Francis H. Shen M.D.
Orthopedist | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
Lee St Charlottesville VA, 22908About
The goal of Dr. Shen's practice to provide care for patients with spinal pathology through a combination of both operative and nonoperative means. When surgery is required Dr. Shen combines both tradi ...
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The fate of stable femoral components retained during isolated acetabular revision: a six-to-twelve-year follow-up study.
- Clearance of theophylline by hemodialysis in one patient with chronic renal failure.
- The use of bilobed porous-coated acetabular components without structural bone graft for type III acetabular defects in revision total hip arthroplasty: a prospective study with a minimum 2-year follow-up.
- Abnormal pre-drainage serum creatinine as a prognostic indicator in acute cholangitis.
- Traumatic scoliosis.
- Cervical spine fracture in the ankylosing spondylitis patient.
- Multiple and simultaneous spine fractures in ankylosing spondylitis: case report.
- Traumatic fracture-dislocation of C5 on C6 through a previously solid multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a case report and review of the literature.
- Symptomatic cervical disc herniation in a pediatric Klippel-Feil patient: the risk of neural injury associated with extensive congenitally fused vertebrae and a hypermobile segment.
- A novel "four-rod technique" for lumbo-pelvic reconstruction: theory and technical considerations.
- What's your call? Postoperative iliac-crest avulsion fracture.
- Expandable cage placement via a posterolateral approach in lumbar spine reconstructions. Technical note.
- Classification of congenitally fused cervical patterns in Klippel-Feil patients: epidemiology and role in the development of cervical spine-related symptoms.
- Surgical management of lower cervical spine fracture in ankylosing spondylitis.
- Growth and differentiation factor-5 (GDF-5) stimulates osteogenic differentiation and increases vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in fat-derived stromal cells in vitro.
Awards
- 2009 Scoliosis Research Society Traveling Fellowship
- Spine 2008 Young Investigator Award
- 2007 Academy of Distinguished Educators
- 2006-2007 Outstanding Basic Science Winner, Spine Journal
- 2005 US Bone Joint, Decade Young Participant
- 2004 North American Spine Society Traveling
- 2003 Cervical Spine Research Society Basic Science Award-3
- 2002 Charles W. Miller Orthopaedic Teaching Award
- 2001 Leonard Marmor Surgical Arthritis Foundation Award
Fellowships
- Pediatric Spine, Shriners Hospital for Children, Chicago Pediatric
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