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UC Irvine Orthopaedic - The Jon Wilhite Story How doctors saved Adenhart crash survivor's
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at baseball game Dr. Nitin Bhatia, the surgeon who saved Jon Wilhite, a victim of ... his team performed the surgery to keep Wilhite alive. Video by Mark Eades of The Orange County Register. Click to see... Fox Sports coverage part 1 Fox Sports coverage part 2 Dr. Nitin Bhatia was selected as one of the top twenty notable spine surgeons in America who has focused his care on spinal trauma cases. Dr. Bhatia serves as chief of the spine service and associate professor of clinical orthopaedics at UC Irvine as well as co-director of the UC Irvine Spine Center and residency program director. He has a professional interest in spine trauma, as well as spinal stenosis, disc herniations, scoliosis and complex cervical and lumbar reconstruction. He performs percutaneous fusions, X-Stop lumbar stenosis treatment and kyphoplasty and has an active interest in research. Dr. Nitin Bhatia was selected as an Orange County Physician of Excellence for 2013. It's an honor voted on by other physicians. Read more... Dr. Nitin Bhatia was also selected as a 2013 Super Doctor which is also selected by other doctors and includes less than 5% of physicians. Read more..
Nitin N. Bhatia, M.D. Appointments and General Patient Information: (714)
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Clinical Interests For all of our patients, a multi-disciplinary non-surgical approach is used. This approach allows the majority of our patients to improve without surgical intervention. When surgery is necessary, Dr. Bhatia's extensive training in state of the art techniques including minimally invasive surgery, endoscopic and microscopic discectomy, percutaneous fusions, X-Stop lumbar stenosis treatment, Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP), and kyphoplasty help to cure his patients' problems with minimal recovery time and less discomfort than other methods. Dr. Bhatia has been featured as a treating surgeon in the television show "Guardian Angels, MD" seen nationwide on The Learning Channel (TLC) as well as programs on PBS. He has expertise in all areas of spinal pathology including spinal stenosis, disc herniations, spine trauma, scoliosis, complex cervical and lumbar reconstruction, and failed back syndrome. Dr. Bhatia has completed multiple spine surgery fellowships and has trained in both orthopaedic and neurosurgical techniques. The UC Irvine Spine Center provides care for Orange County and the related communities including Irvine, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Nigel, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley, Santa Ana, Fullerton, Westminster, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Long Beach, Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Fountain Valley, La Palma, Laguna Woods, Laguna Hills, Tustin, San Clemente, and Mission Viejo. Our offices are conveniently located near the 22, 5, and 55 freeways for easy access for our patients from further communities such as Temecula, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Covina, Downey, Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Apple Valley, Visalia, Palm Springs, Fresno, Fallbrook, Hemet, Los Angeles, and Riverside. Patients from outside these communities are welcome at the UCI Spine Center as well. International patients are encouraged to contact us for assistance and coordination of medical care. Research Interests Dr. Bhatia is also studying the efficacy of surgical and non-surgical treatments for patients with spinal trauma and spinal cord injury. His current biomechanical projects include the improvement of cervical spine stabilization techniques and an evaluation of different types of spinal fixation. Dr. Bhatia has previously published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Additionally, he has presented his research to national and international audiences and won multiple research awards. Background Following his general surgical internship and orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Bhatia completed a spinal surgery fellowship at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, after which he completed a second spinal surgery fellowship at Miami Children’s Hospital. He currently serves as Chief of the Spinal Surgery Service in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, Irvine. In 2004, Dr. Bhatia co-founded the UC Irvine Multidisciplinary Spine Program which combines experts in multiple medical and surgical fields to provide unparalleled care for our patients. Medical Degree Residency Fellowship Awards AOA-JOA Traveling Fellowship - Alternate, 2005 American Orthopaedic Association Emerging Leaders Program, 2005-2006 University of California, Irvine - Faculty Teaching Award, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2005 Outstanding Paper Nominee, Cervical Spine Research Society, 2005 Hibbs Award Nominee, Basic Science, Scoliosis Research Society, 2005 American Orthopaedic Association Emerging Leaders, 2005-2009 Board Certifications
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