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Dr. Ernesto Otero-Lopez and Team Celebrate 100th Robotic Surgery in SW United States
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Rafael Garcia, PA-C assists a patient at the After Hours clinic.
New Mexico Orthopaedics Opens After Hours Clinic
NMO has opened an After-Hours Clinic at their Albuquerque Downtown location, Monday through Thursday from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, to treat adults and children with unexpected orthopedic injuries. Patients with strains, sprains, minor dislocations, fractures, and sports injuries will be treated by our Ortho Injury Care Team, consisting of a certified Physician’s Assistant, Medical Assistants, Casting Technicians, X-Ray Technicians, and an orthopedic surgeon.
NMO President, Jeffery Racca, M.D. says, “The new After Hours Clinic will be a great resource for our community. We’re going beyond services provided at a traditional urgent care center by offering care from an Orthopaedic surgeon who is available while the After Hours Clinic is open. It’s all part of our goal of bringing orthopedic professionals to our community at patient- convenient times and locations, as we continue to advance orthopedic excellence for New Mexicans.”
Dr. Carothers, P.A. Tyler Jefferson, and nurse gave this patient a new knee on September 30, 2017. Her daughter was glad to see new hope for her mother after watching her live for years with debilitating arthritis
NMOA Surgeon Leads Team Providing Joint Replacements for Adults Living with Arthritis
Dr. Joshua Carothers, a surgeon with New Mexico Orthopaedic Associates (NMOA), recently returned from a mission trip to Honduras with a team of Albuquerque healthcare providers. The team arrived in Honduras on September 28 and in three days they performed fifteen (15) joint replacement surgeries for sixteen (16) adults living with debilitating arthritis.
Working with Dr. Carothers was NMOA physician assistant Tyler Jefferson, Lovelace Hospital nurse Amber Dobbins, and a representative of the orthopaedic device company Depuy, who donated the joint replacement hardware. The local caregivers donated their time and surgical expertise.
The Albuquerque team joined up with other medical professionals who were also volunteering their time and skills as part of a mission trip with Operation Walk based in Denver, Colorado. About fifty-five surgeons, physicians’ assistants, nurses, physical therapists, anesthesiologists, representatives from orthopaedic implant companies and medical doctors participated in the 2017 mission trip from September 29 – October 1. Altogether, the mission team provided 60 new joints to people that would otherwise never have the means to have their severe arthritis treated.
“We bring everything from the IV that the patients get when they enter the hospital to the bandage and home aids that they go home with including all the implants and instruments” said NMOA surgeon Joshua Carothers, M. D. “In addition to providing surgeries”, said Dr Carothers, “we spend time training the local doctors, nurses, and therapists.”