Pradeep Suri, MD, MSc

Dr. Suri is a professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington, director of the Resource Core of the Clinical Learning, Evidence, and Research (CLEAR) Center for Musculoskeletal Conditions, staff physician at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System, and epidemiologist at the Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center. He is deputy editor of the journal PM&R. He is a practicing clinical spine specialist. His research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs. His areas of research expertise include epidemiology, genomic epidemiology, and clinical trials. Dr. Suri has an MD from the University of Michigan Medical School and an MSc from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Education and Training

• University of Michigan Medical School M.D., 2002 
• University of Washington School of Medicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2006 
• New England Baptist Hospital Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine, 2008 
• Harvard University School of Public Health Clinical Epidemiology, 2011

Board Certifications

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Notable Awards

• 2019: International Society of the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) Prize in Clinical Science 
• 2020: “Examining Causal Effects of Body Mass Index on Back Pain: A Mendelian Randomization Study" 
• 2016: PM&R Best Paper Award (2016), “Recurrence of Pain after Usual Non-Operative care for Symptomatic Lumbar Disc Herniation: Analysis of Data from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial” 
• 2016: The Spine Journal/North American Spine Society Outstanding Paper Award 
• 2016: Medical/Interventional Science, “Modifiable Risk Factors for Chronic Back Pain: Insights Using the Co-Twin Control Design.” 
• 2014: Teresa Massagli Award for Outstanding Resident Teaching