Company Profile
MANUS Center
Company Overview
The MANUS Center located in Vienna Virginia consists of a practice of one orthopaedic hand surgeon (CAQ),one CHT Occupational Hand Therapist, a business manager, receptionist, 2 medical assistants (all college educated) and a transcriptionist. It is an practice devoted solely the practice of upper extremity surgery.
Company History
The MANUS Center was originally founded in 1990 by Dr. Thomas Shepler with the idea of creating an Orthopaedic Center of Hand Surgery in the private world dedicated to not only the practice of excellent hand surgery but also to the idea of "relaying to others" (high school students, pre physician assistant or nurse practicianer students, premed students, or orthopaedic residents) "what we have been lucky to learn"!
We have created a library of pertinent hand surgery literature dating back to 1976, an information system (which is accessible from your home) that contains all of the initial workups of our patients as well as admission history and physicals plus a searchable database that contains every patient (and their demographics and clinical information in great detail) that we have seen in any capacity and an additional database that contains every operative procedure done since 1990 (and in some cases going back to 1976). We also have preserved every radiograph taken since 1990.
We have attempted to combine private and academic medicine and have lectured Orthopaedic Residents from Georgetown University Hospital an hour a week for the past 19 years. We have a practice designed to not only have a new member flourish in hand surgery but also have provided an avenue to "give back" to others less knowledgeable.
Notable Clients
President George Bush Sr
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Out of our in house training program:1 has graduated from a pediatric residency, 1 is in an orthopaedic residency, 7 previous employees have graduated from medical school, 1 has graduated as a nurse practicianer, 1 as a physician assistant, 1 is currently in a physician assistant program at George Washington University and another at the University of Iowa PA School.
One staff member, a retired USAF Colonel, has been a Chairperson of Orthopaedics at the Air Forces' largest hospital running an Orthopaedic Resident . He has previously been the President of the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons, was picked as the top Clinical Surgeon in the whole U.S Air Force Medical Corps. He has been a previous Chairperson Orthopaedics at the Virginia Hospital center, President of the Local Washington Metropolitan Hand Society, and went to Vietnam in 2008 to teach in Saigon, Hue and Hanoi. We have been associated with teaching Orthopaedic Residents from Georgetown Unniversity since 1990. Dr. Tom Shepler, an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at our Federal Medical School (USUHS) was picked by his peers in Washingtonian Magazine's survey of the Metropolitan area as one of Washington's "top docs"!
Benefits
Another benefit is being associated with not only a senior orthopaedic hand surgeon (34 years in practice), but also with a very able staff for which every medical assistant is a college graduate. Living 13 miles from the center of Washington D.C. is an exciting endeavor. This is a wonderful part of the country to reside. The area is culturally rich, and the patients are extraordinary. The school systems are superb. It is located in a wonderful and safe town called Vienna (Va).