The Good Samaritan Orthopedic Center of Excellence is staffed by a panel of expert physicians who are dedicated to providing the highest quality care to total hip and knee replacement patients. These physicians come from orthopedic surgery groups from around the area and work collaboratively to research and implement best practices—and they are teaching other orthopedic physicians from Cincinnati and around the world how they can achieve similar results.
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Mark Snyder MD, Medical DirectorPractice: TriHealth Orthopedic & Spine Institute Dr. Snyder is Medical Director of the Good Samaritan Orthopedic Center of Excellence. In 2010, he developed an initiative entitled “Zero in on Zero” which will radically reduce complications and ensure the highest level of patient satisfaction with their joint reconstructive outcomes. He is a frequent guest professor throughout the world. He often teaches on medical missions, demonstrates advanced joint replacement techniques; and he provides comprehensive programs in total joint patient care all the way from patient selection, to surgical techniques, to preventing complications, and to managing the most difficult patient care challenges. He is a consultant to and product innovator for several prominent medical device companies. As of 2011, Dr. Snyder completed more than 9,500 primary and revision total knee and hip replacement surgeries. In the Tri-State area, he is the volume leader in knee replacement operations. He helped develop new implant systems and surgical techniques like “Less Invasive Surgery” to ease recovery from joint replacement and likely improve the quality of the outcome. He teaches these methods throughout the country. A hallmark of his clinical priorities is the regular use of “multimodal pain management methods” which greatly reduce the potential for intense pain associated with total joint replacement. In keeping with innovative clinical research, Dr. Snyder is a nationally recognized proponent of total joint registries; and he has employed registry-based clinical tracking to reduce surgical complications and improve the results and durability of total joint replacement. He is integrally involved in the construction of a new total joint registry for the Good Samaritan Hospital that will enhance the surgical care all participating orthopedic surgeons provide to their patients. |
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Robert Burger MDPractice: Beacon Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Dr. Burger is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio where he graduated from LaSalle H.S. and went on to attend Notre Dame University on an academic scholarship. At N.D.U. he played varsity football and was a member of the 1977 National Championship Team. His honors included First Team academic All-American, National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete and the Dolly Cohen awards as the top scholar athlete in the country. Dr. Burger has a special interest in knee and shoulder injuries and is actively involved in education and clinical research in these areas. He is the Head Team Physician and co-director of Sports Medicine at Xavier University - Cincinnati, Ohio, associate team physician for the Cincinnati Reds MLB team, Orthopaedic Surgeon for the College of Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio, and team physician for LaSalle H.S. |
Kevin Reilly MDPractice:TriHealth Orthopedic & Spine Institute Dr. Kevin Reilly is the seventh of eight sons, born and raised in Cincinnati by Tom and Agnes Reilly. He was an Academic All American in football at The College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts and returned to Cincinnati from medical school and his orthopaedic training. In 2011, he was named a team physician for the Cincinnati Bengals. “I always dreamed of making it in the NFL, I just didn’t realize it would take me 25 years and a medical career to get there.” He serves as the team physician for St. Xavier, where he wrestled and played football in high school. He also serves as an orthopaedic consultant for multiple other area high schools, several colleges and the McGing Irish Dancers. “I’ve enjoyed remaining involved with high school athletics since this was one of my earliest attractions to Orthopaedics as a career. There is a great deal of satisfaction from the one-on-one interaction you have when treating a patient and helping them restore their function and achieve their goals. Whether it’s a 9 year-old soccer player or a 90 year-old walker, a 100-pound dancer or a 300-pound lineman, helping someone do the things they need to do and want to do, by correctly diagnosing and treating them, is the greatest thing about my job.” In this era of specialization, he is also proud of being a general orthopaedic surgeon. “I have a particular interest in joint replacement surgery, arthroscopy and sports medicine, but I enjoy the variety and challenge of seeing virtually all patients and treating most of them,” says Dr. Reilly, who is married and has six children. “If a problem is extremely rare or complex, we have an extensive team of subspecialists within the Wellington group available as a valuable resource.” According to Dr. Reilly, up to 90% of an orthopaedic practice involves non-operative care. In most cases, multiple nonsurgical options are explored before resorting to surgery. “Our responsibility is to try to get patients better, and if I can do that without resorting to surgery, that is usually the first choice. When surgery is required, I make use of state of the art techniques and equipment, from less invasive arthroscopic and total joint surgeries to computer assisted and partial joint replacement surgeries. The local and national climate of healthcare has not dampened his enthusiasm for this chosen profession. “I consider it a significant and humbling honor and privilege to serve patients in need. Despite the stresses and ever increasing challenges of the business of medicine, I continue to find the practice of orthopaedic surgery very fulfilling.” |
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Thomas Bender MD
Christopher Ruhnke MD
John Schwegmann DO
Thomas Shockley MD| Shoulder Physician Panel |
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Samer Hasan MD
Robert Rolf MD