CURRICULUM VITAE MATTHEW STERLING WEST, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology Department of Medicine, Hospital Medicine Division University of Colorado School of Medicine 12401 East Seventeenth Avenue, Mail Stop L950 Aurora, CO 80045 720 848 8529 720 848 0194 (Fax) Matthew.west@ucdenver.edu EDUCATION/MEDICAL TRAINING: 1998 2002 B.A. in Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. 2002 2006 M.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado. 2006 2007 Intern in Internal Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. 2007 2010 Resident in Neurology, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. 2010 2011 Instructor/Fellow in Neuroimmunology/Multiple Sclerosis, Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 2010 2011 Instructor/Fellow of Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine. 2011 Present Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine. HOSPITAL, GOVERNMENT, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS: 2010 Present Attending Neurologist, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO. 2010 2011 Volunteer Attending Neurologist, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, CO. 2010 2012 Volunteer Attending Neurologist, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO. 2014 Present Telestroke Consultant, Memorial Central and Memorial North Hospitals, Colorado Springs, CO. 1
2014 Present Telestroke Consultant, Pikes Peak Medical Center, Woodland Park, CO. LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION: 2010 Present Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners, CO License 2010 2020 Diplomat, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 2011 Present NIH Stroke Scale Certified HONORS, SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS, AND AWARDS: 1998 2002 Major General James Ursano Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis 1998 2002 Dean s Honor Roll, Washington University in St. Louis 2000 2002 Golden Key National Honor Society, Washington University in St. Louis 2002 Graduated with honors, Washington University in St. Louis 2003 2004 Recognized for Academic Excellence, University of Colorado School of Medicine 2006 Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Colorado School of Medicine 2006 Department of Psychiatry Franklin Ebaugh Award for Outstanding Performance, University of Colorado School of Medicine 2006 2007 Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award Finalist, University of Colorado 2007 2008 Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award Finalist, University of Colorado 2009 2010 Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award Finalist, University of Colorado 2010 Joel Callahan, MD Award for Outstanding Professional Aptitude during residency 2010 American Academy of Neurology National Conference Scholarship Awardee 2010 MASTERS in MS Fellowship Program Scholarship Awardee 2011 2012 Department of Neurology Faculty Teaching Award, University of Colorado 2012 Recognized for service and teaching, Annual Housestaff Association Survey 2013 University of Colorado Medical Staff Pioneer Award 2
2013 Peak Performance Award Winner, Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium 2013 2014 Department of Neurology Faculty Teaching Award, University of Colorado MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: 2008 Present American Academy of Neurology 2010 Present National Multiple Sclerosis Society 2010 Present Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Society 2011 Present American Stroke Association 2013 Present Colorado Society for Clinical Neurologists 2013 Present American Neurological Association MAJOR COMMITTEE AND SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES: University of Colorado School of Medicine 2009 2012 University of Colorado SOM Alumni Association Board Member 2011 2013 Director, Inflammatory and Demyelinating Disorders Block of the Neurology Seminar Series for neurology resident curriculum 2011 Present 2011 Present University of Colorado Stroke Council, member Neurology Resident Recruitment Committee 2012 2014 Neurology 3 rd year Clerkship Grading Committee 2012 Present 2013 Present 2013 Present 2013 Present 2013 Present Adult Neurology Residency Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) CHAIR 2014 Present Pediatric Neurology Residency Clinical Competency Committee Associate Director, Neurology Residency Program Teaching Scholars Program (TSP) Data Safety and Monitoring Board Chairman, A phase II, double blinded, placebo controlled, randomized study comparing rituximab induction therapy followed by glatiramer acetate therapy to glatiramer acetate monotherapy in patients with relapsing forms of MS, Protocol #10 1143; ongoing 2014 Present 2014 Present Medical Education Council Leadership, LEAdR Curriculum Quality Case Review Committee 3
Community 2012 2014 Speaker for AVID Program, Adams City High School and Sheridan High School National/International 2012 Visiting Professorship at University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Harare, Zimbabwe 2013 Present Editorial Board Member, The Neurohospitalist INVENTIONS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND PATENT HELD OR PENDING: None REVIEW AND REFEREE WORK: 2013 Present Editorial Board Member, The Neurohospitalist 2014 Present Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases INVITED EXTRAMURAL LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS: Local/Regional Conundrums in Stroke Care, Invited Lecturer, The Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium, September 2012 Invited Faculty Discussant, Internal Medicine Housestaff Journal Club, January 2013 Stroke Prevention and Management, Invited Lecturer, The Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium, August 2013 Seizure Management, Invited Lecturer, The Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium, August 2013 ALS for the internist, Invited Guest, Internal Medicine Morning Report, December 2013 Approach to Meningitis and Lumbar Puncture Technique, Emergency Medicine Advanced Practice Partner Lecture Series, July 2014 The Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium, 2014 o Perioperative Management of the Parkinson s Patient o Delirium: A Neurologist s Approach Autoimmune Epilepsy Stroke and Epilepsy Local CME Event, October 2014 4
National/International Visiting Professorship, University of Zimbabwe School of Medicine, Harare, Zimbabwe, October 2012 Acute Anticoagulation in Ischemic Stroke University of Zimbabwe SOM, October 2012 Movement Disorders: A Case Based Approach University of Zimbabwe SOM, October 2012 Dementia: An Introduction University of Zimbabwe SOM, October 2012 Neurologic Complications of HIV University of Zimbabwe SOM, October 2012 The Neurologic Exam for the Busy MMed University of Zimbabwe SOM, October 2012 Headache: What to Do and Why University of Zimbabwe SOM, October 2012 Autoimmune Encephalitis, National Neurohospitalist Society Meeting, September 2014 TEACHING RECORD: Lectures for Residents Career Development, Department of Neurology Lecture Series, September 2012; September o 2013 Symptom management in Multiple Sclerosis, Department of Neurology Lecture Series, o January 2013 Neuroimmunology Case Review, Department of Neurology Lecture Series, February 2013 Introduction to the Neurologic Exam, Department of Neurology Lecture Series, July 2013; July o 2014 Demyelinating and Autoimmune Emergencies, Department of Neurology Emergency Lecture o Series, July 2013, July 2014 Novel oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation, July 2013 Intern Neurology Curriculum 2014 Present: o Intro to the Neurologic Exam, o Acute Stroke o Approach to the Vertiginous Patient o Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology 5
Lectures for Fellows Natalizumab Associated PML: Focus on treatment Lecture, Neuroimmunology Education o Meeting, February 2012 CNS Vasculitis Lecture, Stroke Fellowship Education Meeting, December 2012, October 2013 Institutional Grand Rounds Music and the Brain, May 2010 From Diet to Bee Stings: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Multiple Sclerosis, o June 2011 Natalizumab Associated PML March 2012 Controversial Inpatient Issues in Neurology March 2013 Autoimmune Encephalitis October 2013 Inpatient Neurology Albatrosses Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds, December 2013 Quality Case Review : M&M, Neurology Grand Rounds, October 2014 Other specific accomplishments 2011 2013 Faculty mentor for Mario Cerdan Trevino, neurology resident 2011 Present Journal club Participant, Department of Neurology 2013 Present Faculty mentor for Edward Mang eni, Pharmacy Student, Mentored Scholarly Activity RESEARCH: 2010 2011 Use of IV Acyclovir in Viral Meningitis at University of Colorado, resident research project 2011 2015 Primary Investigator, phase IV Genetic Evaluation of Natalizumab Treated PatientsWith Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, Biogen Idec Protocol #101JC403; 2013 Present Data Safety and Monitoring Board Chairman, A phase II, double blinded, placebo controlled, randomized study comparing rituximab induction therapy followed by glatiramer acetate therapy to glatiramer acetate monotherapy in patients with relapsing forms of MS, Protocol #10 1143; ongoing 2013 Present The Intravascular Cooling in the Treatment of Stroke 2/3 Trial (ICTuS2/3), ID# NCT01123161. Co Investigator; ongoing 6
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Peer reviewed journal articles 1. West MS, Barbee C. A case of confusion and bilateral temporal lesions in a young woman Neurology, 2 Nov 2010; Vol 75, supp 1:S67 68. 2. West MS, Miravalle A. Profile of oral laquinimod and its potential in the treatment of multiple sclerosis Degenerative Neurological and Neuromuscular Disease, July 2011 [online print]; Vol 1:25 32. 3. West MS, Cumbler E. Acute Ischemic Stroke Hospital Medicine Clinics, 2012 April;1(2):e223 237. 4. Kleinschmidt DeMasters BK, West MS. CLIPPERS With Chronic Small Vessel Damage: More Overlap With Small Vessel Vasculitis? J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 2014 Mar:73(3):262 267. 5. Hampton C, Alvarez E, Hampton CW, Alvarez E, West MS. Encephalomyeloneuropathy with CRMP 5 antibodies in a patient with a primary mediastinal seminoma. Neurology:Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, 2015 [in press] Non peer reviewed journal articles 1. Cumbler E, Sweigart JR, Furfari K, Thurman L, del Pino Jones AK, Simpson J, West M, Zehnder N. In the Literature: Physician Reviews of Hospital Medicine Related Literature. 2012; 16:12 17 Book chapters 1. West MS, Corboy JR. Neuromyelitis optica, In Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders: Clinical Guide to Diagnosis, Medical Management, and Rehabilitation A Rae Grant and R Fox, Eds. New York: Demos Medical Publishing, 2013 pp 299 307. POSTERS Schreiner T, Waid D, West M, Yarovoy J, Wagner D, Corboy J. Co stimulatory molecule CD40 is elevated in patients with MS Presented at The Consortium Of Multiple Sclerosis Centers National Conference, 2012 Reynolds WD, West MS, Quan D, Tyler K. Guillain Barre Syndrome after West Nile Infection Presented at University of Colorado Neurology Research Retreat, April 2012. Pulido A, Case D, Simpson J, West M, Jones W. Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy associated with Cerebral Vasculitis Presented at International Stroke Conference, Honolulu, HI, February 2013 7
Reynolds WD, West MS, Quan D, Tyler K. Guillain Barre Syndrome after West Nile Infection Presented at American Academy of Neurology National Meeting, San Diego, CA,March 2013, Poster # P06.193. Fleming, J, WestMS. Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome and Fingolimod: Culprit or Innocent Bystander Presented at American Academy of Neurology National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA April 2014, Poster #P2.224. 8