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Mark Shaffrey MD
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Mark E. Shaffrey, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Neuro-Oncology division director
Clinical Trials division director
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| M.D. Degree: |
University of Virginia, 1987
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| Residency: |
Neurosurgery, University of Virginia
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| Fellowship: |
Neuropathology and Microvascular, University of Virginia
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| Certification: |
Neurosurgery, 2000
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| Clinical Interests: |
Brain Tumors, Spine
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| Annual # of Surgeries: |
350, with 100 involving disc displacement and disease, 75 cervical
and lumbar stenosis, 75 brain tumors
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| Research: |
Novel brain tumor treatments, brain tumor outcome research,
clinical trials
Recent Publications from US National
Library of Medicine and PubMed
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| Clinical Team: |
Lisa Foster, PA-C, Gavin MacCleery, PA, Cathy Oliverio,
RN |
| Phone: |
(434) 924-1843, (800) 362-2203 |
| Fax: |
(434) 982-0264 |
| Email: |
Administrative Assistant Denise Turner-Jones at ddt6c@virginia.edu |
Bio: Mark Edwin Shaffrey was born in
Upper Darby Pennsylvania. He graduated magna cum laude from
Virginia Tech in 1983 with B.S. degrees in Biochemistry and Biology. In
1987, Dr. Shaffrey received his medical degree from the University of
Virginia, following election to Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed his
general surgical internship at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in 1988
and his neurosurgical training under Dr. John Jane at the University of
Virginia in 1994. During residency, he completed an NIH postdoctoral
fellowship in microvascular physiology in the laboratory of Dr. Claude
Desjardins and a clinical neuropathology fellowship with Dr. Scott
VandenBerg. He trained with Dr. Vinko Dolenc as a skull base
surgery fellow in Ljubljana, Slovenia and served as a neurosurgical
registrar in Plymouth, England.
Following his postgraduate training, Dr. Shaffrey completed a
scholarship obligation to the United States Air Force where he served
as the Chief of Neurosurgery at Keesler USAF Medical Center in 1997. He
was decorated with the Meritorious Service Medal. In 1997, he returned
to the University of Virginia as Associate Professor, Vice-Chairman and
Co-Program Director of the Department of Neurosurgery and founded the
Neuro-Oncology Center. In 2003, he was promoted to Professor of
Neurosurgery. In 2006, he was appointed Chairman of the Department of
Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Shaffrey has an active research interest in neuro-oncology,
particularly in the molecular mechanisms of cellular invasion and
migration. He has approximately 100 publications. He has been a funded
principal investigator in over 40 grants and clinical trials. He serves
on the Editorial Board and Topic Editor for the Self-Assessment in
Neurological Surgery (SANS). He is an active reviewer for the Journal
of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Surgical Neurology, and Cancer.
During his career in medicine, Dr. Shaffrey has won numerous awards
for laboratory investigation and clinical medicine. In 1999, he was
awarded a Traveling Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons. He has
been named to Best Doctors and Best Doctors in America (Cancer). He has
an active role in organized neurosurgery. For the Congress of
Neurological Surgeons, he has served as an appointee to the CSNS, on
the Scientific Program Committee, and the Practical Courses Chair. He
currently chairs the Member Benefit Development Committee for the
American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
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