Biographical summary
Michael Derr, D.O., is a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation physician with specialty training in Pain Medicine; he is board certified in both fields. His clinical practice focus is on the treatment of patients with spine and musculoskeletal disorders.
Dr. Derr is actively engaged in education, including teaching and mentoring medical students, residents and fellows in the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency, Pain Medicine Fellowship and Mayo Clinic Medical School.
Prior to his position at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Dr. Derr worked in an interventional spine and pain practice in Utah for eleven years and was also a General Medical Officer in the United States Air Force with the rank of Captain.
Conditions treated
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Cervical herniated disk
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Cervical spinal stenosis
- Facet joint syndrome
- Hip arthritis
- Hip impingement
- Hip tendinitis
- Knee arthritis
- Knee bursitis
- Lumbar herniated disk
- Lumbar pain
- Lumbar radiculopathy
- Lumbar spinal stenosis
- Neck pain
- Radiculopathy
- Shoulder arthritis
- Shoulder impingement syndrome
- Spondylosis
- Thoracic herniated disk
- Thoracic radiculopathy
- Trochanteric bursitis
Procedures performed
- Joint injection
- Trigger point injection
- Ultrasound-guided cortisone injection
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2012
FellowshipPain Medicine, Programs in Florida, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2012
ResidentPain Medicine, Programs in Florida, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2010
ResidentPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2003
Internship - Internal Medicine Internship Wilford Hall Medical Center
- 2002
Doctor of Osteopathic MedicineA.T. Still University
- 1996
BA - Bachelors of Science Brigham Young University
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2013
Pain MedicineAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 2012
Physical Medicine & RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Awards and honors
- 2007
Air Force Commendation Metal United States Air Force
- 2006
Nominated Company Grade Office of the YearUnited States Air Force
- 1996
Magna Cum Laude Brigham Young University
- 1993
Four-Year scholarship Brigham Young University
Professional memberships
- 2023 - present
MemberWorld Academy Pain Medidine United
- 2012 - 2024
MemberSpine Intervention Society
- 2007
Medical Hold Policy ReformUnited States Air Force
- 2004 - 2005
Risk Management CommitteeUnited States Air Force
Publications