Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists is excited to now offer robotic-arm assisted knee replacements with the DePuy Synthes VELYS™ Robotic-Assisted Solution at our Ambulatory Orthopaedic Surgery Center in Downtown Spokane, Washington.
Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists is proud to now offer robotic-arm assisted total knee and partial knee replacements with Stryker’s Mako System at our Ambulatory Orthopaedic Surgery Center.
Governor Inslee has announced a halt to elective surgeries due to rising COVID-19 cases. The governor's announcement applies to hospital surgical cases, but it does not apply to outpatient orthopedic surgical cases scheduled at the NWOS Ambulatory Surgery Center. The Surgery Center, as well as all NWOS Clinics and Express Walk-In Clinics, are open.
The COVID‐19 pandemic has altered almost everything about our lives. In health care, clinics, hospitals, and surgical centers are often short‐staffed, or overcrowded caring for COVID patients. This has forced many people to delay surgeries and treatment of orthopedic injuries and conditions, adding painful or debilitating waiting to an already stressful situation.
This past November, a team from NWOS that included Dr. Kirk Reichard, Dr. Jonathan Keeve, PA David Baca, and RN Sarah Miller, joined the Operation Walk Albany Team in Havana,...
Two NWOS orthopedic surgeons, Dr. Kirk Reichard, and Dr. Jonathan Keeve will join Dr. Jared Roberts of Operation Walk’s Albany Team on the November 2019 medical mission to Havana, Cuba.
Sometimes the best help is to teach someone to help others
For nearly 20 years, surgeons from Northwest Orthopedic Specialists have traveled to developing countries to provide medical relief in humanitarian, disaster and conflict situations in addition to teaching in-country doctors. Each of these settings has a unique set of expectations, traditions, cultural requirements, medical obstacles, language barriers and politics.