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Francis H. Shen

Francis H. Shen MD

Spine surgery, Orthopedic Surgery
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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Dr. Francis H. Shen is the Warren G. Stamp Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Professor of Pediatrics, head of the Orthopaedic division of Spine, and Co-Director of the Spine Center at UVA. He completed an undergraduate biomedical engineering degree from the University of Michigan, received his M.D. and completed Orthopaedic Surgery residency at UVA. This was followed by a Spine Surgery Fellowship at Rush University and Pediatric Spinal Deformity training at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago. He also completed an Orthopaedic Research Fellowship at UVA, and was selected as a Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Traveling Fellow and North American Spine Society (NASS) Traveling Fellow.

Dr. Shen’s clinical practice includes the management of degenerative conditions, spinal deformity, trauma, tumors, and infections of the spine. He utilizes traditional open surgical techniques, but also specializes in cutting-edge minimally invasive surgery, image guided spine surgery, and microsurgery. He performed the first robotic-assisted spine surgery, and the first robotic-assisted computer image-guided surgery at UVA. Dr. Shen has been recognized as a Top Doctor by US News and World Report, Castle Connolly Top Physicians, and profiled by Becker’s Spine Review. He has developed several novel surgical techniques, which have been published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature and textbooks.

Dr. Shen’s basic science research is focused on improving the future of patient care by applying tissue engineering principles to solve clinically relevant problems. Nationally, he is the Director of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon’s Board Review Course, he serves as a Board Examiner for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and is an editorial board member for The Spine Journal, SPINE, European Spine Journal, and SpineLine.

Internationally, Dr. Shen has served as a Board Member of the AOSpine Foundation, was a program member of the International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, and is a member of the Cervical Spine Society Executive Board. He has been the recipient of numerous clinical and basic science awards including multiple awards for Outstanding Basic Science Papers, and Outstanding Clinical Papers in The Spine Journal. He has received over 20 Young Investigator Awards, Career Development Grants, and Foundation Awards for his basic science and clinical research.
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