One of the questions I address quite often is the issue of pregnancy with our without scoliosis surgery.   In this email I received yesterday, one of my young adult surgery guests who had her scoliosis fusion done 6 years ago shares how well she is doing during her first pregnancy. If you have had […]

I received this very encouraging email late in the day yesterday, from Sandra, a nurse practitioner who had surgery with us back in November, with a revision decompression and lumbo-sacral-iliac wing instrumentation and fusion.  She was quite debilitated preop, having trouble working and getting through the day.  Now she is doing much better, as she […]

Several years ago when I was on faculty at "Big Duke" in orthopaedics andspine surgery, I also ran a clinical research and innovation lab called the"Center for Clinical Effectiveness."Ronnie joined my lab as a college grad with desire to go to medical school.He had faced many trials during college which definitely set him back, andmade […]

Zach, I do remember you! What an encouragement to hear about your journey! Give my best to your folks, and keep me posted on your career developments. While the journey to become a surgeon is a long one, I can tell you confidently after almost 15 years of practice and 6,000 surgeries, and thousands and […]