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Where can one locate information on doctors before one goes to meet with them? information such as medical school attended, age , # of surgeries preformed, etc
Where can one locate information on doctors before one goes to meet with them? information such as medical school attended, age , # of surgeries preformed, etc
Thanks
Melissa
Hi Melissa...
I have links to bios for a bunch of scoliosis specialists on my website:
I'm in the midst of updating this page, so you'll find a lot of the links are broken. For the most part, I find these bios simply by Googling the specialists name. I get the specialists names from an Scoliosis Research Society directory.
--Linda
Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
I have been seeing Dr Samuel Chewning since I moved here in 2007.
He was recommended to me by another Doctor.
Now that the time has come for surgery, I am getting very nervous about the whole situation and keep second guessing myself as to if I really should have the surgery
Leatherman is supposed to be one of the better advanced training sites for scoliosis. Unfortunately, he only did 3 months there. A full year fellowship would be more impressive.
The one thing I would encourage you to do is to find some of his patients who had similar procedures, and find out how they're doing. There's a scoliosis support group in your area:
Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
Why would he have only done 3 months at Letterman?
Is it a big deal that he did not do a full year there?
Thanks for all this information.
Should I ask him about Letterman?
Melissa
Hi...
I don't know. I don't recall ever seeing 3-month training on a bio. Perhaps he already had a paying position, and his employer sent him to Leatherman for the additional training. I always think it's a good idea to question one's surgeon about their training and experience. You should specifically ask how many adult scoliosis surgeries he does each year. I think you want someone who is doing at least 2-3 per month if possible.
--Linda
Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
He has already told me that he does about 150-175 per year
Should the Letterman issue be a problem?
Should it be discussed?
Melissa
If he said he's doing 150-175 scoliosis surgeries a year, I'd run the other way, as that's pretty close to impossible.
It's Leatherman, not Letterman, and I really don't know if it's an issue.
--Linda
Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
Does that issue with Leatherman seem to be a problem that needs to be looked into?
Melissa
I don't know how many ways I can say this, but I don't know whether it needs to be looked into. Sorry.
Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
How can I find out if he has ever lost a patient and what the circumstances were?
Melissa
I don't think that's public information, so you'd have to ask him. It's relatively unusual for a spine patient to die.
Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
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