Matthew Schmitz, MD

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego/UCSD, San Diego, California

Dr. Matthew R. Schmitz is a Professor of Orthopaedics at UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, having retired after over 20 years of military service in the US Air Force. He 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 and will be the head team physician for the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia.

Clinical website: https://www.rchsd.org/doctors/matthew-schmitz-md/

Research works: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Schmitz+MR&cauthor_id=26772946