Rate My Professor Christopher Commichau

Christopher Commichau, M.D., is Professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, with a secondary appointment as Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery. He serves as Director of Neurocritical Care and Stroke at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont. Commichau earned a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania between 1985 and 1989, followed by an M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine from 1989 to 1993. His postgraduate training includes an internship in Internal Medicine at Washington Hospital Center, a residency in Neurology at the University of Rochester, and a fellowship in Critical Care Neurology at Columbia University Department of Neurology. He holds board certifications in Neurology and Vascular Neurology from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

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).