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Matthew Shillito, M.D.
Synergy Orthopedics
Sports Medicine, Orthopedics: Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery
San Diego, CA
Most recent review: 6 days ago
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5.0
72 Ratings
33 Comments
Matthew C. Shillito, MD, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon in San Diego, California. He specializes in hand and elbow pathology, including trauma, overuse injuries, and degenerative conditions.
5.0
72 Ratings
33 Comments
Matthew C. Shillito, MD, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon in San Diego, California. He specializes in hand and elbow pathology, including trauma, overuse injuries, and degenerative conditions.
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Synergy Orthopedics - Mission Valley
9095 Rio San Diego Drive
Suite 450
San Diego, CA 92108
Suite 450
San Diego, CA 92108
Matthew C. Shillito, MD, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon in San Diego, California, specializing in hand and elbow pathology, including trauma, overuse injuries, and degenerative conditions. He brings extensive training and clinical experience to San Diego Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center.
Dr. Shillito understands that physical pain, injury, and disability affects every aspect of his patient’s lives and strives to educate and empower his patients so they can make informed choices about their individual health and understand all the options available to treat their condition. Dr. Shillito offers a range of nonsurgical therapeutic options, including physical and occupational therapy, splinting and bracing, and injections.
Dr. Shillito has advanced training in upper extremity surgery of the hand, wrist, and elbow, including treatment of fractures; nerve and tendon injuries; degenerative and overuse conditions such as arthritis and tendinitis; removal of masses around the hand and arm including ganglion cysts; peripheral nerve compression conditions such as carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndrome; and Dupuytren’s contracture.
Dr. Shillito grew up in Central California and has been in Southern California for the past 20 years. He graduated with honors from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego and went on to graduate with honors from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in Southern California.
Dr. Shillito completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of California San Diego, including a dedicated year of basic science research in orthopaedic surgery. Following his residency, Dr. Shillito completed a fellowship in orthopaedic hand and upper extremity surgery at Lahey Clinic in Boston, MA, where he learned to treat common and complex pathology of the upper extremity. He spent three and a half years at Kaiser in Riverside, where he gained additional significant experience treating a variety of patients and conditions.
Dr. Shillito is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
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He was so delightful and personable yet honest, and even though we didn’t fix my problem yet he was sure willing to try step one
Wonderful doctor. Very caring and knowledgeable.
Since you wall in to the scheduling of the following appointment, everyone is very helpful and courteous. Doctor shillito answer any questions you could have.
Dr. Shillito is compassionate and very knowledgable. From the first visit he understood the pain i was experiencing and was gentle with my hand. I will be having basil thumb surgery next week and I am fully confident and in his expertise and looking forward to a pain free and functional hand.
The staff was awesome. I never had to wait long to see the doctor. The doctor took his time and asking me how I was doing. That was great.
Very respectful, kind man. Good sense of humor and very smart
First time meeting Dr. Shilllito, I received excellent customer service from Dr. Shillito and Staff. Very cordial and honest with his answers. Great communications skills and easy to understand. I am glad I asked for a second opinion and chose Dr. Shillito.
Dr shillito is so cool! 😎 Thank you Dr Shallito so you are using the words you used to get me to go ahead and do this cortisone shot because believe me I was not going to do it but the way you spoke to me and helped me get through it that's why I was able to do it. I'm very happy with you but I really not want to have another one and possibly have surgery and schedule for surgery the next time I see you I hope so. ☺️
The doctor and his team were excellent in every way, thank you.
He is very nice dr and good person