Education & Training
Medical School
Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences
Internship
Internal Medicine
- University of Missouri School of Medicine-Kansas City
Residency
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Stanford University School of Medicine
Fellowship
Interventional Spine
- Stanford University School of Medicine
Boards
Insurances
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Academic Information
Office
1100 Virginia Avenue
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United States
Research Profile
Derek Schirmer, DO, is a spine care and back pain clinician who maintains an active research portfolio in interventional spine care, musculoskeletal medicine and pain management. His work spans imaging reliability, procedural outcomes, artificial intelligence applications in musculoskeletal evaluation and case-based clinical insights, with the goal of advancing evidence-based treatments and improving patient outcomes.
Research Interests
- Nonoperative physical medicine and rehabilitation
Areas of Expertise
- Spine and musculoskeletal pain
- Radiofrequency ablation of spinal pain generators
- Ultrasound-guided musculoskeletal interventions
- Functional restoration and return-to-activity planning
- Long-term spine health and injury prevention strategies
Awards & Honors
- Stanford PM&R Team Player Award, 2022
- KCU Dean’s List-spring semester 2016
- KCU Dean’s List-fall semester 2016
- Psi Sigma Alpha Honors Society Beta Chapter Member
- Eagle Scout Award (Boy Scouts of America)
- Warrior in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say
Publications
- Meng Y, Lee M, Clark HJY, Nguyen C, Kwan S, Schultz S, Pham NS, Schirmer D, Roh EY.
Evaluation of range of motion using vision artificial intelligence (AI) in musculoskeletal Medicine.
J Med Artif Intell 2024:7:22. https://doi.org/10.21037/jmai-24-58. - Sherwood D, Dovgan J, Schirmer D, Haring RS, Schneider B.
The association between preoperative epidural steroid injections and postoperative cervical and lumbar surgical site infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ). Volume 19, 2024. 100334, ISSN: 2666-5484.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xnsj.2024.100334. - Giacomazzi C, Dyrek P, Schirmer D.
Chapter 89-Waterskiing and Wakeboarding. In the Youth Athlete, edited by Brian J Krabak and Alison Brooks, 961-67.
Academic Press. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99992-2.0031-1. - Levin J, Schirmer D, Garcia R, Levi D.
Is a History of Episodic Low Back Pain an Indicator or Modic Changes?
Interventional Pain Medicine 2, no. 1 (March 1, 2023): 100239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpm.2023.100239.