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Arya Shamie, MD

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Arya Nick Shamie, MD
Preferred Name
Nick Shamie
Specialty
Orthopaedic Surgery
Gender Language Spoken
Male English, Farsi
Hospital Affiliation
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital
State License Number
A54606
Contact
(310) 440-2999
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MEDICAL BOARD CERTIFICATION
Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, 2003
EDUCATION
Fellowship
Spinal Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 2000 - 2001
Bone Research, UCLA School of Medicine, 1995 - 1996
Residency
Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Mary's Medical Center, 1996 - 2000
Internship
General Surgery, LAC + USC Medical Center, 1994 - 1995
Medical Degree
MD, Northwestern University Medical School, 1994
CLINICAL INTEREST
Bone Protein Implant, Cervical Spine, Clinical Trials, Laminectomy, Metabolic Bone Disease, Microsurgery, Multi Trauma, Myelopathy, Neuro Endoscopy, Nonunion Trauma, Oncology, Osteoporosis, Pars Defect of Lumbar Spine, Pediatric Spine, Radiculopathy, Re-operation Surgery, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sciatica, Scoliosis / Kyphosis, Spinal Tumor, Spine, Spine / Back Surgery, Spine Minimally Invasive, Spine Surgery Instrumentation, Spondylolisthesis/Spondylolysis, Stenosis, Thoracic Spine and Disks, Trauma, Unstable Spine
AFFILIATION
Department Affiliation
Physician, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma, The UCLA Spine Center
IN THE NEWS

LIVING WITH BACK AND LEG PAIN
Dr. Shamie talks about new breakthrough procedures for this sometimes debilitating pain.Dr. Nick Shamie on Fox Television (MyFOX Los Angeles)
Dr. Shamie talks about new breakthrough procedures for this sometimes debilitating pain.
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NICK SHAMIE WEB INTERVIEW - X-STOP® 
Dr. Shamie talks about the X-STOP® procedure and discusses the causes and treatments for back pain on Fox TV.Dr. Shamie talks about the X-STOP® procedure and discusses the causes and treatments for back pain on Fox TV.

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X-STOP® ALLOWS MACHINIST TO FULFILL HIS RETIREMENT DREAM
watch streaming video One morning back in December 2004 when 58-year-old Mark Casale tried to get out of bed, he fell to the floor. For an entire year afterward, the man who once routinely hiked 6-7 miles a day in the hills above his Southern California home could not walk a step. View pdf and read more >>


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MORE INFORMATION
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A. Nick Shamie, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, Co-Director, UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center. 

Dr. Nick Shamie is a Board Certified Spine Surgeon who has served on the UCLA School of Medicine faculty since he joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2000. He became an Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery when he joined the faculty and has served as the Director of UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center.

Dr. Shamie earned his B.S. in Biological Sciences at UC Irvine and M.D. at the Northwestern University.

Dr. Shamie is actively involved in graduate and medical education. He is a recipient of the UCI School of Medicine Award for Excellence in Research. Dr. Shamie is actively involved in both Basic Science and Clinical research in the field of Spine Surgery.

Mailing Address
Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
1250 16th Street, 7th Tower, #745
Santa Monica, CA  90404

Links
http://spinecenter.ucla.edu
Publications
Link to my PubMed publications
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