Dr. Shane Burch, MD, San Francisco, CA, 94143

Dr. Shane Burch completed his residency in the Division of Orthopedics at the University of Toronto in 2004 and completed a Spine Fellowship at UCSF. During his residency, Dr. Burch became interested in the treatment of metastatic spine disease and bone tumors. He identified the difficulty with current management methods of metastatic bone disease and conceived the idea of treating these disorders with photodynamic therapy (PDT). Dr. Burch has active collaborative research with the biophotonics group at the University of Toronto and the Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology (CBST) at the University California - Davis. In addition he is actively investigating the role vascular mechanisms play in the etiology of scoliosis. He has been supported in his research by CBST, the Canadian Institute of Health Research Grant and grants from the Canadian Breast Cancer Society.

As an Orthopedic Surgeon in San Francisco, California, Dr. Shane Burch specializes in the treatment of spinal tumors, spinal deformity and degenerative conditions of the spine. Dr. Burch's areas of interest at the University of California, San Francisco also include Spinal Oncology, Spinal Research, and Medical Education.

Dr. Burch is an Orthopedic Surgeon with UCSF Spine Center.