Dr. Jeremy Stanek, MD

Honorary Founding Advisor - Injury-Free Arts Academy Foundation

Dr. Jeremy Stanek, MD is a physician and clinician-educator at Stanford Medicine specializing in Sports Medicine, Performing Arts Medicine, and neuromuscular injury prevention. His work focuses on helping elite performers — including professional musicians, dancers, and high-level athletes — achieve long-term, pain-free, high-precision performance through evidence-based medical and biomechanical strategies.

Before entering medicine, Dr. Stanek was trained as a professional classical trumpet performer, giving him a rare dual perspective as both a performing artist and a physician. This background allows him to understand, from lived experience, the physical, neurological, and psychological demands placed on artists, as well as the risks created by traditional training models that rely on repetition, force, and endurance rather than efficient neuromuscular control.

At Stanford Medicine, Dr. Stanek’s clinical and academic work centers on:

    •    Neuromuscular control and motor re-education

    •    Biomechanical efficiency and injury prevention

    •    Musculoskeletal and overuse injury management

    •    Performance-focused rehabilitation for artists and athletes

He is actively involved in advancing the field of Performing Arts Medicine, a discipline that applies sports-medicine and neuroscience principles to the unique demands of musicians, dancers, and other performing artists. Through his clinical practice, teaching, and professional engagement, he contributes to the global effort to move artistic training and performance toward more sustainable, science-based, and injury-aware models.

As an Honorary Founding Advisor to the Injury-Free Arts Academy Foundation, Dr. Stanek brings a Stanford-level medical and scientific perspective to the Foundation’s mission of advancing injury-free, high-performance training for artists worldwide. His expertise supports the integration of medical science, neuromuscular understanding, and preventive design into the future of artistic education and performance.