What's New at SOS?

New Physician
SOS is pleased to announce that Michael P. Bome, MA, PT, ECS will be joining the practice. Michael Bome is board certified by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties to perform Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies. Mr. Bome joined SOS February 9th after more than 30 years in private practice. In addition to his private practice, Mr. Bome has also taught Diagnostic EMG and Nerve Conduction Studies at SUNY Health Science Center since the early 1980s.

He will be seeing patients for EMG and NCS testing on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at the Widewaters office and on Wednesdays at the Camillus office. We are very pleased to welcome Michael Bome to SOS and are excited to be able to offer this service to our patients.

New Procedure Performed
Cervical Disc Replacement
Dr. Warren Wulff has completed training necessary to offer a new motion preserving procedure for the treatment of symptomatic cervical radiculopathy that has just recently been approved by the FDA. The Cervical Disc Replacement can now be used as an alternative to cervical fusion. For more information on this procedure, please either call Dr. Wulff at our Widewaters Parkway office or go to www.prestigedisc.com.

Neural Scans
We are now performing Neural Scans at our Widewaters Parkway office. Effective September 20, 2007 the SOS Spine Center has introduced to our suite of services, Cervical and Lumbar Small Pain Fiber Nerve Conduction Studies (a.k.a. Neural Scan). This is a non-invasive study that helps diagnosis nerve root, peripheral neuropathy as well as detect various sensory neurological impairments.

Office re-opening
As a result of increased patient volume and the addition of new providers we will be reopening our Cicero office located at 5586 Legionnaire Drive in mid November. This will allow SOS to better meet the needs of our patients in the northern Syracuse suburbs.

SOS Announces New Physician Assistant
We are happy to announce the addition of two new Physician Assistants in October. Ariel McGarry and Mary Anne Lampert are both graduates of the LeMoyne College Physician Assistant Studies Program. They will be joining the 17 midlevel practitioners and 21 doctors who currently practice at Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists, PC.

Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Procedure Offered
SOS is please to announce that Surgical Specialists Dr. Stephen Bogosian, Dr. Michael Clarke, Dr. Brett Greenky, Dr. Seth Greenky, Dr. John Parker and Dr. I Michael Vella are all specially trained in the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Procedure. Unlike traditional hip replacement surgery, resurfacing does not remove as much of the leg bone. Instead, the process simply machines away the rough damaged surface of the hip joint bones and replaces them with more durable high carbide cobalt chrome. For more information on Birmingham Hip Resurfacing, please refer to the link provided www.newyorkhipresurfacing.com or call our office at (315) 251-3100.

EMG's
SOS is now offering Electromyograms or EMGs as they are more commonly known on Wednesdays at our Widewaters Parkway office. An EMG is used to record the electrical activity of muscles. The tests are most often done when a patient is experiencing muscle weakness. The EMG helps to distinguish between muscle conditions that begin in the muscle and muscle weakness due to nerve disorders. Dr. Charles Scioscia, who is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, will be performing the tests.