Christopher P. Silveri, M.D.FAAOS

Orthopedic Surgeon

Christopher P. Silveri M.D.FAAOS

Director of the INOVA Spine Institute at Fair Oaks Hospital

Dr. Christopher P Silveri is an Orthopedic and Neurosurgical spinal surgeon who specializes in non-operative and operative treatment of spinal disorders. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He also serves as investigator for new osteobiologic bone graft advances in spinal surgery and has been asked to train surgeons nationwide in the FDA approved disc replacement technologies.

His practice accepts patients of all age groups. He treats neck, back, arm and leg pain, numbness, degenerative arthritis of the spine, disc problems, fractures and other spinal trauma, pinched nerves or other nerve injuries, deformity or curvature of the spine, infections, and cancer-related illness. Dr. Silveri offers scoliosis screening and treatment for both children and adults, and complex reconstructive care for those patients who have previously undergone surgery.

Dr. Silveri completed undergraduate studies at Georgetown University where he received cum laude honors. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1989 where he received the departmental award for excellence in orthopedic surgery. He also completed a fellowship year specializing in neurosurgical spinal surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Dr. Silveri completed his formal orthopedic surgical residency training at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York. He also completed a fellowship year in Reconstructive Spine and Scoliosis Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

Dr. Silveri is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Georgetown University and a clinical instructor with George Washington University Medical Center’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery. He is a past Chairman of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery for INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital. Dr. Silveri is a member of the North American Spine Society, The Medical Society of Virginia, Fairfax County Medical Society, and is currently on staff at INOVA Fair Oaks and Fairfax Hospitals, and Columbia Reston Hospital.

Publications

• Dr. Silveri has published numerous articles and has edited and authored a textbook on Spinal Trauma. He is also an Editor on Spine Universe.com, a web site created to educate and inform both the layperson and professional on topics related to the spine.
• Dr. Silveri has been named in the Washingtonian Magazines list of Top 100 spine surgeons. He is also listed in the Cambridge Who’s Who of Professional Medicine-2009 and the Consumer Research Guide to America’s Top Orthopedists-2009.
• Silveri Christopher P., Kaplan Frederick S, Fallon Michael, Bayever Eliel, August Charles S.: Hurler Syndrome With Special Reference to Histologic Abnormalities of the Growth Plate. Clin. Orthop. and Related Research, 269: 305-311, 1991.
• Simpson J. Michael, Silveri Christopher P., Balderston Richard A., An Howard S., Simeone Frederick A.: Lumbar Spine Surgery In Patients With Diabetes Mellitus. J. Bone and Joint Surgery (Am.), 75A:1823-1829, Dec. 1992.
• Simpson J. Michael, Silveri Christopher P., Simeone Frederick A, Balderston Richard A: Cervical Disc Disease And The Keyhole Foraminotomy: Proven Efficacy at Extended Long Term Follow up. Orthopedics, 20(8):687-692, 1997.
• Simpson J. Michael, Silveri Christopher P., Simeone Frederick A., Balderston Richard A: Thoracic Disc Herniation: Re-evaluation of the Posterior Approach. Spine, 18(13):1872-1877, 1993.
• An Howard S., Silveri Christopher P., Simpson J. Michael, Simeone Frederick A., Simmons Chet, Balderston Richard A., File Paul: Cigarette Smoking As A Risk Factor For Cervical And Lumbar Disc Disease. J. Spinal Disorders, 7:369-373, 1994.
• Brown Cameron C., Silveri Christopher P., Balderston Richard A.: Allograft Versus Autograft In Lumbar Spine Fusion: A Two Year Follow-up. Orthop. Trans, 1995.
• Silveri Christopher P., Corso Salvatore J., Roofeh Jahanshah: Internal Fixation Of A Capitellum Fracture With The Herbert Screw. A Case Report And Review. Clin. Orthop. and Related Research, 300:123-126, 1993.
• Silveri Christopher P., Lunt John, Freedman Alan M.: Traumatic Carpal Tunnel Decompression Associated With Compartment Syndrome Of The Hand. Orthopedics, 20(11):1089-1091, 1997.
• Silveri Christopher P., Handelsman John E.: The Role Of Extension Osteotomies In The Treatment Of Severe Knee Flexion Contractures In Arthrogryposis. Written – Submitted.
• Silveri Christopher P., Blumberg Kalman, Balderston Richard A.: Presentation and Treatment of Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis. Seminars in Spine Surgery,8(2):81-94, 1996.
• Berg Jeffery, Silveri Christopher P., Harris Maury: Variant of the Lisfranc Fracture-Dislocation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. J. Orthop. Trauma, 12(5): 366-369, 1998.
• Silveri Christopher P., Vaccaro Alexander: Posterior Atlantoaxial Fixation: The Magerl Screw Technique. Orthopedics, 21(4): 455-459, 1998.
• Vanichkahorn Jed S., Vaccaro Alexander R., Silveri Christopher P., Albert Todd J.: Anterior Junctional Plate in the Cervical Spine. Spine 23(22):2462-2467, 1998.

Textbook

• Cotler Jerome, Simpson J. Michael, An Howard S., Silveri Christopher P. (eds.): Surgery of Spinal Trauma. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia 1999.

Chapters

• Silveri Christopher P., Simpson J. Michael: Chapter One: Clinical Evaluation. In, An Howard S., Simpson J. Michael,(eds.): Surgery Of The Cervical Spine, Martin Dunitz Inc., London, England, 1994.
• Silveri Christopher P., Simeone Frederick A.: Lumbar Disc Disease. In, Howard An, M.D. (ed.), Principles and Techniques of Spine Surgery, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore. 1998.
• Silveri Christopher P., Cotler Jerome M.: Rehabilitation and Recovery in Spinal Trauma, In, Capen, D. (ed.): Comprehensive Management of Spine Trauma, Mosby Inc., Philadelphia. 1998.
• Vaccaro Alexander, Silveri Christopher P., Balderston Richard A.: Treatment of Thoracolumbar Spinal Fractures. In, Capen, D. (ed.): Comprehensive Management of Spine Trauma, Mosby Inc., Philadelphia. 1998.
• Silveri Christopher P., Cotler Jerome M.: Fractures of the Upper Cervical Spine, In, Cotler Jerome, Simpson J. Michael, An Howard S., Silveri Christopher P. (eds.): Surgery of Spinal Trauma. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia 1999.
• Sutton Douglas, Silveri Christopher P.: Acute Care in Spinal Cord Injury, In, Cotler Jerome, Simpson J. Michael, An Howard S., Silveri Christopher P. (eds.): Surgery of Spinal Trauma. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia 1999.
• Silveri Christopher P, Vaccaro Alexander: C1-C2 Transarticular Screw Placement, In Tricks of the Trade of Spine Surgery – Master Cases in Spine Surgery. Thieme , New York 2002.
• Silveri Christopher P.: Best New Technologies in Spine and Pain Management from A to Z. Transforaminal Interbody Fusion Technique. Ed. Eidelson Stewart On line publication SpineUniverse.com. 2004

Lecturer

• International Town and Country Club
  October 2007

  Guest Lecturer: Golf Related Back Injuries

• Prince William Hospital Grand Rounds
  November 2007

  Treatment of Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease:
  Motion Preservation Technology

• Globus Medical
  November 2008

  Sales Training Forum:
  Transforaminal Interbody Fusion Techniques

• INOVA Spine Institute at Fair Oaks Hospital
  January 26, 2010
  September 21,2010
  December 9, 2010
  April 4, 2011
• Moderator/Presentor:
  Panel Discussion New technology in the Treatment of Low Back Pain and Neck Pain
• INOVA Spine Institute at Fair Oaks Hospital
  October 23, 2010

  Director/Moderator/Presenter
  CME Conference Current Concepts in Spinal Surgery

• Medtronic Guest Lecture
  November 2010

  Neck Pain Causes and Potential Therapeutic Options

• INOVA Spine Institute at Fair Oaks Hospital
  January 19, 2012
  May 2012
  June 14, 2012

  Current Concepts in Spinal Surgery

• INOVA Dine With Docs Lecture
  June 28, 2012

  Spinal Technology and Advances at Fair Oaks Hospital

• Heritage Hunt Lecture, Gainesville, VA
  October 18, 2012

  Current Concepts in Spinal Surgery

• INOVA Lecture for INOVA Medical Physicians
  November 2012 Sea Pearl Restaurant

  Welcome to the INOVA Spine Institute

• INOVA Spine Institute Expert Lecture Series
  January 14, 2013

  Current Concepts in Spinal Surgery

• INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital Nursing CME Lecture Course
  April 17, 2013

  Techniques in Spinal Surgery