Percutaneous fusion technique is relieving SI pain in post-fusion patients. By John W. Aldridge, MD, FAAOS Every year in the United States, approximately 150,000 hip replacements are performed, and more than 350,000 knee replacements. By contrast, the number of spinal fusions done each year is a stunning 650,000, reflecting just how many Americans suffer from a seriously … [Read more...] about Percutaneous fusion technique
Riverside
Chesapeake Regional, Riverside & University OF Virginia Radiosurgery Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary PROMOTIONAL FEATURE For more than a century, Riverside Health System has provided medical care to the people of the Virginia peninsula. From humble beginnings as a 50-bed regional hospital, Riverside has grown into a modern medical center with national and … [Read more...] about Riverside
Medical Update Summer 2016
By Bobbie Fisher Practically every school child knows that the discoverer of the x-ray was Wilhelm Roentgen, more than 120 years ago. They may not know that within a year of publishing his discovery, Roentgen saw x-rays being used in diagnosis and therapy, as an established part of medical practice – earning the German physicist the title of Father of Diagnostic Radiology, … [Read more...] about Medical Update Summer 2016
Kim Scott, FNP, AE-C, CORLN
Eastern Virginia Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists Author, A Quick Reference for Otolaryngology: Guide for APRNs, PAs, and Other Health Care Practitioners When Kim Scott joined Eastern Virginia Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists eight years ago, the practice had never before had a nurse practitioner on staff. A Board certified Asthma Educator and Otorhinolaryngology … [Read more...] about Kim Scott, FNP, AE-C, CORLN
Claude Louis, MD
Family Medicine Riverside Mercury West Clinic Claude Louis grew up in Qui Croit, a small village in Haiti’s mountainous region. There was no infrastructure – no electricity or running water, no transportation, no local government. He never met his father, who died when Claude was just a month old: he grew up hearing stories about the man everyone in the village called … [Read more...] about Claude Louis, MD
