This blog is a chance for me to reflect on powerful experiences, and memorable patients and families which I don't want to forget.  Life can be so busy, rushing by with one thing after another that probably all of us...

 I wanted to start of today's blog with a special "hello" to Olivia's grandma in Buffalo, NY.  Olivia had her adolescent idiopathic scoliosis fixed with us for her double curve back about 6 weeks ago, and is doing extremely well!...

At age nine, Sabrina was diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis with a twenty degree double curvature; meaning, her spine was S-shaped due to a thoracic curve and a lumbar curve jutted in opposite directions. For a year she only had x-rays every few months to monitor...

I received this email yesterday from Jim, who sent me this picture and message from his iphone, atop Diamond Head.  I've included his preop and postop MRI and X-Rays.  He had a L2-Iliac wing instrumentation and fusion with multilevel laminectomies.Jim:...

 It's Friday night, and I just got a chance to put my feet up after a really good, but very busy first week of 2013.  Our scoliosis surgery this week included 15 yo Thomas, who had a 64 degree collapsing...