Meet Dr. Geraci

Dr. Geraci received his Bachelor of Science Degrees in Business Commerce at Niagara University in 1975 and Physical Therapy from Daemen College in Amherst, NY, in 1979. His medical training began at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara in Mexico receiving his medical degree in 1983 and additional MD degree and residency at the SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences from 1984-1988. Currently he is the Owner and Medical Director of his own private practice. He was the Medical Director, Sports Medicine and Fellowship Program Director at Buffalo Spine & Sports Medicine, P.C., which he co-founded in 1991. Also, he is a Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at SUNY at Buffalo and Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine. Since June of 2017 he has served as the medical director of the Catholic Health Comprehensive Spine Program. Since 1988 he has educated medical and physical therapy students, chiropractors, residents, and fellows. 

Dr. Geraci, for over 10 years taught, in the CME Program at MSU, College of Osteopathic Medicine with Philip Greenman, DO and developed a course with him and Mark Bookhout MSPT on Exercise as an Adjunct to Manual Medicine. He has taught and done research, with Stuart McGill, PhD and co-authored with him. His extensive teaching on functional exercise culminated in August 2019 when he published his Movement Assessment Tests-7 (MAT-7) which he developed in 2004. This is a set of 7 functional movement tests that helps the clinician enter into the functional assessment of a patient. He developed exercises for patients with osteoarthritis with or without meniscal and or labral tears and presented his original work at a course in November, 2021 called “Exercise is Regenerative Medicine” in Buffalo and will again in Chicago on December2, 2023. Dr. Geraci has loved learning from the best and has had extensive training in Manual Medicine at MSU, in functional exercise from the Gray Institute as well as in the McKenzie and McGill Methods.

Dr. Geraci is board certified and a fellow of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with a subspecialty in Sports Medicine. Some of the most rewarding experiences has been training 24 fellows in spine care, sports medicine, manual medicine, exercise, fluoroscopically and ultrasound guided injections from 1992-2011. The author of over 20 articles and book chapters, he is currently involved in research and teaching in the field of functional exercise as well as the use of Platelet Rich Plasma and Micro-Fat in peripheral joints and lumbar spine. Dr. Geraci has given more than 130 invited presentations at national scientific meetings, chaired more than 50 courses, and given more than 200 lectures and workshops. Among the research and teaching awards he received are the Prince Visiting Professor Fellowship and Mike Hage Lectureship Award for Passion, Compassion & Willingness to Share, from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, Excellence in Clinical Practice Award, The Avalon Cole Lectureship Award, University of Virginia, and the PASSOR 2006 Distinguished Clinician Award. Receiving the Daemen College 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award for Advancement in Career is a special honor. He played two years of professional soccer after playing 4 years of Division I college soccer, and continues to serve as consulting team physician to a number of high schools, colleges and professional sports teams. He was team physician to a National Professional Soccer League team, the Buffalo Blizzard.

He currently resides in Snyder, NY with his wife of 45 years, Dorie, and they live within a mile of their 3 children and 5 grandchildren. When he is not working he loves spending time with family, especially skiing, on the slopes with them at Holiday Valley or with his Master’s Ski Program Group. He regularly gives community lectures and workshops on how to keep your spine and joints healthy as you age.

Dr. Geraci, for over 10 years taught, in the CME Program at MSU, College of Osteopathic Medicine with Philip Greenman, DO and developed a course with him and Mark Bookhout MSPT on Exercise as an Adjunct to Manual Medicine. He has taught and done research, with Stuart McGill, PhD and co-authored with him. His extensive teaching on functional exercise culminated in August 2019 when he published his Movement Assessment Tests-7 (MAT-7) which he developed in 2004. This is a set of 7 functional movement tests that helps the clinician enter into the functional assessment of a patient. He developed exercises for patients with osteoarthritis with or without meniscal and or labral tears and presented his original work at a course in November, 2021 called “Exercise is Regenerative Medicine” in Buffalo and will again in Chicago on December2, 2023. Dr. Geraci has loved learning from the best and has had extensive training in Manual Medicine at MSU, in functional exercise from the Gray Institute as well as in the McKenzie and McGill Methods.

Dr. Geraci is board certified and a fellow of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with a subspecialty in Sports Medicine. Some of the most rewarding experiences has been training 24 fellows in spine care, sports medicine, manual medicine, exercise, fluoroscopically and ultrasound guided injections from 1992-2011. The author of over 20 articles and book chapters, he is currently involved in research and teaching in the field of functional exercise as well as the use of Platelet Rich Plasma and Micro-Fat in peripheral joints and lumbar spine. Dr. Geraci has given more than 130 invited presentations at national scientific meetings, chaired more than 50 courses, and given more than 200 lectures and workshops. Among the research and teaching awards he received are the Prince Visiting Professor Fellowship and Mike Hage Lectureship Award for Passion, Compassion & Willingness to Share, from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, Excellence in Clinical Practice Award, The Avalon Cole Lectureship Award, University of Virginia, and the PASSOR 2006 Distinguished Clinician Award. Receiving the Daemen College 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award for Advancement in Career is a special honor. He played two years of professional soccer after playing 4 years of Division I college soccer, and continues to serve as consulting team physician to a number of high schools, colleges and professional sports teams. He was team physician to a National Professional Soccer League team, the Buffalo Blizzard.

He currently resides in Snyder, NY with his wife of 45 years, Dorie, and they live within a mile of their 3 children and 5 grandchildren. When he is not working he loves spending time with family, especially skiing, on the slopes with them at Holiday Valley or with his Master’s Ski Program Group. He regularly gives community lectures and workshops on how to keep your spine and joints healthy as you age.