Nov 2, 2020 | News, Patient Stories, Sports Medicine
Growing up, Chicago area native Ricky Valadez loved sports – rugby, wrestling, football. He found his greatest strength in football. “I loved it,” the now 23-year-old says. “I couldn’t wait to compete each season.” Star student and athlete at St. Rita of Cascia High...
Nov 1, 2020 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
Dear Dr. Shehan, I believe you must inspire Excellence… My sister, Kathleen W. was admitted to Weiss on Thursday, July 30 for a complete hip revision performed by Henry Finn M.D. I would like to share with you our experience…consider yourself blessed with the staff...
Nov 1, 2020 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
“Did you see the video of me biking for the first time in 25 years?” asks Rob McClean enthusiastically. His question comes just a few months after a complicated knee-fusion-disassembly surgery finally allowed him to bend his knee–something he could not do for more...
Nov 1, 2020 | News, Patient Stories, Sports Medicine
With many kids heading starting school this week and next, here’s a look at one of our favorite back-to-school stories: the tale of a high school football star heading to the University of Indianapolis this month on scholarship. But his road to university wasn’t an...
Nov 1, 2020 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
“I’m a person who is not limited in what I want to do,” said Ondrea Tye, 63, a City of Los Angeles Urban Planner. But when a condition called arthrofibrosis afflicted her knee, she experienced some limitations. “My quality of life suffered. I could no longer do much...
Nov 1, 2020 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
Eric Hicks, 31, of Cedar Lake, Indiana was tired of the pain and surgeries over a decade’s time. A knee injury while playing high school football started him on a course that kept getting worse. Hicks underwent 8 surgeries since age 18 – mostly arthroscopic procedures...
