About
P. Jeffrey Smith, DO is Group Medical Director for Humanaut PLLC, the physician-of-record role that sits across Humanaut's Austin, Palm Beach Gardens, and Dallas clinical footprint. His own clinical background is in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, pain medicine, interventional spine, and regenerative medicine. He earned his DO from Western University of Health Sciences, completed PM&R residency at the University of Minnesota, finished an interventional spine and pain fellowship at LAGS Spine and Sports Care, and has practiced at Desert Orthopedic Center in Rancho Mirage since 2010.
What to Know
Signature approach
Smith's medical lens is procedural: spine and joint injections, pain management, regenerative cell therapy, PRP, hormone replacement, and peptide therapy. At Humanaut, the role is less about being the clinician a member usually books with and more about physician supervision, protocol governance, and the licensed medical-director structure that lets APRN-led membership care operate across locations.
What sets them apart
- Procedural medicine depth. PM&R training plus interventional spine and pain fellowship gives Humanaut a stronger musculoskeletal and regenerative supervision base.
- Longevity-adjacent practice history. His Vitara Wellness and Prospera Regen work overlaps with hormones, regenerative care, performance, and pain.
- Network medical-director role. He is the medical authority named across Humanaut clinical locations, not a one-location staff listing.
- Long-running orthopedic practice. Desert Orthopedic Center gives him a conventional procedural-medicine base beyond the longevity category.
Before You Book
- Do not assume he is your treating clinician. At Humanaut, Smith is the group medical director of record; day-to-day visits usually run through the location's APRN and physician team.
- His own practice is in California. Patients seeking him directly route through Desert Orthopedic Center, Vitara Wellness, or related California practices.
- Ask who supervises your visit. This is especially useful at Palm Beach Gardens, where the public page does not name a full local clinical roster.
Expertise
Focus areas
Patient types
Protocols & technologies
Credentials
Education
DO, Osteopathic Medicine
Western University of Health Sciences — College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (2005)
BS, Biology
University of Michigan-Flint (2001)
Board certifications
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR)
ABMS-recognized board certifying physiatrists — physicians who treat the body's musculoskeletal, nerve, and movement systems. Smith was certified in July 2010.
Residency
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (2006–2009)
Fellowship
Interventional Spine, Musculoskeletal and Pain Medicine
LAGS Spine and Sports Care, Santa Maria, CA (2009–2010)
Years in practice
16
NPI
1386879625
Affiliations
Medical Director
Thought Leadership
Media Appearances
- Injections for Pain Management — Phillip Jeffrey Smith, DO · YouTube (patient-education video)
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