ShellyDTimmonsMDPhD, FACS, FAANS

Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Neurotrauma, Peripheral Nerve, Neurocritical Care

Neurosurgery Department Chair Sanford J. Larson, MD, PhD Chair in Neurosurgery Medical College of Wisconsin

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Office
Department of Neurosurgery
8701 Watertown Plank Rd
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone+1 414-955-0950

Dr. Shelly Timmons is a neurosurgeon in Milwaukee, WI, and is Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Medical College of Wisconsin. She received her medical degree from University of Illinois College of Medicine and trained at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, where she also obtained her PhD. She is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons and has been in practice 27 years. She specializes in neurotrauma, peripheral nerve, and neurocritical care and is experienced in several other areas, including spinal surgery, Chiari malformation surgery, spinal cord tumors, and brain tumors.

University of Tennessee Graduate Health SciencesPhD, Anatomy & Neurobiology, 1996 - 2002
University of TennesseeResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1991 - 1997
University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 1991
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignBA, Rhetoric, 1983 - 1988
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignBS, Honors Biology, 1983 - 1987

Inspirational Physician Award American Medical Association, 2014
Fellow American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2010
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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PubMed

Journal Articles

Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria
Ariane Lewis, Panayiotis Varelas, Fernando D Goldenberg, James L Bernat, Marie Baldisseri, Thomas A Nakagawa, Cherylee Chang, Shelly D Timmons, JAMA
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline on the Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children
Gerard A Gioia, Stacy J Suskauer, Barbara Holshouser, John Ragheb, Barbara Weissman, David W Wright, Mark Halstead, Andrew Gregory, James M Callahan, Gary Gronseth, Wa..., JAMA

2024 Investiture Ceremony Celebrates Donors and Faculty InnovationsNovember 4th, 2024
The Rising Force of Female NeurosurgeonsSeptember 8th, 2021
State-by-State Breakdown of Spine, Neurosurgeon Moves in 2019December 15th, 2019
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