Zachary L. McCormick, MD

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  • 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 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, 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 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.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments - Primary
    Orthopaedics - Adjunct

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    November 28, 2022

    I love Dr. McCormick! He is very professional, but so warm and courteous. He listens and is sure to check everything and asks great questions to ascertain what the issue might be.

    November 21, 2022

    Nobody can tell me why I am having nerve pain just at my ankle and why my hip is feeling bruised. All they can say it is arthritis in the hip, that I all the sudden developed after a giant hematoma from a recent surgery and my ankle nerve pain is from my back, which inhabe had an injury to that since 2009 and now all the sudden its going to be the issue with my ankle since I had my surgery and tht giant hematoma my whole left leg was numb .... And after I got feeling back, my ankle had nerve pain let alone I can barely bend my toes and nobody seems concerned ... They just pass me off from Dr to Dr with no given answers.

    November 21, 2022

    Again, a truly amazing team. The best ever

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  • 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 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, 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 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.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments -Primary
    Orthopaedics -Adjunct

    Education history

    Fellowship Pain Medicine - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Fellow
    Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Resident
    Internship Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Transitional Internship
    Medicine - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Neuroscience - Haverford College B.S.