Trevor Lentz PhD

Trevor Lentz

Core Faculty

Trevor Lentz, PhD

Degree

PhD, University of Florida

Trevor A. Lentz, PT, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and a member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Dr. Lentz is a physical therapist and health services researcher with an interest in individual and health care system-level factors that influence patient-reported outcomes, opioid use, health care utilization, and costs following orthopedic injury and surgery.

His work focuses on improving care for people with musculoskeletal pain by 1) developing tools to evaluate psychological distress and behavioral needs in clinical practice, 2) re-designing care models to account for multi-morbidity, and 3) identifying and addressing health system barriers to high-value care.

Jochimsen KN, Johnson G, Cope T, Beneciuk JM, Dover G, Pietrosimone LS, et al. From research to practice: barriers to implementation of psychologically informed practice in the sports setting. Br J Sports Med. 2026 May 5;60(10):687–8.

George SZ, France C, Coffman CJ, Allen KD, Lentz TA, North R, et al. Baseline characteristics of Veterans from improving Veteran access to integrated management of back pain (AIM-Back) - an embedded pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial in the United States. Pain Manag. 2026 Apr 7;1–9.

George SZ, Coffman CJ, North R, Lentz TA, France C, Choate A, et al. Sequenced Care Pathway vs Pain Navigator Pathway for Veterans With Low Back Pain: The AIM-Back Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Apr 1;9(4):e264421.