Dr. Thomas C Schuler MD
Orthopedist | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
11800 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite 800 Reston VA, 20191Rating
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About
Dr. Thomas Schuler is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Reston, VA. Dr. Schuler specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Schuler tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
In Univ Sch of Med, Indianapolis In 1986
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A novel spinal implant infection model in rabbits.
- Surgical irrigation with pooled human immunoglobulin G to reduce post-operative spinal implant infection.
- Understanding the minimum clinically important difference: a review of concepts and methods.
- Minimum clinically important difference in lumbar spine surgery patients: a choice of methods using the Oswestry Disability Index, Medical Outcomes Study questionnaire Short Form 36, and pain scales.
- An unusual occurrence of chondromyxoid fibroma with secondary aneurysmal bone cyst in the cervical spine.
- Assessment of spine surgery outcomes: inconsistency of change amongst outcome measurements.
- Simvastatin protects bladder and renal functions following spinal cord injury in rats.
- Anterior lumbar interbody implants: importance of the interdevice distance.
- Adult spine deformity.
- Epidural abscess and cauda equina syndrome after percutaneous intradiscal therapy in degenerative lumbar disc disease.
- Simvastatin ameliorates cauda equina compression injury in a rat model of lumbar spinal stenosis.
- S-Nitrosoglutathione administration ameliorates cauda equina compression injury in rats.
- Oviposition dynamics of two released species of Toxorhynchites (Diptera: Culicidae) and potential prey species.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Chief Executive Officer Virginia Spine Institute 1992 - 2018
- Founder Virginia Spine Institute 1992 - 2018
Awards
- Washington, DC-Baltimore-Northern Virginia Super Doctors 2011
Professional Memberships
- North American Spine Society
- American Association of Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowships
- Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic
Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors
- We've Got Your Back Race -Reston, VA
- Spinal Research Foundation -Reston, VA
Areas of research
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