For Immediate Release August 25, 2009
Spine Surgeon Joins Local Group
Oklahoma City, Ok – Dr. Saad Chaudhary has joined
The Spine Care Team at Orthopedic Institute. He will
begin seeing new patients on September 1.
Dr. Chaudhary earned his medical degree at Tufts
University and MBA in Healthcare Management at Tufts, Brandeis and Northwestern Universities. He served his residency in orthopedics at University Hospital in New Jersey. Dr. Chaudhary has also completed a Combined Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Spine Fellowship at the The Cleveland Clinic. Orthopedic Institute Founder Dr. Houshang Seradge, said “We are excited to add another Doctor of superior training to our staff. We are certain that his multidisciplinary experience will provide his patients with the best available treatment for their unique situations.”
Dr. Chaudhary obtained a broad experience treating the entire spectrum of spinal conditions using both traditional and minimally invasive techniques as well as emerging technologies. He is excited to begin his practice and Oklahoma City. Dr. Chaudhary said, “Orthopedic Institute is an excellent facility with exciting goals and ideas to better serve the Oklahoma City community and I am looking forward to being a part of such a dynamic group.”
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About Orthopedic Institute
Orthopedic Institute of Oklahoma is a comprehensive orthopedic care clinic, hospital and surgery center offering the most sophisticated and newest technologies as well as the state’s leading physicians all focused on a patient-centered treatment. The physicians and staff at Orthopedic Institute are dedicated to improving the quality of life and health of our patients by advancing our medical expertise on how to prevent, diagnose and treat orthopedic diseases and conditions.
For Fort Sill soldiers, surgeons offer healing hands
2 nearly lost fingers in separate accidents
BY SUSAN SIMPSON Published: July 28, 2009
Oklahoma City orthopedic surgeons saved the hands of two Fort Sill soldiers injured in accidents on the same day. The men continue physical therapy several times a week at the Orthopedic Institute and hope to regain mobility in their hands. Cpl. Michael Sullivan and Sgt. Michael Mayfield didn’t know each other until April 28. They met in the ambulance that took them to Oklahoma City."The first thing he said to me in the ambulance was ‘give me a high five,’” Sullivan said of Mayfield. Both had severe injuries to their right hands. Sullivan nearly lost three fingers that were caught in an electric generator. A practice grenade exploded in Mayfield’s hand, splitting tendons, bones and arteries. Both injuries required multiple surgeries to save fingers and function, and they may not gain full use of their hands. "These are very serious injuries,” said Dr. Houshang Seradge, who operated on the men, along with Dr. Joel Frazier. "The hand structure is very powerful, but rebuilding it is very difficult.”Mayfield, 42, was training National Guard members at Fort Sill on how to evade insurgent attacks when the practice grenade exploded prematurely. The New York native plans to retire soon from the military and teach military training at a high school in New Mexico. "I’m surprised I still have a hand,” said Mayfield, who served in the war in Afghanistan without injury. "If it was a real grenade, I wouldn’t be standing.”While training accidents are not rare — the Army reports several hundred each year — Mayfield said two severe hand injuries on the same day at one post is unusual. Sullivan, 26, expects to be medically discharged soon. The North Carolina resident was attempting to fix a generator when his hand slipped and got caught in the engine’s sharp blades. Fort Sill doctors said he’d likely lose his fingers, but Sullivan said he demanded to be transferred to a specialist. During a physical therapy session Monday, Sullivan looked at his hand — bruised but intact — and thanked his surgeons, vowing to continue therapy sessions. "We all have to have goals,” Sullivan said. "I’m hopeful to get more range of motion.”
http://newsok.com/for-fort-sill-soldiers-surgeons-offer-healing-hands/article/3388568
