Zachary L. Mccormick MD, FAAPMR

Zachary L. 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 has expertise in the care of neck and back problems, including disc herniations, spinal stenosis, and degenerative conditions of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. His philosophy is grounded in a multi-modal, comprehensive approach that is customized to each individual patient to help achieve his or her specific goals. He received his MD at the University of Pennsylvania and completed a PM&R residency and fellowship at Northwestern University (The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). Following training, he served as a faculty member at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. McCormick currently serves as a Vice Chair and Associate Professor of PM&R, Chief of the Division of Spine and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Director of the Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine Fellowship, and 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, heterogenic, 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 of 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 the 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.