Vice Chair of PM&R, Division Chief of Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
Zachary McCormick, MD is a board-certified specialist in both Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R). He focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of spine and musculoskeletal pain conditions, with an emphasis on improving function and quality of life. He received his MD at the University of Pennsylvania, completed a PM&R residency and fellowship at Northwestern University (The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). He serves as a Vice Chair and Associate Professor of PM&R at the University of Utah. He also serves as the Chief of the Division of Spine and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Director of the Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine Fellowship, and the Director of Clinical Spine Research.
As an active researcher, Dr. McCormick's work focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of spine and joint pain, specifically radicular, discogenic, vertebrogenic, zygapophyseal joint, sacroiliac joint, and knee joint pain. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and has received research awards from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the National Institutes Health, the US Department of Defense, and various medical foundations. He serves as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Pain Medicine (Journal), as well as on the editorial board of The Spine Journal, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Journal).
Dr. McCormick’s leadership efforts focus strongly on educating and training physicians regarding the safe, appropriate, and effective diagnosis and treatment of spine and musculoskeletal pain disorders. He regularly lectures on these topics nationally. He serves on the Board of Directors of Spine Intervention Society (SIS), as the Chair of the SIS Standards Division, as the Chair of the North American Spine Society (NASS) Committee on Interventional Spine Fellowships, and on the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) Annual Program Committee, among others.
Friday, October 21, 2022
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM ET
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Saturday, October 22, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM ET
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Saturday, October 22, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM ET
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