Shirley Stiver MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Principal Investigator, Brain and Spinal Injury Center (BASIC)
Dr. Stiver is a clinician scientist whose research interests are committed to the study of blood vessels in neurological disease processes. She is particularly interested in understanding the properties of new blood vessel growth (cerebral angiogenesis) during many types of brain injury, including head trauma, stroke, and brain tumor formation. Dr. Stiver has subspecialty training in cerebrovascular neurosurgery, and her clinical practice at San Francisco General Hospital is focused mainly on cerebrovascular and traumatic central nervous system injury.
Education, Training, and Previous Positions
- 1977: BS, University of Toronto
1985: PhD, University of Toronto
1989: MD, University of Toronto
1989-1990: Intern, Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
1990-1995: Resident, Neurological Surgery, University of Toronto
1995-1996: Fellow, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
1996-1998: Fellow, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
1999-2000: Fellow, Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
2000-20005: Instructor, Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Selected Professional Memberships and Appointments
- American Chemical Society
Ontario Medical Association
Medical Council of Canada
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons of Canada
Joint Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences
New England Neurological Society
American Heart Association Stroke Council
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Society for Neuroscience
Selected Honors and Awards
- 1974: M.E. Carty Residence Scholarship for high academic acheivement, Victoria College, University of Toronto
1976: Maria Janes Scholarship for high academic acheivement, Victoria College, University of Toronto
1977: Frank B. Kenrick Scholarship in Chemistry for high academic achievement, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Toronto
1977: Susan D. Massey Scholarship in Science, Victoria College, University of Toronto
1977: S.H. Janes Silver Medal in Chemistry, Victoria College, University of Toronto
1977: The Gold Key Merit Award, Society of Chemical Industry
1978: George F. Wright Organic Chemistry Cumulative Performance Award, Chemistry Department, University of Toronto
1977-1981: National Sciences and Engineering Research Council Post Graduate Scholarship for research in the pure and applied sciences, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
1981-1984: Imperial Oil Graduate Research Fellowship, Imperial Oil Limited
1988: Walter F. Watkins Scholarship, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
1989: Sandoz Award, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Selected Recent Publications
Stiver SI, Manley GT. Prehospital management of traumatic brain injury. Neurosurg Focus 2008;25(4):E5.
Stiver SI, Wintermark M, Manley GT. Reversible monoparesis following decompressive hemicraniectomy for traumatic brain injury. J Neurosurg 2008;109(2):245-54.
Stiver SI. Angiogenesis and its role in the behavior of astrocytic brain tumors. Front Biosci 2004;9:3105-23.
Stiver SI, Tan X, Brown LF, Hedley-Whyte ET, Dvorak HF. VEGF-A angiogenesis induces a stable neovasculature in adult murine brain. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2004;63(8):841-55.
Stiver SI, Ogilvy CS. Acute hyperperfusion syndrome complicating EC-IC bypass. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73(1):88-9.
Stiver SI, Ogilvy CS. Micro-arteriovenous malformations: significant hemorrhage from small arteriovenous shunts. Neurosurgery 2000;46(4):811-8; discussion 818-9.
Stiver SI, Dvorak HF. Vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor (VPF/VEGF), J Clin Ligand Assay 2000;23:193-205.