Matthew Smuck 51st International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Annual Meeting 2025

Matthew Smuck

I am the Chief of PM&R and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University where I specialize in the comprehensive conservative management of spine disorders. I am a Past President of the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS) and current Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the journal Interventional Pain Medicine. I was a Deputy Editor for The Spine Journal, and I served on the Board of Directors of the North American Spine Society (NASS), the IPSIS, and the Foundation for PM&R. My research is focused on improving the safety and effectiveness of spine interventions, and on the use of mobile technology to improve musculoskeletal and neurologic disease detection, treatment and prevention. This work is recognized with numerous awards including: the ISSLS Medtronic Award, the American Academy of PM&R’s President’s Citation Award, the PM&R Journal’s Best Original Research Award, the ISSLS Prize, numerous Outstanding Paper Awards from The Spine Journal, the AAPM&R PASSOR Legacy Award, the NASS Henry Farfan Award, and the IPSIS Aprill Lifetime Achievement Award.