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 […]

From: britney Date: Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:56 PM Britney has left a new comment on your post “15 yo Britney from South Carolina w preop 77 degre…“: I’m still doing awesome after 2 years. I was thinking about this and I never actually looked at this or my xrays side by side. You did […]

Pam, Age 20 on left in red with trunk shift to right. Pam, Age 60, 1 year after scoliosis surgery Yesterday we saw Pam and her husband Gerry for her 1 year postop follow-up at Hey Clinic for her thoracolumbar-iliac wing instrumentation and fusion with laminectomies and osteotomies.  She is doing really well, is active […]

My PA Rachel and I spent a good hour with Diana, who is now 70, but looks and acts more like someone in her 30’s or 40’s!  Diana had adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, and had upper curve fixed with non-instrumentated fusion, and postop casting in 1957, before the Harrington rod instrumentation was done commonly.  She spent […]