Rate My Professor Hannah Kirsch

Hannah Kirsch, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Adult Neurology in the Neurocritical Care Division of the Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. A board-certified neurologist, she serves as a hospitalist delivering specialized neurological care to patients at Stanford Health Care and Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. Kirsch completed her medical degree at New York University School of Medicine in 2014, followed by an internship at NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital in 2015, neurology residency at the University of California, San Francisco Department of Neurology in 2018, and a neurocritical care fellowship at Columbia University New York Presbyterian Hospital in 2020. She is board-certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology since 2018 and holds a certificate in narrative medicine from Columbia University. In addition to her clinical role, Kirsch is the Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program Director and has led initiatives in neurology education, including training psychiatrists on neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 and educating oncologists and hematologists on common neurological conditions in cancer patients.

Kirsch's research focuses on critical care neurology, including thrombotic complications in critically ill COVID-19 patients, advances in intracranial pressure monitoring, predictors of outcomes in acute encephalitis, variations in coagulation among patients with cerebral hemorrhage, and associations between cerebral pressure and cardiac arrest outcomes. She serves on a National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke committee dedicated to coma and disorders of consciousness. Her key publications include "Hypercoagulable viscoelastic blood clot characteristics in critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients and associations with thrombotic complications" (The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2021), "Update on Simulation in Neurocritical Care - Current Applications and Future Directions" (Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2024), "Pathways to Neuropalliative Care Practice" (Seminars in Neurology, 2024), and "Common Data Elements for Disorders of Consciousness: Recommendations from the Working Group on Goals-of-Care and Family/Surrogate Decision-Maker Data" (Neurocritical Care, 2023). Kirsch has received honors from the Neurocritical Care Society for her contributions and the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, recognizing her clinical excellence, compassion, and respect for patients, families, and colleagues. She was recently promoted from Clinical Assistant Professor to Clinical Associate Professor.