Zhou. High-Throughput Sequencing of the Immune Repertoire in Oncology: Applications for Clinical diagnosis, Monitoring and Immunotherapies. Cancer letters. 2018 Mar 1;416:42-56. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2017.12.017. Epub 2017 Dec 13.

Congcong Fang, Smerin D, Lijuan Gu, Shanping Mao, Xiaoxing Xiong. The interrelation between Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Autophagy in Neurological Disorders. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2017;2017:8495160. doi: 10.1155/2017/8495160. Epub 2017 Dec 17. Review.

Shah AM, Ishizaka S, Cheng MY, Wang EH, Bautista AR, Levy S, Smerin D, Sun G, Steinberg GK. Optogenetic neuronal stimulation of the lateral cerebellar nucleus promotes persistent functional recovery after stroke. Scientific Reports. 2016 October; 7(46612). doi:10.1038/srep46612. Epub 2017 June 01.

Zhang Y, Yang Y, Tang H, Sun W, Xiong X, Smerin D, Liu J. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy ameliorates local brain metabolism, brain edema and inflammatory response in a blast-induced traumatic brain injury model in rabbits. Neurochemical Research. 2014 May; 39(5):950-60. doi: 10.1007/s11064-014-1292-4. Epub 2014 Mar 30.

Professional Affiliations

American Association of Neurological Surgeons Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons Society for Neuroscience