JosephDouglasSmuckerMD
Orthopaedic Surgery • Carmel, INOrthopedic Spine Surgery
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Indiana Spine Group
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Office
13225 North Meridian Street
Carmel, IN 46032Phone+1 317-715-5873Fax+1 317-893-1234
Summary
- 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.
Clinical Expertise
- 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
Education & Training
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
Certifications & Licensure
OH State Medical License 1999 - 2026
GA State Medical License 2004 - 2025
IA State Medical License 2005 - 2025
IN State Medical License 2005 - 2025- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014-2021
- Leadership Fellows Program The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2014-2015
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
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Clinical Trials
- Investigation of the Simplify® Cervical Artificial Disc Start of enrollment: 2015 Nov 01
- LimiFlex Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis With Spinal Stenosis Start of enrollment: 2017 Jul 17
- A Study of Infuse® Bone Graft With Mastergraft® Strip and Posterior Fixation for Posterolateral Fusion (PLF) Treatment of Multi-Level Degenerative Lumbosacral Spinal Conditions Start of enrollment: 2017 Jun 29
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Twenty-Year Radiographic Outcomes Following Single-Level Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: Results From a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.David P Foley, Willa R Sasso, Jason Y Ye, Sheetal Vinayek, Joseph D Smucker
Spine. 2024-03-01 - 1 citationsFar Lateral/Extraforaminal Approaches for Microdiscectomy and Foraminal Decompression in the Lumbar Spine.Barrett S. Boody, Rick C. Sasso, Joseph D. Smucker
Clinical Spine Surgery. 2021-08-01 - 1 citationsDoes the Decompression of Symptomatic Lumbar Facet Cysts Without Instability Require Fusion?Barrett S Boody, Joseph D Smucker, Rick C Sasso, Anand H Segar, Themistocles S Protopsaltis
Clinical Spine Surgery. 2021-03-01
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 FusionChristopher 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
Authored Content
- Computer-Assisted Spinal Navigation and Spinal RoboticsMay 2019
Press Mentions
Medtronic Announces New Infuse Trial on Heels of NASS PanelSeptember 27th, 2019
Medtronic Looks to Expand Indications for InfuseSeptember 26th, 2019
Experts Provide Tips on Diagnosing, Treating ConcussionsFebruary 2nd, 2018- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- Fellow
- American Orthopaedic AssociationMember
External Links
- Indiana Spine Grouphttp://www.indianaspinegroup.com/smucker
- ORCID Research Profilehttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8794-7915
- Indiana Spine Hospitalhttps://indianaspinehospital.com/smucker/
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