Our Team
Michael Fredericson, MD
Director
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Out-Patient Clinics
Dr. Fredericson is Associate Professor, in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
He has been a head team physician with the Stanford Sports Medicine Program since 1992 and the Nike Farm Team for elite runners since 1994. He is extensively involved with USA Track & Field and has served as Medical Director for the 2002 and 2003 National Track & Field Championships and physician for the 2004 Track & Field Olympic Trials. He was also selected as volunteer physician for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
He has over 50 scientific publications focusing on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of sports medicine injuries. He serves on the editorial boards of several national sports medicine journals, the scientific advisory board for Runner"™s World and Men"™s Health Magazines, and is past president of the American Academy of PM&R Sports Medicine Interest Group.
He was a charter member of the Physiatric Association of Sports, Spine and Occupational Rehabilitation and served for 8 years on their Medical Education Committee. He is also actively involved with Stanford PM&R resident teaching and has twice been honored with PM&R residents "Excellence in Teaching Award."
Raj Mitra, MD
Chief, PM&R Service
Dr. Mitra is the Medical Director of the Stanford Interventional Spine Center, Director of Fellowship Program, and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
He completed his residency at Harvard Medical School, and subsequently completed a Pain Management Fellowship also at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital.
He is Board Certified and a Diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Mitra is also board certified in Pain Management.
His research interests include pain management, neck & low back pain, cancer pain, and neuropathic pain syndromes.
Matthew Smuck, MD
Director, Stanford Interventional Spine Center
Director, PM&R Interventional Spine Fellowship
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Smuck has been Director of the Stanford Interventional Spine Center since his arrival in 2008. He is an Assistant Professor in the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford. He specializes in precision diagnosis and comprehensive non-surgical treatment of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine disorders. His research is focused on improving the effectiveness and safety of commonly used percutaneous spine interventions, developing new technologies and techniques for minimally invasive treatment of spine disease, and investigating the mechanisms behind spine injury and pain.
Dr. Smuck was born and raised in central Indiana. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a double major in Biology and Humanities from Milligan College in Tennessee. From there he returned to Indiana for his medical education at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He then completed his residency training in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Stanford University, followed by a one-year fellowship in Interventional Spine also at Stanford. He is board certified in PM&R and Pain Medicine.
After completing his medical training, Dr. Smuck joined the faculty of the University of Michigan where he built an active spine research program and served as director of the University of Michigan Interventional Spine Fellowship and multidisciplinary University of Michigan Spine Program. From there, Dr. Smuck returned to Stanford University to lead the Interventional Spine Center’s clinical, educational and research programs.
Dr. Smuck is an active member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R), the North American Spine Society (NASS), and the International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS). He has published numerous book chapters and scientific articles in spine and sports medicine journals over the course of his career. He has been invited to lecture and present his research across the country and around the world.