JosephDouglasSmuckerMD

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Indiana Spine Group

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Office
13225 North Meridian Street
Carmel, IN 46032
Phone+1 317-715-5873

Fax+1 317-893-1234

I am a fellowship-trained, board certified orthopaedic surgeon who provides expertise in the surgical care of spinal disorders. I have special training in complex cervical, thoracic, and lumbar surgery, having trained with the top programs in the nation and subsequently practicing in a tertiary setting for almost a decade. My subspecialty interests include cervical spine conditions, care of spinal injuries in athletes, and spinal navigation technologies.

Thoracic spine surgery, Spinal fusion surgery, Healthcare outcomes research, Bone transplantation, Laminectomy, Biomechanics, Articular Range of Motion, Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, Spine osteoarthritis, Disk replacement, Cervical spine surgery, Laminoplasty, Lumbar spine surgery, Lumbar disk herniation, Computer-assisted navigation, Computer-assisted surgery, Degenerative spine disease, Cervical spine disorders, Spine deformity surgery, Spine rheumatoid arthritis, Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion , Clinical research, Anterior lumbar interbody fusion, Oblique lumbar interbody fusion, Research, Healthcare clinical outcomes research, Thoracolumbar spine inury, Health outcomes research, Spinal stenosis, Clincial trials, Minimally invasive spinal surgery, Minimally invasive spine surgery, navigation, Robotic spine surgery, Facet syndrome, Spine surgery, Occipitocervical trauma

Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2004 - 2005
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1999 - 2004
Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 1999

Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014-2021
Leadership Fellows Program The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2014-2015
Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
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PubMed

331 citations
Increased swelling complications associated with off-label usage of rhBMP-2 in the anterior cervical spine.
Joseph D. Smucker, John M. Rhee, Kern Singh, S. Tim Yoon, John G. Heller
Spine. 2006-11-15
5 citations
Assessment of SiCaP-30 in a Rabbit Posterolateral Fusion Model with Concurrent Chemotherapy.
Joseph D. Smucker, Emily B Petersen, Ali Al-Hili, James V. Nepola, Douglas C. Fredericks
The Iowa Orthopaedic Journal. 2015-01-01
8 citations
Comparison of Two Synthetic Bone Graft Products in a Rabbit Posterolateral Fusion Model
Douglas C. Fredericks, Emily B Petersen, Nicole A. DeVries Watson, Nicole M. Grosland, Katherine N. Gibson-Corley
The Iowa Orthopaedic Journal. 2016-01-01

Journal Articles

Long-Term Radiographic and Functional Outcomes of Patients With Absence of Radiographic Union at 2 Years After Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Christopher J. Lee, Barrett S. Boody, MD, Jaclyn Demeter, PA-C, MPAS, Joseph D. Smucker, MD, and Rick C. Sasso, MD, Global Spine Journal, 9/16/2019