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Dr. Steven Z. George is the Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and serves as the Therapeutic Area Lead for Musculoskeletal Surgical Sciences at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. His primary research interest involves biopsychosocial models for the prevention and treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain disorders. Dr. George's long-term research goals include improving the accuracy of predicting the development of chronic pain and identifying non-pharmacological treatment options to limit the onset of chronic pain conditions. A member of several professional organizations including the American Physical Therapy Association and the American Pain Society, Dr. George has received numerous prestigious early career research awards. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and serves as a Contributing Editor for Physical Therapy and a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Pain. Dr. George has contributed significantly to the field of physical therapy, rehabilitation, and pain research, recognized as an international expert in low back pain by Expertscape. His ongoing projects focus on developing and testing psychologically informed physical therapy interventions for acute low back pain and exploring measures of pain sensitivity to inform clinical practices.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)