Thomas Michael Schaller MD

Orthopedic Trauma

Residency Director and Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Summary

Dr. Thomas Schaller is an orthopedic surgeon in Greenville, SC and is affiliated with GHS Greenville Memorial Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Illinois College of Medicine and has been in practice 19 years. He specializes in orthopedic trauma and is experienced in hand and wrist traumatology, shoulder and elbow traumatology, foot and ankle traumatology, hip and knee traumatology, and orthopaedic traumatology.

Carolinas Medical CenterFellowship, Orthopaedic Trauma, 2003 - 2004
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of MedicineResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1998 - 2003
University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 1998
University of Miami, FloridaBS, Biology, 1989 - 1993

Frank H. Stelling, III, MD Teaching Excellence Award Greenville Hospital System, 2015
Howard Rosen Best Table Instructor Award AO North America, 2014
Excellence in Resident Education Award Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, 2006

PubMed

Managing work flow in high enrolling trials: The development and implementation of a sampling strategy in the PREPARE trial.
David Pogorzelski, Uyen Nguyen, Paula McKay, Lehana Thabane, Megan Camara
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 2021-01-23
Treatment Algorithm for Surgical Site Infections Following Extensor Mechanism Repair.
Eric Taleghani, Stephen R. Thompson, Seth R. Yarboro, Thomas M. Schaller, Mark D. Miller
JBJS Reviews. 2020-12-18
3 citations
The FAITH and HEALTH Trials: Are We Studying Different Hip Fracture Patient Populations?
Michael Blankstein, E.H. Schemitsch, Sofia Bzovsky, Daniel Axelrod, Rudolf W. Poolman
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2020-11-01

Journal Articles

Does TractionDecrease the Need for Open Reduction in Femoral Shaft Fractures Treated Within 24 Hours
Michael R. Koerner, MD; Lindsay E. Young, MD; Ashley Daniel, MD; Stephanie L. Tanner, MS; Brett Crist, MD; Thomas M. Schaller, MD; Kyle J. Jeray, MD; Michael S. Sridha..., Excellence in Resident Education Award, 1/1/2018
Implant Removal After Internal Fixation of a Femoral Neck Fracture: Effects on Physical Functioning
Zielinski SM, Heetveld MJ, Bhandari M, Patka P, Van Lieshout EM; FAITH Trial Investigators., J Orthop Trauma., 1/1/2015
Functional outcome after successful internal fixation versus salvage arthroplasty of patients with a femoral neck fracture
Zielinski SM, Keijsers NL, Praet SF, Heetveld MJ, Bhandari M, Wilssens JP, Patka P, Van Lieshout EM; FAITH Trial Investigators., J Orthop Trauma., 1/1/2014

Books/Book Chapters

Footworks II: A patients Guide to the Foot and Ankle.
Schaller, TM., Myerson, M., Trevino, S. Trauma2001

Lectures

Flexible Distal Femur Constructs Lead to Decreased Nonunion Rate.
Indianapolis, IN - 1/1/2017
Results of Operative Intervention of Supracondylar Femur Fractures
Phoenix, AZ - 1/1/2016
Two Generations of Intramedullary Nails for Diaphyseal Lower Extremity Fractures.
1/1/2015

Other

Morton's Neuroma
Schaller, TM. and Jackson, LT.
http://www.emedicine.com
General Trauma, Upper Extremity Trauma and Pelvic trauma
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery/Miller Review Course, Virtual Recertification Review Course
1/1/2016
Open Fractures.
Schaller, TM.
www.emedicine.com