Today was McKenzie’s first day after surgery. She did very well last night, and looked quite good this morning on our morning rounds at 7am.When I came by on late afternoon rounds, her nurse grabbed me and told me that McKenzie was cruising up and down the halls and back again, with her two grandpas […]

This morning right before fixing McKenzie’s scoliosis I saw another 12 yo girl named Carson for a second opinion for surgery.  This young lady had a pars fracture, or spondylolysis at L5, with occasional back pain.  A posterior L5-S1 instrumentation and fusion was being suggested. I did not find any significant spondylolisthesis, but did find […]

Well it has been a little while since I have had a chance to update the Blog, but TODAY I’ve got a minute to share a couple powerful moments. This morning I met McKenzie and her family and friends and pastors before her adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery. I am not exaggerating — there were I […]

Bridget is a wonderful young lady that I helped straighten out her scoliosis last year.During the past few months, she has moved over from being a pharmaceutical rep, to being my instrumentation rep for the spinal hardware I use routinely in the operating room from Pioneer.She surprised me this week in the operating room this […]

When I came in for rounds early in the morning at WakeMed, Caitlyn caught me off guard when she asked if she could her picture taken with me.Her mom didn't want to join us in the picture since she was still in her pajamas, but she was nice enough to take the picture!Caitlyn had her […]