About The Clinic: The Staff

Kim H., Clinic Coordinator, Medical Assistant, and Radiology Technician
Kim coordinates all of the activities of Dr. Swanson’s staff. She ensures that his clinics run smoothly, communicates with patients and consulting physicians, schedules surgeries, arranges special radiology examinations and other tests, and coordinates medico-legal consulting.

Connie M., Medical Assistant and Insurance Specialist
Connie schedules diagnostic tests, obtains insurance authorizations, and keeps all paperwork in order and up to date, ensuring that tests and surgeries are set up smoothly and efficiently.

Gavin P., Physician’s Assistant
Gavin sees patients in clinic, performs injections, and helps with phone calls and prescription refills.  He also assists Dr. Swanson with surgery and rounding at the hospital.

Clinical Fellows:

Dr. Nasar, MD (8/1/05 – 7/31/06)
Dr. Patel, DO (8/1/06 – 7/31/07)

The clinical fellows are fully trained in general orthopedics.  Each spends 12 months with Dr. Swanson to focus on total joint replacements and arthritis surgery.  The fellows assist Dr. Swanson in the clinic, assist with surgery and hospital rounding, and handle emergencies when Dr. Swanson is out of town teaching or demonstrating surgery to other surgeons.  The clinical fellows are critical in providing the highest level of care to Dr. Swanson’s many patients.

Pauline V.B., Masters Education, Patient Education
Pauline maintains Dr. Swanson’s website, answers patient questions by e-mail and phone, and creates educational materials for Dr. Swanson’s patients.

Disclaimer:The information provided here is intended to educate the reader about certain medical conditions and certain possible treatment. It is not a substitute for examination, diagnosis, and medical care provided by a licensed and qualified health professional. If you believe you, your child, or someone you know, suffer from the conditions described herein, please see your health care provider immediately. Do not attempt to treat yourself, your child or anyone else without proper medical supervision.

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The minimally invasive total hip replacement was developed by Dr. Swanson after being introduced to the concept in early 1997. Dr. Swanson began using the technique in May of 1997 and has continued to make improvements that now allow reliable surgery and reproducibly good results in most patients. Standardization of the technique has allowed teaching to other surgeons. Numerous physicians and orthopedic companies have shown interest in promoting “minimally invasive surgery” for total hip replacements.

The minimally invasive technique utilizes a 3-4 inch incision, much smaller than the 8-10 inch approach historically used for hip replacement. Patients require less anesthesia and pain medication, and mobilize more quickly. This results in both quicker recovery for the patient and a lower incidence of complications.

Patients typically recover from minimally invasive surgery in about half the time it takes to recover from standard incision surgery (6 weeks vs. 12 weeks).

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