[Toby]

Hi

There is a great Thorasic Surgeon in Calgary, Alberta Canada.

Dr Sean McFadden
Foothills Medical Centre
(403) 944-4279

[Jomar]

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ad.php?t=33340

[ocgirl]

Johanna did a great job on deciding how to pick her surgeon.
I would like to add a surgeon's name that many of us on the board have used and been very happy with.
Stephen Annest M.D. and the Vascular Institute of the Rockies was my pick. I pretty much went through the same process as Johanna, with a few different docs and in 2004.
I had a great experience with Dr Annest and his group and I traveled from Calif to Colo.
If you need financial assistance to get to Colo you can go to
www.joniandfriends.org and look up the Christian Fund for the Disabled.
For free flights for medical travel look up Angel Flight. There are several groups that do this. Motels in Denver will give you a discount is you tell them you just got out of the hospital.

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Vascular Institute of the Rockies
Dr. Synn
Dr. Annest
2253 Downing St.
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 830-8822 main office
1-800-992-4676 toll free
(303) 830-7019 billing office
FAX : (303) 830-7068
E-MAIL: info@vascularinstitute.com
Website: www.vascularinstitute.com

[billy027]

http://www.nervepain.com./


We Can Help The Upper Extremity Institute is a division of the Montgomery County Hand Center, founded in 1991 by Scott M. Fried.A recognized leader in the understanding and treatment of nerve and upper extremity disorders, Dr. Fried has assembled a growing team of fully qualified, highly trained and thoroughly conscientious healthcare professionals dedicated to one basic principle: compassionate, conservative care for your injury.
About Dr. Scott Fried
Dr. Fried is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, fellowship trained hand surgeon and a hand and upper extremity specialist, and a fellow with the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedics. Affiliated with Mercy Suburban Hospital and the President of the Upper Extremity Institute, Dr. Fried has treated thousands of patients with complex nerve problems. He has also lectured and written extensively in the areas of pain and nerve disease and standard as well as alternative healing. His books, Light at the End of the Carpal Tunnel: A Guide to Understanding and Relief from the Pain of Nerve Problems, and The Carpal Tunnel Help Book, grew out of his years of experience, research and an in-depth understanding of medical and alternative treatments for nerve-related traumas. He is also President and Chief inventor of Doctor in the House, Inc., a company dedicated to the development of medical devices for home treatment of orthopedic injury.

Some of his society memberships include the AMA, AOA, Philadelphia Hand Society, Jefferson Hand Club, Jefferson Alumni Association of Thomas Jefferson University Medical College, The Jefferson Orthopaedic Society, The American Society for Clinical Hypnosis, The Greater Philadelphia Society for Clinical Hypnosis, The Greater Philadelphia Pain Society, The American Association for Hand Surgery (A.A.H.S.) and he is Past President of the Hand Surgery Section of the AOAO.

For more on Dr. Fried, click here.
1515 DeKalb Pike Suite 100 Blue Bell, PA 19422
Phone 610-277-1990 Fax 610-277-

[TOSchick]

I also traveled from CA to CO to have the pec minor/scalene resection (TOS) surgery. Actually, both sides. Both times, the surgery helped tremendously.

Great surgeon and doctor's office. Dr. Annest performs multiple TOS surgeries on average per week. He is a perfectionist and has excellent bedside manner.

Additionally, he is capable of making the incision for the TOS surgery under one's armpit instead of across the collar bone region. My last operation was under a year ago and my scar is near invisible.

[antikamars]

Donald L. Akers Jr., MD, FACS
Premier Surgical Associates
7557 Dannaher Way Suite 110
Powell, TN 37849
865) 938-8121 (Office)

Due to have surgery with him this Monday on Sept. 10th.

[LosingHope]

Dr. Gregory J Pearl
621 N Hall St, Ste 100
Dallas TX 75226
(This is part of Baylor Dallas - Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart & Vascular Hospital)

Phone: (214) 821-9600
or
1-800-4Baylor

http://www.texasvascularassociates.com/pearl.htm
This will get you Dr. Pearl's bio page on Texas Vascular Associates website; there is a good new patient info link and a "contact us via email" link

http://www.baylorhearthospital.com/
This is the hospital where Dr. Pearl did my TOS surgery. The staff - from surgeon and anesthesiologist to nurses to people delivering room service - were wonderful and attentive. The hospital was spotlessly clean and the floors kept quiet.

I can't say enough great things about Dr. Pearl and my surgery experience at Baylor. Suffice to say, I highly, highly recommend them.