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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
AZ State Medical License 2024 - 2028
TN State Medical License 1987 - 2028
MN State Medical License 2024 - 2027
ND State Medical License 2024 - 2027
TX State Medical License 2024 - 2027
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification PrimeSuite, Greenway Health, LLC, 2012, 2014
- 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
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 - 37 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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