Dr. Timothy R. Shaver, MD, FACS
Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology
1860 Town Center Dr Suite 440 Reston VA, 20190About
Dr. Timothy Shaver is a hepatopancreatobiliary surgeon and surgical oncologist practicing in Reston, VA. Dr. Shaver specializes in diagnosing, staging and treating cancer-related symptoms. Surgical oncologists also decide if the patient is a candidate for surgery or other cancer treatments based on certain factors such as age, physical fitness and other possible coexisting medical conditions. As weel as non-cancerous diseases of the liver, bile ducts, gallbladder, pancreas and gastrointestinal tract.
Education and Training
Univ of Tn, Memphis, Coll of Med, Memphis Tn 1982
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Transplantation in the military: state of the art--a progress report from the Army-Navy Transplant Program.
- Nonosseous sarcomas in a military hospital.
- Cold ischemia and outcome in 17,937 cadaveric kidney transplants.
- Simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation using a horseshoe kidney.
- Electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a liver transplant patient.
- Internal marsupialization after laparoscopy for lymphoceles after renal transplantation.
- The optimal treatment of lymphoceles following renal transplantation.
- Analysis of organ donors in the peripartum period.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Treatments
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Gallstones
- Pain
- Hernia
- Gas
- Inguinal Hernia
- Lightpod Neo
Professional Memberships
- Board of Governors, American College of Surgeons
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Internships
- Tripler Army Medical center, Honolulu, Hawaii - Surgery
Fellowships
- University of Pittsburgh - Transplantation Fellowship
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