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Kevin G. Shea, MD

Kevin G. Shea, MD, is an orthopaedic surgeon at Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, CA, and the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, CA.

Dr. Shea grew up in Montana and California, graduated from the UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, and completed his orthopaedic residency at the University Of Utah School Of Medicine. His advanced training includes pediatric orthopaedics at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, AO Fellowship in Bern Switzerland with Drs. Reinhold Ganz (Hip), Diego Fernandez (Trauma), and Hans Staubli (Sports), and Ilizarov Training in Lecco, Italy. He was the AOSSM Traveling Sports Medicine Fellow in 2008, and he practiced in Boise, ID, prior to joining the Stanford Faculty.

Dr. Shea has a keen interest in research and has authored more than 140 scientific papers and book chapters. He is one of the founding members of PRISM (Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine) and the ROCK (Research in OsteoChondritis of the Knee) Multi-center Study Group. He is a member of AAOS (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons), POSNA (Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America) and the AOSSM (American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine).

Medical Services

Sports Medicine

Orthopedics

Education

  • Professional Education

    UCLA David Geffen School Of Medicine Registrar, Los Angeles, CA, 06/01/1991

  • Internship

    University of Utah General Surgery Residency, Salt Lake City, UT, 6/30/1992

  • Residency

    University of Utah - Dept of Orthopaedics, Salt Lake City, UT, 6/30/1997

  • Fellowship

    Rady Childrens Hospital Pediatric Orthopedic Fellowship, San Diego, CA, 7/30/1998

Professional History

Kevin G. Shea, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgeon at Stanford University Medical Center and the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Dr. Shea grew up in Montana and California, graduated from the UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, and completed his orthopaedic residency at the University of Utah School of Medicine. His advanced training includes pediatric orthopaedics at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, AO Fellowship in Bern Switzerland with Drs. Ganz (Hip), Dr. Diego Fernandez (Trauma), and Dr. Hans Staubli (sports), and Ilizarov Training in Lecco, Italy. He was the AOSSM Traveling Sports Medicine Fellow in 2008, and practiced in Boise, ID prior to joining the Stanford Faculty. Dr. Shea is a founding member of the PRiSM Society (Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine) and the ROCK (Research in OsteoChondritis of the Knee) Multi-center Study Group. He is a member of the AAOS (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons), POSNA (Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America) and the AOSSM (American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine). In addition, Dr. Shea has authored more than 140 scientific papers and book chapters.

Certifications

Orthoped Surg/Sports Med, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Publications

All Publications

Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligaments and Autograft Tendons Used for Reconstruction ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE Schmidt, E. C., Chin, M., Aoyama, J. T., Ganley, T. J., Shea, K. G., Hast, M. W. 2019; 7 (1)

View details for DOI 10.1177/2325967118821667

View details for Web of Science ID 000456646900001

Demographics and Epidemiology of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Elbow Among Children and Adolescents ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE Kessler, J. I., Jacobs, J. C., Cannamela, P. C., Weiss, J. M., Shea, K. G. 2018; 6 (12)

View details for DOI 10.1177/2325967118815846

View details for Web of Science ID 000453828500001

The Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) Adopts a Member Health and Wellness Charter. Journal of pediatric orthopedics Goldberg, M. J., Shea, K. G., Weiss, J. M., Carter, C. W., Talwalkar, V. R., Schwend, R. M.2018

Abstract

The Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America took actions to address the well-being of its members. The epidemic of physician burnout interferes with the delivery of high-quality care that our patients and families need and deserve, and at the same time places the care-providers at an increased risk of depression and suicide. The actions taken by Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America serve as a model for other professional medical societies to emulate.

View details for DOI 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001295

View details for PubMedID 30418384

Management of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Femoral Condyle: A Critical Analysis Review. JBJS reviews Chan, C., Richmond, C., Shea, K. G., Frick, S. L. 2018; 6 (3): e5

View details for DOI 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.17.00005

View details for PubMedID 29557795

Incidence of Meniscal Entrapment and Associated Knee Injuries in Tibial Spine Avulsions Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Rhodes, J. T., Cannamela, P. C., Cruz, A. I., Mayo, M., Styhl, A. C., Richmond, C. G., Ganley, T. J., Shea, K. G. 2018; 38 (2): e38-42

All-Epiphyseal Double Bundle PCL Reconstruction- Femoral Tunnel Drilling J ISAKOS Richmond, C. G., Cannamela, P. C., Polousky, J. D., Ganley, T. J., Shea, K. G. 2018

Avoiding Tibial Physeal Injury During Double Bundle Posterior Cruciate Ligament Recontruction J ISAKOS Troyer, S., Anchustegui, N., Richmond, C. G., Cannamela, P., Dingel, A., Stavinoha, T., Ganley, T., Anderson, A., Shea, K. G. 2018; 3 (1)

Appropriate Use Criteria for the Management of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip in Infants up to Six Months of Age: Intended for Use by Orthopaedic Specialists AAOS Board of Directors, A. AAOS. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon's Website. 2018

Management of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Femoral Condyle: A Critical Analysis Review Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Chan, C., Richmond, C. G., Shea, K. G., Frick, S. L. 2018; 6 (3): e5

The Incidence of Osteochondritis Dissecans in Adults American Journal of Sports Medicine Weiss, J. M., Shea, K. G., Jacobs, J. C., Becker, I., Portman, M., Cannamela, P. C., Kessler, J. I. 2018; 46 (7): 1592-95

Risk Factors and Predictors of Significant Chondral Surface Change from Primary to Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A MOON and MARS Cohort Study American Journal of Sports Medicine The MARS, G. 2018; 46 (3): 557-64

All-Epiphyseal ACL Femoral Tunnel Drilling- Avoiding Injury to the Physis, LCL, ALL, and Popliteus- A 3-Dimensional Study Arthroscopy Shea, K. G., Cannamela, P. C., Fabricant, P. D., Milewski, M. D., Terhune, B., Polousky, J. D., Anderson, A. F., Ganley, T. J. 2018; 34 (5): 1570-78

Childhood Obesity is Associated with Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee, Ankle, and Elbow in Children and Adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Kessler, J., Jacobs, J. C., Cannamela, P. C., Shea, K. G., Weiss, J. M. 2018; 38 (5): e296-299

Pediatric and adolescent clavicle non-unions: Potential risk factors and surgical management. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Pennock, A. T., Edmonds, E. W., Kocher, M. S., Bae, D. S., Farley, F. A., Ying Li, G., Ellis, H. B., Wilson, P. L., Nepple, J., Gordon, E., Willimon, S. C., Busch, M. T., Spence, D. D., Kelly, D. M., Pandya, N. K., Sabatini, C. S., Shea, K. G., Heyworth, B. E. 2018; 27 (1): 29-35

Long-term Intra-articular Steroid Injections and Knee Cartilage JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Maloney, W. J., Jevsevar, D. S., Shea, K. G. 2017; 318 (12): 118485

View details for DOI 10.1001/jama.2017.11335

View details for Web of Science ID 000411769300028

View details for PubMedID 28973607

Surgical Predictors of Clinical Outcomes After Revision of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction American Journal of Sports Medicine The Mars, G. 2017; 45 (11): 2586-2594

The Impact of Complications of Total Health Care Spending and Resource Utilization during a 2-3 Vertebra Lumbar Spinal Fusion and the 90-Day Follow-Up Period among Medicare Beneficiaries The Spine Journal Schlosser, M., Little, K., Shea, K. G., Hickey, E., Simon, A. 2017; 17 (10): s194

Avoiding Anterior Meniscus Root Injury During All-Epiphyseal ACL-R Tunnel Drilling in Skeletally Immature Knees J ISAKOS Shea, K. G., Cannamela, P. C., Fabricant, P. D., Anderson, A. F., Polousky, J. D., Fabricant, E. B., Milewski, M., Ganley, T. 2017; 3 (3): 7

Variation in the MPFL Origin in the Skeletally Immature- An Anatomic Study American Journal of Sports Medicine Shea, K. G., Martinson, W. D., Cannamela, P. C., Richmond, C. G., Fabricant, P. D., Anderson, A. F., Ganley, T. J., Polousky, J. D. 2017; 46 (2): 363-369

The Incremental Hospital Cost and Length-of-Stay Associated with Treating Adverse Events Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Cervical Spinal Fusion during Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Spine Culler, S. D., McGuire, K. J., Little, K. M., Jevsevar, D., Shea, K. G., Schlosser, M., Ambrose, K., Simon, A. 2017; 42 (20): 1578-1586

Anatomic Variation of the Anterolateral Ligament of the Knee in Pediatric Specimens Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Shea, K. G., Ganley, T., Fabricant, P., Terhune, B., Styhl, A., Cannamela, P., Jacobs, J. C., Milewski, M., Anderson, A., Polousky, J. 2017; 475 (6): 1583-91

Lateral Radiographic Landmarks for ACL and LCL Footprint Origins During All-Epiphyseal Femoral Drilling in Skeletally Immature Knees Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Shea, K. G., Cannamela, P. C., Fabricant, P. D., Terhune, B., Polousky, J. D., Milewski, M. D., Ganley, T. J., Anderson, A. F. 2017; 99: 506-11

The Reliability of Assessing Radiographic Healing of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee American Journal of Sports Medicine Wall, E. J., Milewski, M. D., Carey, J. L., Shea, K. G., Ganley, T. D., Polousky, J. D., Grimm, N. L., Eismann, E. A., Jacobs, J. C., Murnaghan, L. M., Nissen, C. W., Weiss, J. M., Myer, G. D. 2017; 45 (6): 1370-1375

Subsequent Surgery After Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Rates and Risky Factors From a Multicenter Cohort American Journal of Sports Medicine The Mars, G. 2017; 45 (9): 2068-2076

Research in Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee Journal of Joint and Knee Surgery Nepple, J., Milewski, M., Shea, K. G. 2016; 29 (7): 533-538

Surgeon Directed Cost Variation in Isolated Rotator Cuff Repair Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine Terhune, B., Johnson, J., Cannamela, P., Sadd, C., Silbernagel, J., Faciszewski, T., Shea, K. G. 2016; 4 (12)

Management of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Femoral Condyle Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Shea, K. G., Carey, J. L., Brown, G., Murray, J., Pezold, R., Sevarino, K. 2016; 24 (9): e102-4

The American Academy of Orthpaedic Surgeons Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline on: Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Graham, B., Peljovich, E., Shea, K. G., ., e. 2016; 98 (20): 1750-54

Pediatric Knee Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) Lesions. Orthopaedic Clinics of North America Aristides, C., Shea, K. G., Ganley, T. 2016; 47 (4): 763-775

Ankle Injury Prevention Meta-Analysis for Soccer Athletes Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Grimm, N., Jacobs, J., Kim, J., Amendola, N., Shea, K. G. 2016; 98 (17): 1436-43

AAOS appropriate use criteria: Management of osteochondritis dissecans of the femoral condyle Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Carey, J., Shea, K. G. 2016; 24 (9): 105-111

Management of Osteochondritis of the Femoral Condyle JAAOS Shea, K. G., Carey, J. L., Brown, G. A., Murray, J., Pezold, R., Sevarino, K. 2016; 24 (9): 102-4

The Relationship of the Femoral Physis and the Medial Patellofemoral Ligament in Children- A Cadaveric Study American Journal of Sports Medicine Shea, K. G., Styhl, A. C., Jacobs, J., Ganley, T., Milewski, M., Cannamela, P. C., Anderson, A. F., Polousky, J. 2016

Meniscal and Articular Cartilage Predictors of Clinical Outcome After Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction American Journal of Sports Medicine ., T. 2016; 44 (7): 1671-1679

The Incremental Hospital Cost and Length-of-Stay Associated with Treating Adverse Events Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Lumber Spinal Fusion during Fiscal Year 2013 Spine Culler, S., Jevsevar, D., Shea, K. G., Little, K., McGuire, K. J., Write, K., Simon, A. 2016

The American Academy of Orthpaedic Surgeons Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline on Surgical Management of Osteoarthritis of the Knee The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery McGrory, B., Weber, K., ., e. 2016; 98 (8): 688-92

Novel Arthroscopic Classification of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: A Multicenter Reliability Study American Journal of Sports Medicine Carey, J. L., Wall, E., Grimm, N., Ganley, T., Edmonds, E., Anderson, A. F., Polousky, J., Murnaghan, M. L., Nissen, C., Weiss, J., Lyon, R., Chambers, H., Wright, R., Heyworth, B., Peterson, L., Myer, G., Shea, K. G. 2016

The Incidence of Surgery in Osteochondritis Dissecans in Children and Adolescents Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine Weiss, J., Nikizad, H., Shea, K., Gyurdzhyan, S., Jacobs, J. C., Cannamela, P. C., Kessler, J. I. 2016

The Anterolateral Ligament of the Knee: An Inconsistent Finding in Pediatric Cadaveric Specimens Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Shea, K. G., Polousky, J., Jacobs, J. C., Yen, Y., Ganley, T. 2015

The Patellar Insertion of the Medial Patellofemoral Ligament in Children: a cadaveric study Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Shea, K. G., Polousky, J. D., Jacobs, J. C., Ganley, T., Aoki, S. K., Grimm, N., Parikh, S. N. 2015; 35 (4): e31-5

Guideline Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip in Infants up to Six Months of Age Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Mulpuri , K., ., e. 2015; 97 (20): 1717-8

Shifting into Wrist Pain: De Quervain's Disease and off-road mountain biking The Physician . and Sports Medicine Shea, K. G., Shea, O. F., Shumsky, I. B. 1991; 19 (9): 59-63

View details for DOI 10.1080/00913847

Locations

  • Stanford Childrens Health Specialty Services - Sunnyvale

    1195 West Fremont Avenue
    Sunnyvale, CA 94087
    (844) 416-7846

  • Mary L. Johnson Specialty Services

    730 Welch Rd
    Palo Alto, CA 94304
    (844) 416-7846

Philosophy of Care

Health care is a team sport, and I work with families and patients to help them develop a team for their recovery and improvement. Patients and families are at the core of this team, and their 'teammates' include office staff, athletic trainers, physical therapists, coaches, teachers and more.

I am very fortunate to work in a healing profession and to be part of a process that improves the lives of our patients and families. It is a privilege to get to know patients and families and be part of the community.

Before going to medical school, I worked as a teacher. I was planning to be a high school teacher and football, soccer and wrestling coach. My high school biology teacher convinced me to become a physician and to work with athletes, much like a coaching. Specializing in orthopedics has allowed me to continue to teach, work with athletes, and watch kids and teens grow and develop. It is a great privilege to care for my patients, and I continue to learn from them every day.