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Reaching Our Pinnacle
By D. Hodari Brooks, MD
The Physicians of Pinnacle Orthopaedics have been providing quality, state of the art orthopaedic care to the communities of the Austell, Powder Springs, Marietta, Paulding, and Hiram area for more than 15 years. We are very pleased to introduce our flagship office on the East West connector which, when opened in June of this year, will house 40,000 sq feet of office space. The office will be located approximately 2 miles from Wellstar Cobb Hospital and will only be a 5 minute drive from our current location on Mulkey Road. Pinnacle Orthopaedics will occupy the entire second floor, allowing our practice to utilize 20,000 square feet of clinical space to help make our patient’s experience as pleasant, efficient and successful as possible. A fully developed physical therapy unit and MRI scan, will occupy the first floor. In addition, the building will also house a fully functioning surgery center which will be operational in early 2010.
As an orthopaedic practice committed to servicing all of our patients needs, my partners and I have specialties in joint replacement, sports medicine, hand and foot, spine, general orthopaedics, fracture care, and pain management. We have a dedicated team to help us deliver quality care, including our nurses, therapists, medical assistants, office staff and administrators. We are looking forward to utilizing continued state of the art techniques and technologies to help us deliver quality health care in a friendly, efficient and professional environment. We have recently adopted an electronic medical record system to help our practice in this regard. In addition we will have full x-ray capability and with the introduction of digital x-rays we can view patients x-rays from any of our offices. We are also excited about the ability to use a large state of the art MRI scanner to help our patients to obtain their MRI’s in the most timely and efficient manner.
Although we will not be able to open our surgery center until 2010, when completed we will have three fully functional operating rooms which will allow myself and my partners to provide quality outpatient surgical services in a state of the art center. As surgeons, we are aware of the nervousness that is natural for our patients to have while preparing to undergo a surgical procedure. It is our goal to try and make the surgical experience of our patients as pleasant an experience as possible. In addition, our pain management physicians will be able to perform many of their smaller procedures such as back epidural injections in this surgery center. This combination of innovative new clinical space, imaging modalities including plain x-rays and MRIs, and a surgery center will allow us to deliver complete orthopaedic care to our patients in an environment that is relatively unmatched in the local and regional area.
We look forward to sharing our new building and services with our patients in the surrounding areas. While we are aware that many individuals fear going to the doctor, it is our sincere hope and goal to change this perception so that our patients will instead focus on the opportunity for our dedicated team of physicians to help everyone reach their true potential. Remember life is a journey to be lived one step at a time, and we invite you to come and begin your journey with us.
Dr. Hodari Brooks is an orthopaedic surgeon at Pinnacle Orthopaedics for more information about other physicians, services, and locations please visit www.pinnacle-ortho.com or call 770-944-3303.