Zachary L. McCormick,
MD
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Zachary McCormick, MD is 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 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.
Dr. McCormick received his MD at the University of Pennsylvania, completed a PM&R residency at the Northwestern University (The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) 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. His research focuses on optimizing clinical outcomes of treatments for spine and joint pain conditions.
Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife, running, hiking, and camping.
Specialties: Back, Neck, Non-operative Musculoskeletal Disorders, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spine Evaluation, Spine Injection, Pain Surgery, and Acute Pain.
Clinical Locations
South Jordan Health Center
801-213-4500
University Orthopaedic Center
801-587-7109
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
| Board Certification | American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Sub: Pain Medicine) American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation National Board of Medical Examiners |
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 the Northwestern University (The Rehabilitation institute of Chicago) 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 80 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 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
Outside of Work, he enjoys spending time with his wife, running, hiking, and camping
Specialties: Back, Neck, Non-operative Musculoskeletal Disorders, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spine Evaluation, Spine Injection, Pain Surgery, and Acute Pain.
Academic Locations
School of Medicine
801-587-3851
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
| Board Certification | American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Sub: Pain Medicine) American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation National Board of Medical Examiners |
Education History
| Fellowship | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Pain Medicine Fellow |
| Residency | Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Resident |
| Internship | Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Transitional Internship |
| Professional Medical | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Medicine M.D. |
| Undergraduate | Haverford College Neuroscience B.S. |
Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- House LM, McKay RE, Eagan JT, McCormick ZL (01/01/2018). Nocturnal Phantom Shock Cessation with Zolpidem. Heart Lung, 47(1), 76-79.
- Maneyapanda M, McCormick ZL, Marciniak C, Reger C (06/01/2017). Long-Term dosing of Intrathecal Baclofen in the Treatment of Spasticity after Acquired Brain Injury. Phys Med Rehabil, 9(6), 556-562.
- Saltychev M, Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Barlund E, Laimi K (09/01/2017). Psychometric Properties of the Oswestry Disability Index. Int J Rehabil Res, 40(3), 202-208.
- Saltychev M, Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Laimi K (05/01/2017). Psychometric Properties of the Neck Disability Index Amongst Patients with Chronic Neck Pain Using Item Response. Epub ahead of print. Disabil Rehabil, 13, 1-6.
- McCormick ZL, Korn M, Reddy R, Marcolina A, Dayanim D, Mattie R, Cushman D, Bhave M, McCarthy RJ, Khan D, Nagpal G, Walega DR (09/01/2017). Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation of the Genicular Nerves for Chronic Pain due to Knee Osteoarthritis: Six-Month Outcomes. Pain Med, 18(9), 1631-1641.
- McCormick ZL, Mattie R, Ebrahimi A, Lee DT, Marcolina A, Press J, Kennedy DJ, Smuck M, Walega DR, Cushman D (2017). Is There a Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Fluoroscopy Time During Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections? Pain Med, 18(7), 1326-1333.
- McCormick ZL, Bhave MA, Lee DT, Scholten P, Chu SK, Babu AN, Caldwell M, Ziegler C, Ashraf H, Clark R, Gross C, Cara J, McCormick K, Ross B, Press J, Walega D, Cushman D (07/01/2017). The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Fluoroscopy Time During Intra-articular Hip Injection; A Multicenter Cohort Study. Pain Physician, 20(5), E721-E726.
- Saltychev M, Barlund E, Mattie R, McCormick Z, Paltamaa J, Laimi K (2017). A study of the psychometric properties of 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 in a large population of people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Clin Rehabil, 31(2), 262-272.
- Saltychev M, Mattie R, McCormick Z, Laimi K (2017). Confirmatory factor analysis of 12-Item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule in patients with musculoskeletal pain conditions. Clin Rehabil, 31(5), 702-709.
- Mattie R, Wong J, McCormick Z, Yu S, Saltychev M, Laimi K (2017). Percutaneous Needle Tenotomy for the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review of the Literature. PM R, 9(6), 603-611.
- Cushman D, Teramoto M, Curtis B, Lee DT, Marcolina A, McCormick Z (2017). Does Trainee Involvement in Fluoroscopic Injections Affect Fluoroscopic Time, Immediate Pain Reduction, and Complication Rate?LID - S1934-1482(17)30027-8 [pii]LID - 10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.12.008 [doi]. (Epub ahead of print) PM R.
- McCormick ZL, Choxi SC, Lee DT, Marcolina A, Press J, Kennedy DJ, Smuck M, Walega DR, Cushman DM (2017). The Impact of Body Mass Index on Fluoroscopy Time During Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection; A Multicenter Cohort Study. Pain Med, 18(1), 25-35.
- Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Fogg B, Cushman DM (2017). The effect of body mass index on fluoroscopy time and radiation dose in intra-articular glenohumeral joint injections. Clin Imaging, 42, 19-24.
- McCormick ZL, Nelson A, Bhave M, Zhukalin M, Kendall M, McCarthy RJ, Khan D, Nagpal G, Walega DR (2017). A Prospective Randomized Comparative Trial of Targeted Steroid Injection Via Epidural Catheter Versus Standard C7-T1 Interlaminar Approach for the Treatment of Unilateral Cervical Radicular Pain. Reg Anesth Pain Med, 42(1), 82-89.
- McCormick ZL, Nelson A, Kendall MC, McCarthy RJ, Nagpal G, Walega DR (2017). Does Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection with Low-Dose Lidocaine Cause Objective Upper Extremity Weakness? A Preliminary Study.LID - 10.1093/pm/pnx037 [doi]. (Epub ahead of print) Pain Med.
- McCormick ZL, DeFrancesch F, Loomba V, Moradian M, Bathina R, Rappard G (2017). Diagnostic Value, Prognostic Value, and Safety of Provocation Discography.LID - 10.1093/pm/pnx034 [doi]. (Epub ahead of print) Pain Med.
- McCormick ZL, Popescu A, Smith CC (2017). Fact Finders for Patient Safety: Routine Intravenous Access for Epidural Steroid Injections Without Sedation. Pain Med, 18(6), 1193-1194.
- McCormick ZL, Lynch M, Jacobs J, Liem B, Hwang P, Hornby TG, Ryderberg L, Roth E (2016). Feasibility for Developing Cardiovascular Exercise Recommendations for Persons with Motor-Complete Paraplegia Based on Wheel Propulsion Energy Consumption. J Spinal Cord Med, 39(1), 45-49.
- El-Yahchouchi CA, Plastaras CT, Maus TP, Carr CM, McCormick ZL, Geske JR, Smuck M, Pingree MJ, Kennedy DJ (2016). Adverse Event Rates Associated with Transforaminal and Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections: A Multi-Institutional Study. Pain Med, 17(2), 239-249.
- Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Huie H (2016). Presentation and Rehabilitation in a Patient with Toxoplasmosis Encephalitis: A Case Study and Review. Phys Med Rehabil, 8(6), 602-606.
- McCormick ZL (2016). Public Commentary: Best Practices in Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy: Optimizing Therapy and Troubleshooting. Neuromodulation.
- Lucas M, Stewart C, Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Saltychev M, Levin J (2016). A Systematic Review of Available Treatments for Discogenic Low Back Pain. Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep, 4(2), 117-31.
- Plastaras C, McCormick Z, Nguyen C, Rho M, Nack SH, Roth D, Casey E, Carneiro K, Cucchiara A, Press J, McLean J, Caldera F (2016). Is Hip Abduction Strength Asymmetry Present in Female Runners in the Early Stages of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome? Am J Sports Med, 44(1), 105-12.
- Chu SK, Babu AN, McCormick Z, Mathews A, Toledo S, Oswald M (2016). Outcomes of Inpatient Rehabilitation in Patients With Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty. PM R, 8(8), 761-6.
- Cushman D, Flis A, Jensen B, McCormick Z (2016). The Effect of Body Mass Index on Fluoroscopic Time and Radiation Dose During Sacroiliac Joint Injections. PM R, 8(8), 767-72.
- Babu AN, McCormick Z, Kennedy DJ, Press J (2016). Local, national, and service component cost variations in the management of low back pain: Considerations for the clinician. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil, 29(4), 685-692.
- Saltychev M, Vastamaki H, Mattie R, McCormick Z, Vastamaki M, Laimi K (2016). Psychometric Properties of the Pain Numeric Rating Scale When Applied to Multiple Body Regions among Professional Musicians. PLoS One, 11(9), e0161874.
- McCormick ZL, Lynch M, Liem B, Jacobs G, Hwang P, Hornby TG, Rydberg L, Roth E (2016). Feasibility for developing cardiovascular exercise recommendations for persons with motor-complete paraplegia based on manual wheelchair propulsion; A protocol and preliminary data. J Spinal Cord Med, 39(1), 45-9.
- McCormick ZL, Chu SK, Binler D, Neudorf D, Mathur SN, Lee J, Marciniak C (2016). Intrathecal Versus Oral Baclofen: A Matched Cohort Study of Spasticity, Pain, Sleep, Fatigue, and Quality of Life. PM R, 8(6), 553-62.
- Joshi AB, McCormick ZL, Sully K, Garvan C, Plastaras CT (2016). Factors That Predict Satisfaction With Medical Care: Data From 27,212 Injured Workers Surveyed for 14 Years. J Occup Environ Med, 58(1), 101-7.
- El-Yahchouchi CA, Plastaras CT, Maus TP, Carr CM, McCormick ZL, Geske JR, Smuck M, Pingree MJ, Kennedy DJ (2016). Adverse Event Rates Associated with Transforaminal and Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections: A Multi-Institutional Study. Pain Med, 17(2), 239-49.
- McCormick ZL, Cushman D, Lee DT, Scholten P, Chu SK, Babu AN, Caldwell M, Ziegler C, Ashraf H, Sundar B, Clark R, Gross C, Cara J, McCormick K, Ross B, Smith CC, Press J, Smuck M, Walega DR (2016). Is There a Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Fluoroscopy Time During Sacroiliac Joint Injection? A Multicenter Cohort Study. Pain Med, 17(7), 1241-8.
- Cushman DM, Mattie R, Clements ND, McCormick ZL (2016). The Effect of Body Mass Index on Fluoroscopic Time and Radiation Dose During Intra-articular Hip Injections. PM R, 8(9), 876-82.
- McCormick ZL, Slipman C, Kotcharian A, Chhatre A, Bender FJ 3rd, Salam A, Menkin S, Kennedy DJ, Plastaras C (2016). Percutaneous Lumbar Disc Decompression Using the Dekompressor: A Prospective Long-Term Outcome Study.LID - pnv122 [pii]. (Epub ahead of print) Pain Med.
- Maneyapanda MB, Chang Chien GC, Mattie R, Amorapanth P, Reger C, McCormick ZL (2016). Ultrasound Guidance for Technically Challenging Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Refill: Three Cases and Procedure Description. Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 95(9), 692-7.
- Cushman D, Mattie R, Curtis B, Flis A, McCormick ZL (2016). The effect of body mass index on fluoroscopic time and radiation dose during lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections. Spine J, 16(7), 876-83.
- McCormick ZL, Cushman D, Marshall B, Caldwell M, Patel J, Ghannad L, Eng C, Makovitch S, Babu A, Chu SK, Marciniak C, Walega DR, Press J, Plastaras C, Kennedy DJ (2016). Pain Reduction and Repeat Injections After Transforaminal Epidural Injection With Particulate Versus Nonparticulate Steroid for the Treatment of Chronic Painful Lumbosacral Radiculopathy. PM R, 8(11), 1039-1045.
- Safaeian P, Mattie R, Hahn M, Plastaras CT, McCormick ZL (2016). Novel Treatment of Radicular Pain With a Multi-Mechanistic Combination Topical Agent: A Case Series and Literature Review. Anesth Pain Med, 6(2), e33322.
- Carr CM, Plastaras CT, Pingree MJ, Smuck M, Maus TP, Geske JR, El-Yahchouchi CA, McCormick ZL, Kennedy DJ (2016). Immediate Adverse Events in Interventional Pain Procedures: A Multi-Institutional Study. Pain Med, 17(12), 2155-2161.
- McCormick ZL (2015). Public Commentary: Best Practices in Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy: Dosing and Long-Term Management. Neuromodulation.
- Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Yu S, Kennedy DJ, Levin J (2015). Are All Epidurals Created Equally? A Review of the Literature on Caudal, Interlaminar, and Transforaminal Injections from the Last 5 years. Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep, 3(2), 159-72.
- McCormick ZL, Kennedy DJ (2015). Truth in Medicine: Why most reviews and commentaries on spine treatments are flawed. Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep, 3(2), 124-8.
- McCormick Z, Margolis S, Temme K, Rivers E, Cameron SA, Smith MC, Rohr A, Zander E, Garvan C, Kennedy DJ, Plastaras C (2015). Concordant pain provocation during transforaminal epidural steroid injection for lumbosacral radiculopathy: effect on pain outcome and predictive factors. Pain Physician, 18(1), E19-26.
- Cushman D, McCormick Z, Casey E, Plastaras CT (2015). Discrepancies in describing pain: is there agreement between numeric rating scale scores and pain reduction percentage reported by patients with musculoskeletal pain after corticosteroid injection? Pain Med, 16(5), 870-6.
- McCormick Z, Kennedy DJ, Garvan C, Rivers E, Temme K, Margolis S, Zander E, Rohr A, Smith MC, Plastaras C (2015). Comparison of Pain Score Reduction Using Triamcinolone vs. Betamethasone in Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain. Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 94(12), 1058-64.
- McCormick Z, Cushman D, Caldwell M, Marshall B, Ghannad L, Eng C, Patel J, Makovitch S, Chu SK, Babu AN, Walega DR, Marciniak C, Press J, Kennedy DJ, Plastaras C (2015). Does Electrodiagnostic Confirmation of Radiculopathy Predict Pain Reduction after Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection? A Multicenter Study.LID - e140 [pii]. Journal of Nature and Science, 1(8).
- McCormick Z, Kennedy DJ, Garvan C, Rivers E, Temme K, Margolis S, Zander E, Rohr A, Smith MC, Plastaras C (2015). Response to: Letter to the Editor Regarding Comparison of Pain Score Reduction Using Triamcinolone vs. Betamethasone in Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain [EPUB AHEAD OF PRINT]. Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 94(12), e122-4.
- Lynch MM, McCormick Z, Liem B, Jacobs G, Hwang P, Hornby TG, Rydberg L, Roth EJ (2015). Energy Cost of Lower Body Dressing, Pop-Over Transfers, and Manual Wheelchair Propulsion in People with Paraplegia Due to Motor-Complete Spinal Cord Injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 21(2), 140-8.
- McCormick ZL, Walega DR (2015). Cervical epidural steroid injection for refractory somatic tinnitus. Pain Pract, 15(2), e28-33.
- McCormick ZL, Chu SK, Goodman D, Oswald M, Reger C, Sliwa J (2015). An Appropriate Population for Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation? A Case Series of Three Patients With Advanced Heart Failure on Continuous Inotropic Support. PM R, 7(6), 662-6.
- McCormick ZL, Marshall B, Walker J, McCarthy R, Walega DR (2015). Long-Term Function, Pain and Medication Use Outcomes of Radiofrequency Ablation for Lumbar Facet Syndrome.LID - 028 [pii]. Int J Anesth Anesth, 2(2).
- Plastaras C, McCormick ZL, Garvan C, Macron D, Joshi A, Chimes G, Smeal W, Rittenberg J, Kennedy DJ (2015). Adverse events associated with fluoroscopically guided lumbosacral transforaminal epidural steroid injections. Spine J, 15(10), 2157-65.
- McCormick ZL, Gagnon CM, Caldwell M, Patel J, Kornfeld S, Atchison J, Stanos S, Harden RN, Calisoff R (2015). Short-Term Functional, Emotional, and Pain Outcomes of Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Treated in a Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Pain Management Program. Pain Med, 16(12), 2357-67.
- McCormick ZL, Walker JT, Marshall B, McCarthy R, Walega DR (2014). Long-term Pain and Functional Outcomes of Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation for Lumbar Facet Syndrome: A Case Series. Phys Med Rehabil Int, 1(5), 5.
- McCormick Z, Chang-Chien G, Marshall B, Huang M, Harden RN (2014). Phantom limb pain: a systematic neuroanatomical-based review of pharmacologic treatment. Pain Med, 15(2), 292-305.
- McCormick Z, Plastaras C (2014). Transforaminal epidural steroid injection in the treatment of lumbosacral radicular pain caused by epidural lipomatosis: a case series and review. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil, 27(2), 181-90.
- Mathur SN, Chu SK, McCormick Z, Chang Chien GC, Marciniak CM (2014). Long-term intrathecal baclofen: outcomes after more than 10 years of treatment. PM R, 6(6), 506-513.e1.
- McCormick Z, Bouffard KJ, Neudorf D, Casey E (2014). A mediastinal mass presenting with unilateral periscapular and arm pain. PM R, 6(6), 560-3.
- Chu SK, McCormick Z, Hwang S, Sliwa JA, Rydberg L (2014). Outcomes of acute inpatient rehabilitation of patients with left ventricular assist devices. PM R, 6(11), 1008-12.
- Chien GC, McCormick Z, Araujo M, Candido KD (2014). The potential contributing effect of ketorolac and fluoxetine to a spinal epidural hematoma following a cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injection: a case report and narrative review. Pain Physician, 17(3), E385-95.
- Plastaras C, McCormick Z, Macron D, Garvan C, Joshi A, Chimes G, Smeal W, Rittenberg J (2014). Adverse events associated with fluoroscopically guided zygapophyseal joint injections. Pain Physician, 17(4), 297-304.
- Chang-Chien GC, Knezevic NN, McCormick Z, Chu SK, Trescot AM, Candido KD (2014). Transforaminal versus interlaminar approaches to epidural steroid injections: a systematic review of comparative studies for lumbosacral radicular pain. Pain Physician, 17(4), E509-24.
- McCormick Z, Cushman D, Casey E, Garvan C, Kennedy DJ, Plastaras C (2014). Factors associated with pain reduction after transforaminal epidural steroid injection for lumbosacral radicular pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 95(12), 2350-6.
- McCormick ZL, Plastaras C (2013). Efficacy of Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection in the Treatment of Lumbosacral Radicular Pain in Obese, Overweight, and Non-overweight Populations; a Pilot Study. J Back Musculoskeletal Rehabil, 26(2), 183-8.
- McCormick Z, Chu SK, Chang-Chien GC, Joseph P (2013). Acute pain control challenges with buprenorphine/naloxone therapy in a patient with compartment syndrome secondary to McArdle's disease: a case report and review. Pain Med, 14(8), 1187-91.
- McCormick Z, Lynch M, Chen D (2013). Fever after traumatic spinal cord injury: a case of Brucella sepsis. PM R, 5(11), 982-4.
- Schneider B, McCormick ZL, OBrien Jr D, Bunch M, Smith C (Accepted). On Behalf of the Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee. Factfinders for Patient Safety: Conscious Sedation. Pain Med.
- Kendall MC, Robbins ZM, Cohen A, Minn M, Benzuly SE, Triebwasser AS, McCormick ZL, Gorgone M (In Press). Selected Highlights in Clinical Anesthesia Research. J Clin Anesth.
- Smith CC, Schneider B, McCormick ZL, Gill J, Loomba V, Engel AJ, Duszynski B, King W on behalf of the Standards Division of the Spine Intervention Society (Accepted). Risks and Benefits of Ceasing or Continuing Anticoagulant Medication for Image-Guided Procedures for Spine Pain: A Systematic Review. Pain Med.
- Mattie R, McCormick ZL, Laimi K, Saltychev M (Accepted). Using Item Response Theory to Determine the Ability of the Numeric Rating Scale to Accurately Discriminate Between Levels of Pain Severity in Patients with Radicular or Musculoskeletal Pain. Pain Res Treat.