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Mary Lou Smith

Mary Lou Smith

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Neuroscience

D-Index
58
Citations
13709
World Ranking
4140
National Ranking
240

Psychology

D-Index
55
Citations
9628
World Ranking
4447
National Ranking
292

Overview

Mary Lou Smith is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus spanning several subfields including pediatrics, perinatology and child health, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, oncology, and cancer research.

Smith's research covers a variety of topics, such as:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological effects and toxicity studies
  • Breast cancer treatment studies
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Childhood cancer survivors' quality of life
  • Advanced breast cancer therapies
  • Economic and financial impacts of cancer

Frequent collaborators in Smith's research include Elizabeth Kerr, Lynne I. Wagner, Elizabeth Donner, George M. Ibrahim, and Klajdi Puka. These coauthors have worked with Smith on multiple publications, reflecting a sustained collaboration over time.

Smith has published prominently in several scientific journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Epilepsia
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • Cancer Research

Among recent published papers authored or coauthored by Smith are:

  • Breast Cancer, Version 3.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (2020), Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • Prevention and Management of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Survivors of Adult Cancers: ASCO Guideline Update (2020), Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Breast Cancer, Version 3.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (2022), Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer, Version 4.2023 (2023), Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer, Version 4.2021 (2021), Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Smith's body of work demonstrates a consistent focus on breast cancer guidelines, chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, and oncology-related clinical practices.

Best Publications

  • The role of the right hippocampus in the recall of spatial location

    Mary Lou Smith;Brenda Milner

  • Right hippocampal impairment in the recall of spatial location: encoding deficit or rapid forgetting?

    Mary Lou Smith;Brenda Milner

  • Differential effects of frontal lobe lesions on cognitive estimation and spatial memory

    Mary Lou Smith;Brenda Milner

  • I just want to be normal: A qualitative study exploring how children and adolescents view the impact of intractable epilepsy on their quality of life

    Irene M. Elliott;Lucyna Lach;Mary Lou Smith

  • Indications and expectations for neuropsychological assessment in routine epilepsy care: Report of the ILAE Neuropsychology Task Force, Diagnostic Methods Commission, 2013-2017.

    Sarah J. Wilson;Sallie Baxendale;William Barr;Sherifa Hamed

  • Cognitive, psychosocial, and family function one year after pediatric epilepsy surgery.

    Mary Lou Smith;Irene M. Elliott;Lucyna Lach

  • The contribution of neuropsychology to diagnostic assessment in epilepsy.

    Marilyn Jones-Gotman;Mary Lou Smith;Gail L. Risse;Michael Westerveld

  • Developmental patterns in priming and familiarity in explicit recollection

    Rebecca L Billingsley;Mary Lou Smith;Mary Pat McAndrews

  • Temporal lobe surgery for intractable epilepsy in children: an analysis of outcomes in 126 children.

    Mony Benifla;Hiroshi Otsubo;Ayako Ochi;Shelly K. Weiss

  • Cognitive skills in children with intractable epilepsy: comparison of surgical and nonsurgical candidates.

    Mary Lou Smith;Irene M. Elliott;Lucyna Lach

  • The relations between white matter and declarative memory in older children and adolescents

    Donald J. Mabbott;Donald J. Mabbott;Joanne Rovet;Joanne Rovet;Michael D. Noseworthy;Michael D. Noseworthy;Mary Lou Smith;Mary Lou Smith

  • Unattended emotional faces elicit early lateralized amygdala-frontal and fusiform activations.

    Yuwen Hung;Mary Lou Smith;Dimitri J. Bayle;Travis Mills

  • Quality of life in children with new-onset epilepsy: A 2-year prospective cohort study

    Kathy N. Speechley;Mark A. Ferro;Carol S. Camfield;Wenyi Huang

  • Cognitive development in school-age children with vertically transmitted HIV infection.

    Nicholas Blanchette;Mary Lou Smith;Susan King;Alda Fernandes-Penney

  • Memory in children with temporal or extra-temporal excisions.

    Donald J Mabbott;Mary Lou Smith

  • Neurosurgical management of intractable rolandic epilepsy in children: role of resection in eloquent cortex. Clinical article.

    Mony Benifla;Francesco Sala;John Jane;Hiroshi Otsubo

  • Estimation of frequency of occurrence of abstract designs after frontal or temporal lobectomy

    Mary Lou Smith;Brenda Milner

  • Resilience of developing brain networks to interictal epileptiform discharges is associated with cognitive outcome

    George M. Ibrahim;Daniel Cassel;Benjamin R. Morgan;Mary Lou Smith

  • Assessing severity of epilepsy in children: Preliminary evidence of validity and reliability of a single-item scale

    Kathy N. Speechley;Xuelian Sang;Simon Levin;Guang Yong Zou

  • Systematic review of the screening, diagnosis, and management of ADHD in children with epilepsy. Consensus paper of the Task Force on Comorbidities of the ILAE Pediatric Commission.

    Stéphane Auvin;Elaine Wirrell;Kirsten A. Donald;Madison Berl

  • Malignant rolandic-sylvian epilepsy in children: diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.

    H. Otsubo;S. Chitoku;A. Ochi;V. Jay

Frequent Co-Authors

Elysa Widjaja
Elysa Widjaja University of Toronto
Margot J. Taylor
Margot J. Taylor University of Toronto
O. Carter Snead
O. Carter Snead University of Toronto
James T. Rutka
James T. Rutka University of Toronto
Hiroshi Otsubo
Hiroshi Otsubo University of Toronto
Mary Pat McAndrews
Mary Pat McAndrews University Health Network
Mark A. Ferro
Mark A. Ferro University of Waterloo
Ayako Ochi
Ayako Ochi University of Toronto
Sam M. Doesburg
Sam M. Doesburg Simon Fraser University
Elizabeth J. Donner
Elizabeth J. Donner University of Toronto

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