Dr. Smith is a shoulder and elbow fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon in mid-Missouri. He grew up in Omaha, Neb., but chose the University of Missouri for residency and his career because of close ties to the area. His mother grew up in Boonville, and he still has family living there.

After his orthopaedic residency, he completed a 1-year shoulder and elbow fellowship at the prestigious Rothman Institute at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia.