Francis Shen

Francis Shen, MD

Warren G. Stamp Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Division Head, Spine Division

Co-Director, Spine Center

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

University of Virginia School of Medicine

Charlottesville, Virginia 22908

弗蘭西斯 沈，醫(yī)學(xué)博士

Warren G. Stamp骨科教授

脊柱外科主任

脊柱中心聯(lián)合主任

骨科

弗吉尼亞大學(xué)醫(yī)學(xué)院

夏洛茨維爾，弗吉尼亞 22908

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 traditional open surgical techniques with cutting-edge minimal invasive techniques individualized to the patient’s specific spine pathology. Furthermore, Dr. Shen’s laboratory is improving the future of patient care by applying tissue engineering principles to solve clinically relevant problems. He is dedicated to advancing the future of spine surgery by training not only post-doctorate research fellows, but also to training the next generation of clinical spine surgeons as well. His special expertise includes: Surgery of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral spine including anterior and posterior approaches. Management of degenerative conditions, spinal deformity, trauma, tumors, and infections of the spine. In addition to traditional open surgery, Dr. Shen also specializes in minimally invasive surgery, image guided spine surgery, and microsurgery. Dr. Shen has served as Course Director/Chair as well as faculty member for several national and international instruction courses including AAOS and AO Spine instruction courses. Dr. Shen also served as program chair, faculty member at many state and national/international meetings. He is an editor /board member for several prestigious national and international journals. He also served as reviewer for many institutions and societies such as AO, MTF, OREF, to mention a few. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He is "the Best Doctors in America".

沈教授的實(shí)踐的目的是通過(guò)手術(shù)和非手術(shù)結(jié)合方法為脊柱病變患者提供治療。當(dāng)需要手術(shù)時(shí)，沈教授結(jié)合傳統(tǒng)的開(kāi)放手術(shù)技術(shù)和尖端的微創(chuàng)技術(shù)，針對(duì)患者的具體脊柱病變進(jìn)行個(gè)性化治療。此外，沈教授的實(shí)驗(yàn)室正在通過(guò)應(yīng)用組織工程學(xué)原理解決臨床相關(guān)問(wèn)題來(lái)改善患者治療的未來(lái)。沈教授致力于通過(guò)不僅培訓(xùn)博士后研究員，而且培訓(xùn)下一代臨床脊柱外科醫(yī)生來(lái)推進(jìn)脊柱外科的未來(lái)。專長(zhǎng)包括：頸椎、胸椎和腰骶椎的手術(shù)，包括前路和后路。退行性疾病、脊柱畸形、外傷、腫瘤和脊柱感染的治療。除了傳統(tǒng)的開(kāi)放手術(shù)，沈教授還專門從事微創(chuàng)手術(shù)、圖像引導(dǎo)脊柱手術(shù)和顯微外科。沈教授曾擔(dān)任過(guò)幾個(gè)國(guó)家的課程主任/主席以及教員，包括AAOS和AO脊柱教學(xué)課程在內(nèi)的國(guó)際教學(xué)課程。沈教授還擔(dān)任許多國(guó)家和國(guó)家/國(guó)際會(huì)議的項(xiàng)目主席、講師。沈教授是幾個(gè)著名的國(guó)家和國(guó)際期刊的編輯/理事。還擔(dān)任過(guò)許多機(jī)構(gòu)和協(xié)會(huì)的評(píng)委，如AO、MTF、OREF等。發(fā)表了超過(guò)150篇同行評(píng)議的文章和書(shū)籍章節(jié)。被評(píng)為“美國(guó)最好的醫(yī)生”。