Vice Chair of PM&R, Chief of Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine
University of Utah School of Medicine
University of Utah
Zachary McCormick, MD is a board certified specialist in both Pain Medicine and Physical Medinice & Rehabilitation (PM&R) with expertise in the care of spine and musculoskeletal pain. He received his MD at the University of Pennsylvania, completed a PM&R residency at RIC/Northwestern University and a Fellowship in Pain Medicine at Northwestern University. Following sub-specialty training, he served as a faculty member at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. McCormick is currently on faculty at the University of Utah, the Director of the Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine Fellowship, and the Director of Clinical Spine Research in the Division of PM&R.
An active researcher, Dr. McCormick's work focuses on the clinical outcomes of minimally invasive techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of spine and joint pain, specifically radicular, discogenic, zygaphophyseal joint, sacroiliac joint, and knee joint pain. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed medical journal articles and has received research awards from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the National Institute of Diabetes Digestive & Kidney Diseases, the Spine Intervention Society, the Midwest Pain Society, and the Foundation of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He serves on the editorial board for Pain Medicine, The Spine Journal, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. McCormick serves on the Board of Directors of Spine Intervention Society (SIS), the SIS Patient Safety Committee, Standards Division, and Education Division, as well as the American Academy of Pain Medicine Research Committee. His leadership efforts focus on strongly on educating and training physicians regarding the safe, appropriate, and effective treatment of spine and musculoskeletal pain disorders. He regularly lectures on these topics nationally