Matthew Schmitz, M.D.
Specialty
Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery-Hip, Orthopedic Surgery-Trauma
Organization
Rady Children's Specialists of San Diego
Medical Group / IPA
CPMG/RCHN/RCSSD
Medical School
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Residency
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Fellowship
UC San Diego-Rady Children's Hospital
Board Certifications
Orthopedic Surgery
Gender
M
Bio
Dr. Matthew R. Schmitz recently joined the faculty at Rady Children’s Department of Orthopaedics, having retired after 20 years of military service in the US Air Force. He was selected to the rank of Colonel and previously served as the Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at San Antonio Military Medical Center. He also led the Pediatric Orthopaedics/Adolescent Sports Medicine Service and established the Department of Defense’s first Young Adult Hip Preservation Service. Dr. Schmitz graduated with honors from the US Air Force Academy and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and was the recipient of Loyola’s Early Career Achievement Award. Dr. Schmitz was a standout collegiate rugby player and played with the USA National Rugby Team while in medical school. He is now is now a team physician for USA Rugby and travelled with the team for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England
Dr. Schmitz deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and has an extensive academic medical background lecturing nationally and internationally on a variety of topics, with his main research area being hip disease and sports injuries in children and young adults. He is a member of numerous multicenter research consortiums and has faculty position at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Baylor University, and UCSD. His clinical practice focuses on both open and arthroscopic hip preservation techniques including hip arthroscopy and periacetabular osteotomies. He also treats adolescent sports injuries of the knee.
Dr. Schmitz serves on multiple national committees for AAOS, POSNA, AAP, PRiSM, AOA. He recently completed a year in the final class of the AAOS Leadership Fellows Program and is a graduate of the University of Southern California AOA/APEX Leadership Program. Dr. Schmitz is currently the Deputy Editor for Social Media and Video for The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery in addition to being on the Editorial Board for The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
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