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

弗兰西斯 沈，医学博士

Warren G. Stamp骨科教授

脊柱外科主任

脊柱中心联合主任

骨科

弗吉尼亚大学医学院

夏洛茨维尔，弗吉尼亚 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".

沈教授的实践的目的是通过手术和非手术结合方法为脊柱病变患者提供治疗。当需要手术时，沈教授结合传统的开放手术技术和尖端的微创技术，针对患者的具体脊柱病变进行个性化治疗。此外，沈教授的实验室正在通过应用组织工程学原理解决临床相关问题来改善患者治疗的未来。沈教授致力于通过不仅培训博士后研究员，而且培训下一代临床脊柱外科医生来推进脊柱外科的未来。专长包括：颈椎、胸椎和腰骶椎的手术，包括前路和后路。退行性疾病、脊柱畸形、外伤、肿瘤和脊柱感染的治疗。除了传统的开放手术，沈教授还专门从事微创手术、图像引导脊柱手术和显微外科。沈教授曾担任过几个国家的课程主任/主席以及教员，包括AAOS和AO脊柱教学课程在内的国际教学课程。沈教授还担任许多国家和国家/国际会议的项目主席、讲师。沈教授是几个著名的国家和国际期刊的编辑/理事。还担任过许多机构和协会的评委，如AO、MTF、OREF等。发表了超过150篇同行评议的文章和书籍章节。被评为“美国最好的医生”。