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395 Wallace RdBldg B Suite 200Nashville, TN 37211
Phone+1 615-329-0333
Fax+1 615-321-0509
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Summary
- Dr. Melvin Law Jr. is an orthopaedic surgeon based in Nashville, TN, with a subspecialty in orthopedic spine surgery. He obtained his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga. He furthered his training with fellowships at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School and the University of Washington, with a focus on orthopaedic surgery of the spine and orthopaedic and spine trauma. Dr. Law has been working at TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center and Ascension Saint Thomas Medical Center.
Education & Training
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 1992 - 1993
- University of Tennessee College of Medicine at ChattanoogaResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1986 - 1992
- University of WashingtonAO/ASIF Fellowship, Orthopaedic and Spine Trauma, 1990 - 1990
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineClass of 1986
Certifications & Licensure
- ND State Medical License 2024 - 2027
- TX State Medical License 2024 - 2027
- AZ State Medical License 2024 - 2026
- MN State Medical License 2024 - 2026
- TN State Medical License 1987 - 2026
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Tissuelink Surgeon of the year 2007. Tissuelink Medical, Inc. Suite 400, One Washington Center. Dover, NH 03820. www.tissuelink.com Tissuelink, 2007
- Elected to “Guide to America’s Top Surgeons” For Top 100 Spine Surgeons in America. Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 300-A, Washington, DC 20006, 2006-2007
- Best Presentation Award for paper: Law MD, and Hahn KE: Treatment of Symptomatic Transitional Lumbosacral Spine (Bertolotti) Syndrome with Resection of the Painful False Joint at the L5 Transverse ARGOS North America, 2004
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 29 citationsEvaluation and management of cervical spondylotic myelopathy.Melvin D. Law, Mark Bernhardt, Augustus A. White
Instructional Course Lectures. 1994-09-01 - 17 citationsLate infection in healed fractures after open reduction and internal fixation.M. D. Law, R. E. Stein
Orthopaedic Review. 1993-05-01 - 35 citationsCervical spondylotic myelopathy: a review of surgical indications and decision making.Law, Bernhardt M, White Aa rd
The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 1993-05-01
Professional Memberships
- Member
- North American Spine SocietyMember
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