Matthew Smuck

Biography

Dr. Matthew Smuck is the Chief of PM&R and Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University. He is also the Medical Director of Rehabilitation Services for Stanford Healthcare where he specializes in the comprehensive conservative management of spine disorders. He is a physician leader currently sitting on the Board of Directors for the North American Spine Society, the Spine Intervention Society, and the Foundation for PM&R. He served as Deputy Editor of The Spine Journal and Co-Editor of the Orthopedics Knowledge Update in Spine (4th ed.). Dr. Smuck is also an award-winning researcher who pioneered the new field of physical performance monitoring. He directs the Wearable Health Lab at Stanford, investigating medical applications of mobile technology to improve musculoskeletal and neurologic disease detection, treatment and prevention. His work has received numerous research society awards and publication awards, including the American Academy of PM&R’s 2014 President’s Citation Award, the PM&R Journal and Foundation for PM&R’s 2015 Best Original Research Award, the 2016 ISSLS Prize, and The Spine Journal’s Outstanding Paper Award in 2013, 2016 & 2017. He regularly lectures on his research at Universities and medical conferences in the US and abroad.

Research Interest

Investigating medical applications of mobile technology to improve musculoskeletal and neurologic disease detection, treatment and prevention.