Clinical Focus

• Physical Medicine and Rehab
• Interventional Spine Care
• Spine
• Injections, Epidural
• Nerve Block

Administrative Appointments

• Director, Stanford Interventional Spine Center (2008 - present)
• Director, Stanford PM&R Interventional Spine Fellowship (2009 - present)
• SpineLine Editorial Board, North American Spine Society (2008 - present)
• Interim Director, The University of Michigan Spine Program (2008 - 2008)
• Board of Directors, University of Michigan Pain Fellowship (2008 - 2008)
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Honors and Awards

• Faculty Mentor, 1st Place Theodore M. Cole Resident Research Award, University of Michigan (2007)
• Young Investigator Initiative Program, US Bone and Joint Decade (2006)
• Faculty Mentor, 1st Place Theodore M. Cole Resident Research Award, University of Michigan (2004)
• Outstanding Biomedical Research Paper, Indiana University School of Medicine (1997)

Professional Education

Current Research Interests

I specialize in precision diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine disorders. My 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.

Clinical Trials

• Cutaneous Administration of Local Anesthetic for Spine Injection Procedures Recruiting
• Safety study of different needle types during epidural injections. Not yet recruiting

Publications

• Interpretation of contrast dispersal patterns by experienced and inexperienced interventionalists Smuck M, Abbott Z, Zemper E. PM&R. 2009; 1 (1): 55-59
• Accuracy of intermittent fluoroscopy to detect intravascular injection during transforaminal epidural injections. Smuck M, Fuller BJ, Chiodo A, Benny B, Singaracharlu B, Tong H, Ho S. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008; 33 (7): E205-10
• Incidence of simultaneous epidural and vascular injection during lumbosacral transforaminal epidural injections. Smuck M, Fuller BJ, Yoder B, Huerta J. Spine J. 2007 Jan-Feb; 7 (1): 79-82
• Mountain Biking Injuries Smuck M, Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation: A Sport-Specific Approach. 2009: 2nd ed. 119-128
• Considering industry-sponsored research. Segal NA, Smuck M, Sowa G, Basford J. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2009; 88 (4): 342-8