Rate My Professor Diana Greene-Chandos

Diana Greene-Chandos, M.D., serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, where she holds the Sylvia N. Souers Endowed Chair in Neurology since January 2024. She earned her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in 1997 and a Bachelor of Arts in Latin and Chemistry, cum laude, from the University of Arizona in 1992. Her postgraduate training encompasses a Fellowship in Neurocritical Care at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 2001 to 2002, a Residency in Neurology at Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital from 1998 to 2001, and an Internship in Internal Medicine at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and Phoenix Veterans Administration from 1997 to 1998. Board-certified in Neurology, Vascular Neurology, and Neurocritical Care by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the United Council of Neurological Subspecialties, she is a Fellow of the Neurocritical Care Society (FNCS, elected 2017), the American Neurological Association (FANA), and the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN).

Prior to her current role, Greene-Chandos was Associate Professor (Education Track) in the Department of Neurology at the University of New Mexico from July 2019 to 2024, where she established a neurosciences ICU fellowship and acted as neurosciences education director for the Adult Critical Care Center. From 2010 to 2019, she held Assistant Professor (Clinical) positions in Neurology and Neurological Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, founding the neurocritical care unit and directing its fellowship program. Earlier appointments include Chief of Neurology at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from 2005 to 2010 and attending physician at Johns Hopkins Howard County Hospital from 2002 to 2005. Her research focuses on neurocritical care and stroke management, with over 60 publications, including "Neurocritical Care Aspects of Ischemic Stroke Management" in Critical Care Clinics (2022), "Neurological Emergencies During Pregnancy" in Neurologic Clinics (2021), "Lorazepam timing for acute convulsive seizure control (LoTASC)" in Seizure (2020), and "Spreading Depolarization as a Therapeutic Target in Severe Ischemic Stroke" in Journal of Personalized Medicine (2022). Awards include the University of New Mexico Blue Apple Educator Award (2021), Red Apple Educator Award (2020), multiple Presidential Citation Awards from the Neurocritical Care Society (2013, 2018-2021), and the Leonard Berg Prize from Washington University Department of Neurology (2001). She has chaired the Women in Neurocritical Care Section of the Neurocritical Care Society, served on its ethics, finance, and fundraising committees, and contributed to the American Academy of Neurology's Executive Committee for Emergency Neurology and Neurocritical Care. At Saint Louis University, she is advancing a five-year strategic plan to bolster neurology research, education, and clinical care in stroke, epilepsy, neuromuscular disorders, and neuro-oncology.