STAFFORD M. SMITH, M.D.
Sarasota, FL 34238
Cell: 570-***-****
E-Mail: ***************@*******.***
EMPLOYMENT: WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Cardiologist - Outpatient
Clarks Summit, PA
July 2025 to February 2026
SCRANTON HEART INSTITUTE, P.C.
Invasive & Interventional Adult Cardiovascular Diseases
President & CEO
Clarks Summit, PA
June 2000 to July 2025
Radiation Safety Officer/Medical Director – Scranton Heart Institute Cardiac Imaging Center
November 2005 to July 2025
SUNCOAST HEART INSTITUTE, PLLC
Invasive & Interventional Adult Cardiovascular Diseases
President & CEO
Sarasota, FL
June 2022 to July 2025
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 & 2012) - Valid Until 2023
AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE/INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY;
(BOARD CERTIFIED 2000) - Valid Until 2010
NATIONAL BOARD OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS;
INTERNAL MEDICINE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY: (BOARD CERTIFIED 2015) – Valid Until 2027
ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT (RE-CERTIFIED AUGUST 2025)
RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER (US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION) 2005 to 2020
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.)
MYNXTM ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE DEVICE (Access Closure, Inc.)
LICENSES: FLORIDA ME-0051904
PENNSYLVANIA MD-040434-L
NEW YORK 217072-1
DEA: Pennsylvania: BS0841975
New York: FS6832679
Florida: FS1486566
FACULTY THE GEISINGER-COMMONWEALTH MEDICAL COLLEGE
POSITIONS: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (August 2009 to 2025)
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (August 2014 to April 2019)
DREXEL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Adjunctive Assistant Professor of Medicine (November 2016 to September 2020)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Assistant Professor of Medicine (June 1999 to May 2000)
“Expert”; Medical Informatics
Clinical Information Systems Workgroup (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)
KING’S COLLEGE
Clinical Adjunct Faculty (January 2005 to 2025)
MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY
Clinical Adjunct Faculty (January 2005 to 2025)
SORIN GROUP, INC.
Clinical Trainer (January 2010 to December 2016)
SOCIETY AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS - Fellow
MEMBERSHIPS: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY - Fellow
Florida Chapter Website Committee (August 1999 to May 2000)
Pennsylvania Chapter Education Committee (September 2009 to March 2013)
Pennsylvania Chapter Advocacy Committee (September 2009 to March 2015)
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
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY – Member
HOSPITAL STAFF SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
APPOINTMENTS: Sarasota, FL & Venice, FL
April 2023 to December 2023
HCA FLORIDA SARASOTA DOCTORS HOSPITAL
Sarasota, FL
January 2024 to July 2025
NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
New York, NY
August 2014 to April 2019
DREXEL-HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Philadelphia, PA
January 2015 to September 2020 (Hospital Closed)
GEISINGER-COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER (formerly Community Medical Center)
Scranton, PA
June 2000 to October 2013
MARIAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Carbondale, PA
June 2000 to 2012 (Hospital Closed)
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
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
HOSPITAL COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER
COMMITTEES: Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee (January 2001 to June 2013)
Chairman; (October 2005 to June 2013)
Credentials Committee September 2010 to June 2013)
Chairman: (November 2011 to June 2013)
Medical QI Committee (October 2005 to June 2013)
Medical Executive Committee (January 2010 to March 2013)
Bylaws Committee (October 2011 to June 2013)
MARIAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Ethics Committee (June 2002 to April 2006)
Credentials Committee: (April 2005 to 2012 – Hospital Closed)
TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL
Co-Director; Coronary Care Unit (July 1999 to April 2000)
Co-Director: USF Heart Center (July 1999 to 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 Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
SKILLS: 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
Automatic Cardiac Defibrillator Implantation
Bi-Ventricular Pacemaker & Defibrillator Implantation
Trans-Esophageal Echocardiographic Imaging
Dobutamine-Stress Echocardiography
Angio-Seal Arteriotomy Closure
Perclose Arteriotomy Closure
Mynx Arteriotomy Closure
Beta-Cath Coronary Endovascular Brachytherapy
Angiojet Atherectomy
Nuclear Cardiac Imaging
ACTIVITIES: Clinical Consultant/Trainer: LivaNova, Inc. – July 2011 to January 2018
Co-Director; University of South Florida Heart Center - June 1999 to April 2000
“Expert in Medical Informatics” – University of South Florida – June 1999 to April 2000
Stent Training Proctor (Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems, Inc.) 1995 to 1998
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
Scranton Heart Institute, P.C. – Founder 2000
Suncoast Heart Institute, PLLC – Founder 2021
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
Little T, Majcher G, Doorey A, Nguyen M, Cassel J, Snyder J, Smith S, Scoblionko D, Singh S Aboulmagd A
IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM RESULTS OF THE SPLINTING FOR ACUTE CLOSURE TRIAL
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1996 Aug;38(4):341-4.
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
CLINICAL TRUST - Lumos-T Safely RedUceS RouTine Office Device Follow-up
TRIALS: Scranton Heart Institute, P.C.
Biotronik, Inc. #NCT00336284 – Clinical Investigator June 2006
COSMO – COSMO Post Approval Registry Corox OTW Steroid LV Lead Monitoring
Scranton Heart Institute, P.C.
Biotronik, Inc. #NCT00396136 – Clinical Investigator November 2006
OVATIO CRT PRS - Clinical Evaluation of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) Using the Ovatio CRT Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) System
Scranton Heart Institute, P.C.
ELA Medical, Inc. # NCT00528320 – Clinical Investigator November 2008
EMERALD - AssEssment of CoMorbidities & Atrial ArRhythmiA Burden in DuaL-Chamber PaceD Patients
Scranton Heart Institute, P.C.
LivaNova, Inc. #NCT01188356 – Clinical Investigator August 2010
EVOLVE Short DAPT Study
Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Medical Center
Boston Scientific, Inc. #NCT02605447 – Clinical Investigator November 2015
RESOLUTE ONYX Post-Approval Study
Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Medical Center
Medtronic, Inc. IRB protocol AAAR3231 – Clinical Investigator February 2018