Rate My Professor Christopher Commichau

Commichau joined the University of Vermont in 2004 as Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, becoming full Professor in 2015. He directed the Neurology Residency Program from 2004 to 2019. His academic interests include ethics, with expertise in neurocritical care and stroke. Key publications include serving as section editor for 'Environmental Disorders' and authoring 'Venomous Snakebite in the US' and 'Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease' in The Interface of Neurology & Internal Medicine, edited by Biller (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008). Additional works are 'Evaluation of feeding intolerance in patients with pentobarbital-induced coma' by Stevens et al. (Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2008) and 'Higher hemoglobin is associated with improved outcomes after subarachnoid hemorrhage' by Naidech et al. (Critical Care Medicine, 2007). Since 2004, he has been on the Editorial Board of Neurocritical Care. Awards include the Desmond S. O'Doherty Award for Excellence in Neurology from Georgetown University (1993) and a 1996 USAID grant recipient for the Medical Education Partnership and Training Project at Dnieprop etrovsk State Medical Academy, Ukraine. He serves on the Board of Directors for Vermont Managed Care (2008-present), American Heart Association Founders Affiliate (2007-present) and Northeast Affiliate (2006-present), Planning Committee of the Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium (2005-present), and as Secretary of the AHA Northeast Stroke Task Force (2004-present).