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ACS Fellow Since 2005

Shelly Timmons, MD, FACS, FAANS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Am Medical Association
  • Amer Assn of Neuro Surg
  • Cong of Neuro Surg
  • Southern Neurosurg Soc
  • Am Assn for Surg of Traum
  • E. Assn, Surg of Trauma
  • Soc of Neuro Surg
  • Amer Acad o Neuro Surg

Additional Information

Gender

Female

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

Neurological Surgery

Medical College of Wisconsin

Department of Neurosurgery - Hub for Collaborative Medicine

Milwaukee, WI 53226

United States

Contact Information

Biography

Dr. Timmons is Chair and Professor of Neurosurgery and the Sanford J. Larson MD, PHD Endowed Chair at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Timmons is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and has additional certification as a Neurocritical Care specialist from the Society of Neurological Surgeons Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST).

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Brain and Nervous System Cancer/Tumors

  • Brain and Nervous System Cancer/Tumors
  • brain metastasis
  • brain tumor
  • neurofibromatosis
  • spinal tumors

Peripheral Nerves/Ligaments

  • carpal tunnel syndrome
  • nerve entrapment

Neuro Other

  • carpel tunnel syndrome
  • sports injuries

Pediatric Neurosurgery

  • concussion

Spine

  • central cord syndrome
  • cervical radiculopathy (pinched nerve)
  • cervical spine disorders
  • disc compression
  • herniated disc
  • laminectomy
  • lumbar disc disease
  • spinal cord injury
  • spinal deformity
  • spinal fractures
  • spinal stenosis surgery
  • spine fusion
  • vertebral compression fracture

Trauma Intracranial

  • brain injury
  • concussion
  • head trauma
  • post-concussion syndrome
  • sports injuries

Brain/Spine Injury

  • spinal cord injury

Vascular Blood Flow Disorders/Stroke

  • brain disorders
  • cerebral hemorrhage

Hospital Appointments

Regional Medical Center at Memphis

Memphis, TN, TN

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

06/1997—07/2010

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, PA

Attending

08/2010—05/2016

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, PA

Attending

07/2016—09/2019

Indiana University Health

Indianapolis, IN

Chairman

09/2019—Present

Academic Appointments

University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine

Memphis, TN

Associate Professor

Temple University School of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Clinical Associate Professor

Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Hershey, PA

Professor

07/2016—08/2019

Indiana University School of Medicine

Indianapolis, IN

Chairman

09/2019—Present