Jennifer L. Smith, MD, LCDR, USN

Dr. Jennifer L. Smith, LCDR, USN is a fellowship-trained Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon and Assistant Program Director of the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program at Naval Medical Center San Diego. She received the 2019 Emerging Leader in Orthopaedics Award from the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons, and her narcotic reduction process improvement project/research received the 2019 Louise House Award at the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons (SOMOS) Annual Meeting. Her research interests include shoulder instability and arthritis in the military and sports populations.

    Education & Training

  • MD, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
  • Resident, Naval Medical Center San Diego, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery