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Stephen Shymon, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery, La Jolla, CA, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

StephenJosephShymonMD

Orthopaedic Surgery La Jolla, CA

Orthopedic Trauma

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Assistant Professor

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Education & Training

  • Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2014 - 2019
  • University of California San Diego School of Medicine
    University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 2014
  • Swarthmore College
    Swarthmore CollegeBA, Biology, 2005 - 2009
  • Swarthmore College
    Swarthmore CollegeB.A., Biology, 2005 - 2009

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2015 - 2025
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2019 - 2021
  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CTRI Fellowship Award Clinical Translational Research Institute, University of California, San Diego, 2012
  • The Edward Martin Scholarship Swarthmore College, 2008
  • The T.H. Dudley Perkins Scholarship and the Martin Fleisher and Mark Risk Scholarship Swarthmore College, 2007

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Current Illicit Drug Use Profile of Orthopaedic Trauma Patients and Its Effect on Hospital Length of Stay  
    Stephen Shymon, MD, Injury

Abstracts/Posters

  • Functional Outcomes Of Patella Fractures Treated With Plate Osteosynthesis: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
    Shymon SJ, Jansson H, Schneiderman BA, Hoshino CM, Zinar DM, Gold SM, Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, 1/1/2018
  • Biomechanical Comparison of Fixation Stability of a Lisfranc Plate to Transarticular Screws.
    Ho NC, Ebramzadeh E, Sangiorgio S, Agrawal V, Cassinelli S, Shymon SJ, Fleming J, Harris TG, American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting, 40th Dana M. Street Orthopaedic Society, Harbor-UCLA, 1/1/2017
  • Body Position and Backpack Loading: An Upright Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of the Adult Lumbar Spine.
    Shymon SJ, Hargens AR, Minkoff LA, and Chang DG, Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/1/2013

Lectures

  • Medial Epicondyle Fractures in Children and Adolescents: A Large Retrospective Review of 126 patients. 
    1/1/2019
  • Current Drug and Alcohol Use in Orthopedic Trauma Patients. 
    1/1/2018
  • Altered Disc Compression in Children with Idiopathic Low Back Pain: An Upright MRI Backpack Study. 
    San Diego, CA - 1/1/2013
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Authored Content

  • Current Illicit Drug Use Profile of Orthopaedic Trauma Patients and Its Effect on Hospital Length of StayFebruary 2020

Hospital Affiliations