Zachary Smith, MD, FAANS

OUHSC, University of Oklahoma

Dr. Zachary A. Smith is a Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine and Department of Neurological Surgery.
He serves as Executive Vice Chair in the Department and the Director of Spine Surgery and the Spine Fellowship Director. He is the Co-Director of the OU Neuroscience Graduate Program. Dr. Smith is a graduate of Dartmouth College and obtained his medical degree at UCLA. He did his neurosurgery training at UCLA and fellowship at Northwestern University under Richard Fessler. He runs a NIH funded laboratory that studies cervical myelopathy and cervical spinal injury. He currently is a standing study section member with the NIH/NINDS.

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Presentation(s):

• New Markers in Myelopathy, From Research to the Spine Clinic

  Sunday, March 1, 2026
  10:32 AM - 10:39 AM MST