4 HEALTH COMPASS LATE SUMMER 2023 Despite the economic downturn in 2008, CMH was hard at work constructing its Health & Wellness Pavilion and creating space for the new Specialty Clinic, including orthopedic services. When it opened later that year, the Specialty Clinic had one surgeon and a physiatrist (a nonsurgical specialist) on staff. In that same time frame, CMH and Pacific Coast Imaging were the first to bring a state-of-the-art MRI scanner to the area, adding it to the most comprehensive inpatient and outpatient diagnostic imaging facility in the Columbia coast Meet our orthopedics and sports medicine team Douglas Abbott, MD Joined CMH: 2011 Fellowship: The Sports Clinic (Laguna Hills, California) Board certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Special practice interests: Arthroscopic surgery; joint replacement; orthopedic surgery; shoulder and knee reconstructions; and sports medicine Daniel Fabiano, MD Joined CMH: 2023 Fellowship: Matthews Orthopaedic Clinic/ Orlando Regional Medical Center (Orlando, Florida) Board certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Special practice interests: General orthopedics; complex shoulder and knee replacements; sports medicine; and total and partial joint replacements Benjamin Sherman, DO Joined CMH: 2021 Fellowship: Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine (Gulf Breeze, Florida) Board eligibility: American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery Special practice interests: Sports injury and shoulder instability; ACL, rotator cuff and labral tears; meniscus preservation; minimally invasive surgical techniques; and clinical research region and laying the groundwork to develop CMH’s orthopedic offerings even more. Over the past 15 years, the clinic, now known on the orthopedic side as the CMH-OHSU Health Orthopedic Clinic, has grown tremendously, seeing 5,903 patient visits in 2022 — and it is on track for seeing over 6,900 in 2023. With a third surgeon having joined the current team this July, there are three surgeons and three advanced practice practitioners here to serve the community’s needs. Patients no longer need to travel to larger metropolitan areas for all-inclusive orthopedic care, total joint surgeries or rehabilitation Enhancing orthopedic care on the coast
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