Orthopaedic Shoulder & Elbow Surgeon at Detroit Medical Center (Detroit, Dearborn, Sterling Heights). Team Physician for Detroit City FC. Opinions are my own.
Ferndale, MI
Joined June 2009
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Incredibly excited to officially start my practice as a Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon at @DMC_Heals! Looking forward to seeing patients in Detroit, Dearborn, and Warren.
#orthotwitter
#shoulderandelbow
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@Aetna Can you explain to me why my patient’s preoperative CT was approved, but their surgery was denied because they “haven’t done enough physical therapy”? Take a look at this xray and let me know how therapy is supposed to help this patient.
@VaniSabesanMD @LadyInterlocks @rkh_md @shouldergeek @generalorthomd How often are y’all dealing with this nonsense?
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In the past few years, I’ve learned so much from my peers and mentors. This accomplishment wouldn’t be possible without the tireless support of my friends & family. Thank you to everyone who has helped me to be able to finally say that I am a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon.
Excited to be back at an in-person meeting again! Always great to learn from so many outstanding leaders in the field. @ASESmembers #ShoulderAndElbowSurgery #ASES
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Holy retroversion…
Lots of options for tough cases like this and lots of systems to choose from. My plan is most likely going to involve combining a handcrafted wedge graft with an augmented baseplate and a lateralized glenosphere. @shouldergeek @VaniSabesanMD @AnandMurthiMD
Another great case from my first year of practice. This is a gentleman in his early 60’s who had a total shoulder replacement 10 years prior. He did well for many years, but unfortunately began to develop anterior shoulder pain and weakness.
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Thankfully, his initial implant had modular components that allowed for a conversion to a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty without taking out the stem — great news for both me and the patient!
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At six weeks, he was pain free with full range of motion and ready to head back to work, fishing, and hunting. Video shared with patient permission.
#shoulderelbow #revisionTSA #reverseTSA
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It’s hard to believe that it’s been a full year since I started my practice. I’d like to share a few cases from a year that has been equal parts challenging and rewarding. #shoulderelbow #totalelbow #TEA
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This is a woman in her early 70s who sustained a comminuted intra-articular distal humerus fracture a number of years ago. Despite multiple attempts to obtain fracture healing, she came to me with an extremely painful nonunion.
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Her arc of motion was from 45 to 90 degrees with pain, grinding, and worsening neuropathy of her ulnar nerve. After a few long discussions, she agreed to proceed with removal of her implants, release of the ulnar nerve, and a total elbow arthroplasty.
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#orthotwitter Last patient to walk into my office today... @shouldergeek @VaniSabesanMD @Ortho_Trauma What are you and the other shoulder experts of Twitter thinking? Cole’s rules suggest it’s operative. Decades of reviews say these do well conservatively.
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After a full day in the OR, feels great to sweat with the #PowerZonePack and watch @DetroitCityFC in the semifinals. #DCTID
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Chase B. Ansok, MD retweeted
Breathe in
Breathe out
Patients who watched a 5-minute video on relaxation breathing exercises reported similar pain levels to those who did not, despite taking much less opioid medication in the 2 weeks after surgery @RothmanOrtho #Opioids #OrthoTwitter
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Some outstanding talks so far for ASES Virtual Specialty Day. I’m glad we can still learn from so many experts in the field, but I can’t wait to get back to having these meetings in person! #ASES #ASESVirtualSpecialtyDay #ShoulderAndElbow #ShoulderAndElbowSurgery
Chase B. Ansok, MD retweeted
Allograft tendon reconstruction for MCL reconstruction works well, at least for non elite athletes @ChrisCampMD @MayoClinic @mayoclinicsport @MayoOrthoRes journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful… You can read more about MCL reconstruction at shoulderelbow.org/2017/01/23…
How’s everyone fixing their distal biceps tears these days? So many options — single or dual incision; uni- or bicortical button; 1 or 2 buttons; +/- tenodesis screw; suture anchors instead!? I used a single unicortical button for an acute primary repair. #orthotwitter
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