I saw this this woman in her mid-50’s from Virginia with her husband on Friday, who had a Harrington Rod fusion as a teenager, and now has progressive back and radiating thigh pain.  It even is painful to turn over when sleeping.  You can see from her CT myelogram that there is an extremely tight […]

I would like to first start off by saying Dr. and his team are absolutely amazing. I am 6 weeks post op from my spinal revision surgery. I had scoliosis correction surgery 6 years ago by a different surgeon. Both of my rods had broken and I was in intense pain. One of my rods […]

A week or so ago, I saw Mary Lou, a 73 yo woman from Hendersonville, NC back for follow-up for her severe scoliosis.  Her curves have not progressed since her last visit, but her quality of life has continued to worsen, with husband reporting that she spends 70% of her time in a very special […]

Feb 2 2015 Dear Hey Clinic Team,   Ashlee, Tracy, Rachel and of course Dr. Hey,   I can’t thank the entire Hey Clinic Team enough for providing me so much compassionate care.  I was in so much pain, yet once I arrived at the clinic I immediately felt relief as everyone took on my […]

As a surgeon, you learn a lot during medical school, residency, fellowships, courses, conferences, scientific articles, colleagues in societies like the Scoliosis Research Society, and books.  But probably the biggest “teacher” is experience – experience listening to, and caring for patients.  For the last 10 years at Hey Clinic, and almost 10 years before that […]