University of Virginia
Comprehensive Orthopaedic Spine Program

Shen  

  Arlet 

Mark F Abel, MD 


Whitehill 

Francis Shen, MD
Associate Professor of
Orthopaedic Surgery
Division Head, Spine Surgery
Fellowship Program Director
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Vincent Arlet, MD

Warren G. Stamp Professor
of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Mark F. Abel, MD
Lillian T. Pratt Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor of Pediatrics

Chairman, Dept. of
Orthopaedic Surgery
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Richard Whitehill, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Appointments
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  Ian Marks, PA-C
  Physician Assistant   

 James Yates, RN

 Susan Fitzgerald
 Administrative Assistant

 John Hicks, MD
 Spine Fellow
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Marks

The UVA Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery provides a unique comprehensive spine program focused on patient care research and education ranging from pediatric age to the elderly. At UVA you will be assessed by our spine specialist who will evaluate your condition and will discuss all possible options; always starting with conservative treatment as the first line of treatment.

If surgery is contemplated, our spine specialists will offer you the surgical treatment that they think is the most appropriate for your condition. This may be a minimal invasive day surgery procedure, or in some cases a complex spinal reconstruction.

Our Spine specialists have an extensive training and experience that range from cervical and lumbar disc replacement, minimal invasive procedure such as microendoenscopic decompression or fusion, kyphoplasties, or complex spine surgery for pediatric and or adult deformities.

In partnership with our colleagues from Neurosurgery we perform more than 1500 spine procedures every year.

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