For my last 19+ years of practice at both Duke Medical Center, and Hey Clinic, I have had a lot of experience caring caring for the full age spectrum of scoliosis, from 3yo congenital scoliosis, early onset scoliosis AIS, Scheuermann’s kyphosis and adult deformity.   This “natural history” experience has given me long-range insight on […]

I’ve been reading a very good book called “God’s Hotel” by Dr. Victoria Sweet that was suggested to me by Dr. Jeff Baker, a wonderful Duke Pediatrician, who is also a medical historian, with a PhD, no less.  Jeff had suggested this book as a good way to learn more about the the history of […]

Wow, we had a HUGE amount of interest in my blog last night.  I just got home from surgery and a hospital meeting and only have a few minutes to share before I have to get to bed for big surgeries tomorrow.  Whew I am tired, but it has been a great day! My hope […]

42 yo woman with 89 degree preop kyphosis corrected by Dr. Hey October 2014 40 yo thoracolumbar curve fixed by Dr. Hey Oct 6 2014 (6.5h) This week we performed scoliosis surgery on two 13 yo young ladies with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and a 40 yo gentleman with 73 degree thoracolumbar scoliosis, and a 42 […]

Yesterday evening, my wife Lori and I were the invited guests for Cornell University Phi Delta Episolon’s PreMed Lecture, where I spoke on: “Finding and Maintaining Joy and Idealism in the Journey through Medicine” We had a wonderful group of students there, who all participated in the discussion, starting with my first question:  “What are […]