Dr. Shaw attended Kansas City University of Medicine for medical school and entered the Army following graduation where he completed his residency training in orthopaedic surgery at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, GA.  He served for 4 years following residency graduating, practicing as a general orthopaedic surgery as a Major in the Medical Corps where he trained future military orthopaedic surgeons as an faculty member in a residency program and as a Director of the Orthopaedic Research.  After completion of his military service obligation, he began fellowship training in Pediatric Orthopaedic and Scoliosis Surgery at Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.