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SL_PROFILE_St_Mary_Orthopaedics_0821_Layout 1 8 / 31 / 21 10 : 53 AM Page 2 high school to collegiate level in sports , the knee with a small camera and shaving process was long . Today , with more mini - from professional ballet to professional off a piece — as small as a Tic Tac — from a mally invasive techniques , there’s less pain hockey . In addition , he trained at Manhattan’s non - weight - bearing portion of the knee . and faster recovery . Now , they’re in a brace famed Bellevue Hospital and other Level - I The cells are processed and sent to a lab in for only 10 to 14 days , and we’re getting trauma centers throughout New York City . Boston , where they are multiplied and them back moving again and exercising Dr . Dhanaraj also completed an implanted on a membrane made of col - much sooner . ” orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship at lagen . When I get them back , I implant At St . Mary Orthopaedics , Dr . Dhanaraj The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania . the membrane back into the knee through is among a team of board - certified ortho - This fellowship , combined with experience a mini - opening I make . ” pedic surgeons , nurses , licensed physical working with The Children’s Hospital of Dr . Dhanaraj suggests the patient is and occupational therapists , and orthopedic Philadelphia , allowed Dr . Dhanaraj to become instructed to be on crutches for about six nurse navigators pledged to provide patients skilled at arthroscopic techniques in both weeks . While someone might need up to with the continuum of care . Their shared adults and children . Apart from his surgical nine months before being cleared to resume goal : to put patients on the fast track to a skills , he believes his own medical history is playing sports or other activities , the knee complete recovery . of great comfort to patients ; as a collegiate will be healthier for the rest judo practitioner , he sustained many sports of their life . injuries , including fractures , a herniated disc , “ It’s like something out When I’m able to do a procedure that helps a patient get back to what they love to do without pain , the look of relief and thanks I get from them is priceless . — Dinesh Dhanaraj , M.D . , st . Mary OrthOpaeDics and even nerve damage in the spine . of science fiction , ” he says . “ I put them at ease , I believe , because “ When a patient suffers a they realize I know what they’re going knee injury , hears that pop , through , ” he says . “ When we get through feels that pain , it seems like it together , when I’m able to do a procedure the end of the world to them . that helps a patient get back to what they But when I tell them what I love to do without pain , the look of relief can do to fix it , and that we’ll and thanks I get from them is priceless . get through this together , that There is no better feeling as a doctor than they’ll be fine , it tends to calm them . It Advances such as SCR and cartilage seeing that . ” becomes very reassuring to them . ” regeneration offer appealing alternatives Pat Riesterer is among those patients . Dr . Dhanaraj graduated from the Uni - to joint replacement . Dr . Dhanaraj references In early August , she did something most of versity of California , Berkeley’s Molecular MACI , shorthand for matrix - induced autol - her family would have thought impossible and Cell Biology program , with an emphasis ogous chondrocyte implantation . MACI considering the injury she suffered less in cellular developmental biology . He also uses cartilage - forming cells from the patient’s than a year earlier : She cooked and hosted holds a master’s degree in public health own body to restore damaged cartilage in a late - summer Thanksgiving feast for her from Tulane University’s School of Public the knee . The surgical procedure involves family at her Bucks County home . Health and Tropical Medicine . He obtained a biopsy to harvest cartilage - forming cells , “ My family was amazed that I was able his medical degree from the University of or chondrocytes , which are allowed to to make the whole dinner , including a full Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio . multiply in a lab for four to six weeks . The turkey , ” she says . “ They couldn’t believe it . He completed his surgical internship and new cells are then implanted into the dam - Dr . Dhanaraj made me whole again , and orthopaedic surgery residency at the New aged joint to regenerate with the surrounding that takes a lot . He was fantastic , and I York University Hospital for Joint Diseases cartilage , which provides a cushion between would recommend him to anyone who in New York City . While there , he gained bone endings . ? needs this surgery . I love that man . ” experience working with athletes from the “ Cartilage regeneration is such an inter - esting and effective process that we do , ” says Dr . Dhanaraj . “ Once cartilage wears out in the body , it doesn’t regenerate on its For more information about St . Mary Orthopaedics , own . That causes the bones of the joint to D run against each other , causing pain . Now , call ( 267 ) 364 - 9100 or visit TrinityHealthMA.org / orthopedics . we can take cartilage cells by going into SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM AUGUST 2021 | 19

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SL_PROFILE_Lower_Bucks_Hospital_0821_Layout 1 8 / 31 / 21 10 : 26 AM Page 1 D PROFILE by BILL DONAHUE photography by GABRIELA BARR ANTES Never Missing a Beat Led by dr . Shahzad ahmed , Lower buckS hoSpitaL expandS and enhanceS itS abiLity to provide Life - changing interventionS for patientS in need of cardiac care . “ In the two years eart disease remains the No . 1 cause since I have come here , of death in the United States . An we have experienced American will have a heart attack H more than 100 percent every 39 seconds . Cardiovascular disease growth in the patients claims nearly 900,000 U.S . deaths per year . we have treated and implemented a lot of For example , an intravascular ultrasound Stroke is a leading cause of serious long - new changes , ” he says . “ For example , the machine will provide a highly detailed view term disability in the United States . old way of cardiac catheterization of a patient’s coronary artery to show real - These grim statistics from the American was to go time evidence of disease . The catheter - based Heart Association suggest that the heart is through the groin . We have changed the cul - diagnostic procedure can essentially quantify the ultimate paradox . While it’s an incredibly ture by accessing arteries in the hand or the percentage of narrowing or thickening of strong and resilient muscle that serves as the wrist ; it’s more comfortable for the patient , the artery and enable a physician to see engine for the human body , the heart is also and it also has a lower risk . ” plaque buildup that may have been missed surprisingly vulnerable , if not fragile . Dr . Ahmed and his fellow practitioners at during an angiogram . Preventive measures such as moderate Lower Bucks Hospital provide the full gamut “ For a lot of patients who experience exercise , stress - reduction techniques , and a of preventive measures for heart failure , chest pain and we don’t find blockages , ” Dr . heart - healthy diet can reduce the risk of car - stroke , and other life - threatening cardiovascular Ahmed says , “ we will have pressure wire to diovascular disease . Even so , medical inter - conditions . In fact , the hospital has invested detect blood pressure difference in smaller ventions often become necessary to stave off in a second cardiac catheterization lab , due arteries , and an issue that could jeopardize a person’s life . to open later this year , and expanded its to detect and treat microvascular Shahzad Ahmed , M.D . , FACC , medical staff with the addition of a newly FSCAI , dysfunction . ” hired interventional cardiologist . stands ready to help . As the leader of inter - “ I’m excited about where we go from ventional cardiology for Lower Bucks Hospital Going Forward here , ” Dr . Ahmed says . “ We already have the in Bristol , Dr . Ahmed appreciates the oppor - Lower Bucks Hospital has received multiple capability to help patients with all kinds of tunity to help patients improve their health honors and awards , including recognition heart - related issues , including those who through a combination of coronary inter - from the American Heart Association / Amer - have comorbidities like diabetes , high blood ventions and prescribed lifestyle changes . ican Stroke Association for the quality of pressure , and problems with the lower extrem - Dr . Ahmed joined Lower Bucks Hospital’s care delivered to stroke patients . Dr . Ahmed BMC Cardiology Practice LLC in 2019 . He was appreciates the hospital’s reputation as a ities . We also have a carotid program to fix drawn to Bucks County because of the hospital’s trusted community hospital , but he says its arteries going to the brain to prevent stroke . unwavering commitment to serving the com - capabilities are increasingly robust for a hos - The new catheterization lab will give us more munity . He also saw an opportunity to enhance pital of its size . flexibility to treat patients in an emergency , and expand the hospital’s delivery of excellent “ It’s amazing the things we can do now , and it will include many new advancements cardiac care to residents of Bucks County and because our understanding has changed and in technology that will tremendously increase surrounding areas . the technology has taken great leaps forward , ” our capability . ” SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM AUGUST 2021 20 |

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