Yesterday we helped a 16 yo young lady named Sammantha who had a painful idiopathic scoliosis. Her lumbar had a large compensatory curve, that was fortunately not rotated and was very flexible. I was able to get an excellent correction,...

This past week I saw 2 of my severe kyphosis repair patients back for follow-up. The younger one is 9, named Zachary, who had a 90+ degree kyphosis secondary to multiple thoracic fractures, and severe cerebral palsy secondary to shaken...

Thursday this week, I took a “field trip” to West Chester, PA to visit Synthes Spine along with Craig Browning, my local spine instrumentation support person. I had a series of wonderful meetings with their design engineers, metallurgists, and mechanical...

It was great to see Ashlyn and her mom and dad back for follow-up at Hey Clinic. Ashlyn had a severe scoliosis, and a severe seizure disorder which she has had since birth. I performed her surgery at WakeMed, here...

We had 2 full clinics this week, on Wednesday and Friday, and saw many wonderful families. On Friday afternoon, I saw a delightful family with 15 yo twins, both with scoliosis, and one with cerebral palsy.  Both of their curves...