David M Kahler, MD

Office Location:
Fontaine Center
McCue Center
Sports Medicine Clinic

Office Phone:
434.243.0236

Office Fax:
434.243.0242

Mailing Address:
Box 800159 HSC
Dept Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 
22908-0159

David M. Kahler, MD

Following Medical School and Residency at Tulane in New Orleans, Dr. Kahler came to the University of Virginia as a fellow in Hand Surgery and Sports Medicine.  He was granted a faculty appointment and has spent his entire academic career at UVA.  In the 1990's Dr. Kahler became one of the pioneers in the new field of computer-assisted surgery, performing the first computer guided pelvic fracture surgeries in the world.  He now primarily treats patients with shoulder problems, while also caring for all patients with pelvic and acetabular fractures at the University.  He also enjoys treating patients with challenging fracture problems, such as periarticular fractures, nonunions.

  

Beyond Orthopaedics

"I am married to Vicky Norwood, head of Pediatric Nephrology
at UVA, and we finally slowed down long enough to have our
first and only child in 2003.  She is a great kid and has adjusted well to the fact that most people assume we are her Grandparents!  Aside from my passion for orthopaedic innovation at the national and international level, I enjoy working on our "play farm" in Earlysville, VA, where we grow vegetables, raise chickens and fight back the vegetation and deer each year.  I try to clear enough brush for a good paintball match with the Residents during visiting professor week."

 

Appointments:

Associate Professor 

Specialty:

Orthopaedic Surgery

Subspecialty:

Trauma

Special Expertise:

Shoulder problems (Arthritis, Instability, Fractures, Rotator Cuff)

Pelvic and acetabular fracture surgery, including minimally-invasive computer-guided approaches.

Awards:

Dean's teaching award for undergraduate medical education

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Winzelburg award for advances in image-guided surgery

Past-president, Virginia Orthopaedic Society

Past-president and Founder, International Society for Computer-Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery

Education:

1981 Dartmouth College

1985 Tulane Univ School of Medicine

Residency:

Tulane Affiliated Hospitals (1990 Chief Resident)
1990 Charity Hospital

Fellowship:

1991 University of Virginia (Hand and Sports)

Certification:

Orthopaedic Surgery through 2013

State License:

Virginia and Louisiana

Research Description:

Centers around development of new techniques and workflows in image guided surgery and validation of existing techniques.  Current work emphasizes expansion of existing techniques for pelvic fractures toward use in routine long-bone fracture care.

Clinical Trials:

Multi-center trial, AO-CID: Navigated iliosacral screw placement compared to standard technique (prospective, randomized) - ongoing.

 

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