Tom R. Norris, M.D. (Shoulder)
(Shoulder)A native Texan, Dr. Norris attended college at Princeton University, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons for medical school. He completed his internship at San Francisco General Hospital and did his residency at the New York Orthopaedic Hospital for residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. In addition, he completed a one-year fellowship in hand surgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and 6 months of microvascular surgery in California. His internship at San Francisco General inspired him to return to the bay area for practice. This was followed by an additional fellowship in the Shoulder and Elbow Surgery with Charles S. Neer II, MD, the pioneer of the specialty.
Certified through the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr. Norris is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS), the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), and a founding member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES). He is a past president of the ASES and is presently on the Board of Trustees for the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES).
In addition to his practice, Dr. Norris has served on the Committee for Musculoskeletal Specialities and the Publications Committee the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS). He edited the first and second editions of the Orthopaedic Knowledge Update for the Shoulder and Elbow.
He has had the privilege of being the presidential guest speaker for the European Shoulder and Elbow Society (SECEC), as well as the societies in Germany, South Africa, Japan and New Zealand.
Dr. Norris has published numerous books, articles, instructional courses and videos in peer-reviewed journals and has served as editor for several of them as well.
His area of practice and research focus is in shoulder arthroplasty, including U.S. contributions for the evolving design of the reverse total shoulder replacement. With the anatomic and reverse shoulder arthroplasty, many more options are now available for the treatment of primary arthritis, instability, trauma and the rotator cuff-deficient shoulder as well as their revisions.
Dr. Norris' personal interests include family and attempts at improving his tennis, hiking and flyfishing.
California Pacific Medical Center
- Joint Replacement Center -
Knee, Hip, Shoulder, Elbow Orthopedic Surgery
San Francisco | Marin | San Mateo | San Francisco Bay Area
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