Office Location:
Fontaine Orthopaedic Clinic
415 Ray C. Hunt Drive
Spine Center, 3rd Floor

Office Phone:
434.243.3633

Office Fax:
434.243.0242

Mailing Address:
PO Box 800159
Dept Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA  2290

Adam L. Shimer, MD

Dr. Shimer is excited to return to the University of Virginia where he received undergraduate and medical degrees. He completed orthopedic residency at the University of Pittsburgh and a spinal surgery fellowship at the Rothman Institute if Philadelphia. His clinical areas of interest include the treatment of complex and revision cervical spine conditions and adult spinal deformity. His basic science research has been in the area of genetic and cellular treatment of degenerative disc disease.

Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Specialty:

Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty:

Spinal Surgery

Special Expertise:

Complex Cervical Spine Surgery

Adult Spinal Deformity

Minimally Invasive Treatment of Spinal Conditions

Awards:

2009 AO Spine North America 7th Annual Fellows Forum, 1^st Place Basic Science Paper

2004 North American Spine Society / The Spine Journal Outstanding Paper Award

2005 The Pittsburgh Foundation Dr. Albert B. Ferguson, Jr. Orthopaedic Fund

2002 Gratton Alexander Litz III Award

Education:

1998 Undergraduate, University of Virginia, Engineering

1998 Medical School, University of Virginia

Residency:

2002 - 2008 Orthopaedic Residency,
University of Pittsburgh

2008 - 2009 The Rothman Institute and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Certification:

Orthopaedic Surgery

State License:

Virginia

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