Prof Matthew Smuck

Dr Matthew Smuck is the Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University. He is the Medical Director of Rehabilitation Services for Stanford Healthcare where his clinical work concentrates on medical and interventional management of spine disorders.

Matthew is a physician leader and current President of the Spine Intervention Society (SIS) and has served on the Executive Editorial Board of The Spine Journal and the Board of Directors of the North American Spine Society (NASS) and the Foundation for PM&R. He's an award-winning researcher and pioneer of the new field of physical performance monitoring using wearable sensors, and founded and directs the Wearable Health Lab at Stanford, focused on developing methods of wearable sensor data analytics to discover digital phenotypes of mobility-limiting orthopaedic and neurologic diseases, and applying these methods to improve disease detection, prevention and treatment.

Matthew has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications. His work is recognised by numerous research society awards and publication awards, including the ISSLS Medtronic Award in 2012, the American Academy of PM&R’s 2014 President’s Citation Award, the PM&R Journal 2015 Best Original Research Award, the 2016 ISSLS Prize, and The Spine Journal Outstanding Paper Award in 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018.