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New
Back Surgery at ValleyCare 
Surgical
Breakthrough Smooth
sailing for new back surgery...
Northern
California Spine Institute Keeps Backs... Advances
Revolutionize Spinal Fusion Surgery
Hacienda Network
Northern California Spine Institute Keeps Backs on Track
Cutting Edge
Facility Uses the Latest, Most Innovative, Minimally Invasive
Techniques
By George Walsh
Network Editor
The ValleyCare office building at
5725 West Las Positas at Hacienda was established to house
state-of-the-art medical facilities. Evidence of the caliber
of talent being attracted
to the complex is the Northern California Spine Institute
in Suite 200
of the Las Positas offices. NCSI, which became a part of the
Hacienda
community in November 2002, provides both surgical and non-surgical
treatment of the spine. The institute is integrated with inpatient
and
outpatient programs that embrace new and advanced technologies
to speed the
recovery of its patients. Spinal treatments provided by NCSI
include
minimally invasive spinal surgery, revision surgery, pediatric
and adult
scoliosis care, treatment of spinal compression fractures,
electrodiagnostic and therapeutic spine injections.
"We moved into our new space
in the Hacienda Business Park on November 4th, which gave
us more room,
more exam rooms, and more accessibility to the patients,"
says Michelle
Smith, chief operating officer for the Northern California
Spine
Institute. "ValleyCare is going to be moving occupational
medicine and
physical therapy into this building, which will be very convenient
for our
patients. They'll have access to many of the services they
need in
addition to those that we provide." The staff of physicians
at NCSI includes
James D. Fontaine, MD, an interventional spine specialist;
orthopedic
spine surgeon Kevin C. Booth MD; and orthopedic spine surgeon
Joseph M.
Grant MD.
The Northern California Spine Institute was
started five
years ago by Fontaine, Booth, and Grant to provide the most
specialized
and modern spine treatments available. NCSI currently has
four locations
including facilities in San Ramon, Sonora, and Tracy.
The physicians
are affiliated with both ValleyCare Medical Center and the
San Ramon
Regional Medical Center. The Las Positas office encompasses
approximately
6,300 square feet. In addition to the three doctors, NCSI's
new
Pleasanton office will employ 16 people and have the capacity
to treat between
60 and 100 patients each day.
"We get a lot of patients who have
been
injured on the job, industrial injuries, and worker's compensation
cases," Smith says. "Dr. Booth is a scoliosis specialist,
so we see some
teenagers who require scoliosis surgery as well as a lot of
patients who
have lower back pain." NCSI is also involved in research
projects. In
March, the Institute performed surgery involving the first
artificial
cervical disk of its kind in California. They're also involved
in
performing the most modern types of microscopic surgery. "What
we're trying to
do is to remain on the cutting edge and use the latest, most
innovative, minimally invasive techniques," Smith says.
For patients suffering
from back problems, the forward-looking physicians at the
Northern
California Spine Institute may be just what the doctor ordered.
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