David M. Greer, MD
Chair, Neurology
Biography
Dr. David Greer is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine and the Richard B. Slifka Chief of Neurology at Boston Medical Center. He has been a neurointensivist since 2001, having trained at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he began his career. He was then Vice Chair at Yale from 2010-17, before joining Boston University and Boston Medical Center in 2017.
Dr. Greer has been editor-in-chief of Seminars in Neurology since 2013, and was the inaugural editor-in-chief for Neurocritical Care on Call. He has authored more than 350 peer-reviewed manuscripts, reviews, chapters, guidelines and books. He helped create the NCS Brain Death Toolkit, and has previously served the Neurocritical Care Society on both the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, and is the current Treasurer for NCS.
His research interests include predicting recovery from coma after cardiac arrest, brain death, and multiple stroke-related topics, including acute stroke treatment, temperature modulation and stroke prevention. He is the co-PI for the INTREPID study, evaluating fever prevention for acute vascular brain injury, and is an R01-funded investigator evaluating multi-modality imaging and EEG for assessing neuroprognosis after cardiac arrest. He was the lead author for the World Brain Death Project, and the lead author for the 2023 AAN Practice Parameters in Brain Death.
Dr. Greer’s greatest passion is in education in mentorship. In 2022, he received the prestigious A.B. Baker Lifetime Achievement Award for Neurological Education from the American Academy of Neurology. He has mentored innumerable students, residents, fellows and faculty, and considers himself a “lifelong mentor” for anyone and everyone he takes under his wing.
Dr. Greer is the editor-in-chief of both Neurocritical Care Live and Seminars in Neurology. He serves as a reviewer for several journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Brain, Neurology, and Stroke. He is a fellow of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, American Heart Association, American Neurological Association and Neurocritical Care Society. He has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, reviews, chapters, guidelines and books.
Other Positions
- Chief, Neurology, Boston Medical Center
- Professor, Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
- University of Florida College of Medicine, MD
- University of Florida, MA
- Williams College, BA
Publications
- Published on 3/19/2024
Kirschen MP, Lewis A, Rubin MA, Varelas PN, Greer DM. Beyond the Final Heartbeat: Neurological Perspectives on Normothermic Regional Perfusion for Organ Donation after Circulatory Death. Ann Neurol. 2024 Mar 19. PMID: 38501716.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/15/2024
Harrison DS, Sigman EJ, Ch'ang JH, Sarwal A, Celotto A, Malone A, Nowicki A, Martin A, Boling B, Nobleza COS, Reeves C, Greer DM, McLaughlin D, Woods EO, Fields E, Perets E, Jannotta GE, Mears J, Twomey K, Rath KA, Peronti K, Garner KM, Bevers MB, Morris NA, Martinez P, Zafar S, Livesay S, Wahlster S, Lawson T, Albin CSW. A Modified Delphi Consensus Approach to Define Entrustable Professional Activities for Neurocritical Care Advanced Practice Providers. Crit Care Med. 2024 Mar 15. PMID: 38488423.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/14/2024
Varelas P, Greer D. The authors reply. Crit Care Med. 2024 Apr 01; 52(4):e214-e215. PMID: 38483237.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/2/2024
Greer DM, Lewis A, Kirschen MP. New developments in guidelines for brain death/death by neurological criteria. Nat Rev Neurol. 2024 Mar; 20(3):151-161. PMID: 38307923.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/1/2024
Spears WE, Greer DM. Hypothermia to 33 °C Following Cardiac Arrest: Time to Close the Freezer Door for Good? JAMA Neurol. 2024 Feb 01; 81(2):115-117. PMID: 38109090.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/30/2023
Stafford R, Chatzidakis S, Kim ISY, Zhang Y, Rina A, Brush B, Mian A, Abdalkader M, Greer DM, Smirnakis SM, Feske SK, Dupuis J, Ong CJ. Follow-up ASPECTS improves prediction of potentially lethal malignant edema in patients with large middle cerebral artery stroke. J Neurointerv Surg. 2023 Dec 30. PMID: 38160055.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/1/2023
Hirsch KG, Abella BS, Amorim E, Bader MK, Barletta JF, Berg K, Callaway CW, Friberg H, Gilmore EJ, Greer DM, Kern KB, Livesay S, May TL, Neumar RW, Nolan JP, Oddo M, Peberdy MA, Poloyac SM, Seder D, Taccone FS, Uzendu A, Walsh B, Zimmerman JL, Geocadin RG. Critical Care Management of Patients After Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association and Neurocritical Care Society. Neurocrit Care. 2024 Feb; 40(1):1-37. PMID: 38040992.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/28/2023
Hirsch KG, Abella BS, Amorim E, Bader MK, Barletta JF, Berg K, Callaway CW, Friberg H, Gilmore EJ, Greer DM, Kern KB, Livesay S, May TL, Neumar RW, Nolan JP, Oddo M, Peberdy MA, Poloyac SM, Seder D, Taccone FS, Uzendu A, Walsh B, Zimmerman JL, Geocadin RG. Critical Care Management of Patients After Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and Neurocritical Care Society. Circulation. 2024 Jan 09; 149(2):e168-e200. PMID: 38014539.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/20/2023
Ong C, Huang Q, Kim I, Pohlmann J, Chatzidakis S, Brush B, Zhang Y, Du Y, Mallinger LA, Benjamin EJ, Dupuis J, Greer D, Smirnakis S, Trinquart L. Dynamic trajectories of life-threatening mass effect in patients with large middle cerebral artery stroke. Res Sq. 2023 Nov 20. PMID: 38045289.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/15/2023
Varelas PN, Kananeh M, Brady P, Holden D, Mehta C, Ata A, Abdelhak T, Greer D, Rehman M. The Relationship Between Manifestation of Diabetes Insipidus and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Brain Death. Crit Care Med. 2024 Feb 01; 52(2):e58-e66. PMID: 37966309.
Read at: PubMed
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