Penn Medicine Provider
William Stewart, PhD, MBCHB
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up

About me

  • Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery

Insurance accepted

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My research

Smith DH, Dollé JP, Ameen-Ali KE, Bretzin A, Cortes E, Crary JF, Dams-O'Connor K, Diaz-Arrastia R, Edlow BL, Folkerth R, Hazrati LN, Hinds SR, Iacono D, Johnson VE, Keene CD, Kofler J, Kovacs GG, Lee EB, Manley G, Meaney D, Montine T, Okonkwo DO, Perl DP, Trojanowski JQ, Wiebe DJ, Yaffe K, McCabe T, Stewart W. COllaborative Neuropathology Network Charaterizing ouTcomes of Traumatic Brain Injury (CONNECT-TBI) , Acta Neruopathol Commun, 9(1): 2021,32


Russell, ER, McCabe, T, Stewart, W Not all adverse health outcomes in former contact sports athletes are concussion related , J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 92: 2021,229


Kevin F Bieniek, Nigel J Cairns, John F Crary, Dennis W Dickson, Rebecca D Folkerth, C Dirk Keene, Irene Litvan, Daniel P Perl, Thor D Stein, Jean-Paul Vonsattel, William Stewart, Kristen Dams-O'Connor, Wayne A Gordon, Yorghos Tripodis, Victor E Alvarez, Jesse Mez, Michael L Alosco, Ann C McKee The Second NINDS/NIBIB Consensus Meeting to Define Neuropathological Criteria for the Diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy , J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 80(3): 2021,210-219


Stewart, W Sport associated dementia , BMJ, 372: 2021,n168


Russell, ER, McCabe, T, Mackay, DF, Stewart, K, MacLean, JA, Pell, JP, Stewart, W Mental health and suicide in former professional soccer players , J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 91(2): 2020,1256-1260


Arena, JD, Johnson, VE, Lee, EB, Gibbons, GS, VM-Y, Smith, DH, Trojanowski, JQ, Stewart, W Astroglial tau pathology alone preferentially concentrates at sulcal depths in chronic traumatic encephalopathy neuropathologic change , Brain Commun, 2(2): 2020,fcaa210


Alexander Morin, Benoit Mouzon, Scott Ferguson, Daniel Paris, Mackenzie Browning, William Stewart, Mike Mullan, Fiona Crawford Nilvadipine suppresses inflammation via inhibition of P-SYK and restores spatial memory deficits in a mouse model of repetitive mild TBI , Acta Neuropathol Commun, 8(1): 2020,166


Smith, DH, Stewart, W “Concussion” is not a true diagnosis , Nat Rev Neurol, 16: 2020,457-458


Czeiter E, Amrein K, Gravesteijn BY, Lecky F, Menon DK, Mondello S, Newcombe VFJ, Richter S, Steyerberg EW, Vyvere TV, Verheyden J, Xu H, Yang Z, Maas AIR, Wang KKW, Büki A, and CENTER-TBI Participants and Investigators Blood biomarkers on admission in acute traumatic brain injury: Relations to severity, CT findings and care path in the CENTER-TBI study , J Neurotrauma, 56: 2020,102785


Arena, JD, Smith, DH, Lee, EB, Gibbons, GS, Irwin, DJ, Robinson, JL, Lee, VM-Y, Trojanowski, JQ, Stewart, W, Johnson, VE Tau Immunophenotypes in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Recapitulate those of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease , Brain, 143(5): 2020,1572-1587