Brian C Werner, MD
Orthopedic Surgery
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Bio & Overview
Brian Werner, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and shoulder surgery, including both arthroscopic and open reconstructive surgery of the shoulder and knee. He focuses on all sports and athletic injuries, and has a particular clinical interest in shoulder replacement and ligament reconstruction of the knee. Dr. Werner also performs arthroscopic treatment of shoulder instability (labrum repair), rotator cuff repair, ACL reconstruction, meniscus repair and transplant, among many other sports medicine procedures.
Dr. Werner earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from Penn State and his medical degree from Wake Forest. He came to UVA for his internship, research fellowship and orthopedic surgery residency. He then completed a fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, where he was a team physician for the New York Giants and the New York Red Bulls. He returned to Charlottesville in 2016, joining the UVA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as an assistant professor. He also serves as a team physician for James Madison University.
In addition to patient care, Dr. Werner has a significant interest in both clinical and basic science research, and has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers on a wide variety of orthopedic topics. He has presented his research both regionally and nationally over 250 times and won numerous national awards. His research interests include clinical outcomes after knee and shoulder surgery, biomechanical studies in the knee and shoulder, shoulder arthroplasty and cartilage injury and repair.
Outside of work, Dr. Werner enjoys spending time with his wife and two boys, Benjamin and Wyatt. He is an avid runner who has completed many marathons and continues to train for both marathon and half marathon distances. He also enjoys golf.
Academic Information
- Department
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Academic Role
- Associate Professor
- Division
- Orthopedics-Sports Medicine
- Research Interests
- Outcomes, specifically for the shoulder and shoulder arthroplasty; large database research and analysis; early detection of cartilage injury; cartilage regeneration; and tendon healing
Conditions & Treatments
- Acromioclavicular joint separation
- Anterior cruciate ligament (acl) tear
- Arthritis of knee
- Hip labral tear
- Lateral collateral ligament tear
- Medial collateral ligament (mcl) tear
- Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction
- Meniscus tear
- Multiple ligament knee injury
- Patella dislocation
- Patellar instability
- Posterior cruciate ligament (pcl) tear
- Rotator cuff disorders
- Rotator cuff injury
- Shoulder arthritis
- Shoulder instability
- Total shoulder replacement reversal surgery
- Total shoulder replacement surgery
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
- Residency
- University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Fellowships
- Hospital for Special Surgery
- Certification
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (Orthopaedic Sports Medicine), American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery)
- Additional Specialties
- Orthopedic Sports Medicine
Highlights
Dr. Brian Werner Video Profile
My name's Brian Werner. I'm a sports medicine and shoulder surgeon at the University of Virginia. I'm also a team physician for James Madison University. So, I'm a sports medicine surgeon, but I see all sorts of injuries related to either the knee or the shoulder, and all ages of athletes as well. So, not just professional athletes, or collegiate athletes, I see everything from high school students and even younger, all the way up to weekend warriors and older patients. Probably the most common thing that I get referrals from other surgeons for are for revisions of prior rotator cuff repairs, and then shoulder replacement. So, I do a lot of shoulder replacement. I also do revision shoulder replacement, and reverse shoulder replacement. And that's a relatively unique thing that not everyone is doing so I spend a lot of time doing that. In the knee, in addition to just regular knee surgeries, I also do multiple ligament knee surgeries. There's only a couple people in the state that so that so that's one of the other things that I publish a lot on, and present a lot on, and do a lot of surgeries for. What I'm most passionate about is making patients better. So, seeing patients, indicating them for surgery, and then watching them as they recover after surgery and get back to their activities of daily living, their work, or their recreational activities that they enjoy doing. And so, coming to UVA sports medicine, you're going to get a very comprehensive evaluation. You're going to get experts in the field who travel nationally to talk about these conditions. And you're going to get surgeons who understand you, and understand how the condition impacts you.
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