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Joe Sam Robinson, Jr., M.D. and his co-author, Harold Groce, have released a new book addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. A New Chapter in an Old War: COVID-19 Strikes the World Order seeks to place the pandemic in the context of human history, discuss the broader global response to the pandemic, and offer potential solutions to…
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Did you know there are four different categories that scoliosis can fall under? Each type is determined by how old the patient is when the curvature develops and what the causing factors for development are. Congenital Scoliosis People with congenital scoliosis suffer from a bone malformation in the womb, causing them to develop vertebrae that…
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Dr. Joe Sam Robinson, Jr. was recently honored as the 2021 Physician of the Year by the Bibb County Medical Society. Robinson, who grew up in Macon and graduated from Lanier High School has practiced Neurosurgery in Central Georgia since 1981 after completing his undergraduate degree from Harvard, his medical degree at The University of…
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Dr. Smisson hosted visiting surgeons from Mexico and Arkansas last week to provide a first hand look at his mini indirect decompression and fusion utilizing the Stabilink device. This quick, minimally invasive procedure can be performed in GNI’s out-patient surgery center allowing patients to recover at home rather than the hospital. The procedure negates the…
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Last week, Dr. Igor DeCastro visited Brazil and performed an L3-4 XLIF (eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion) at the Copa Star Hospital in Copacabana. He enjoys traveling back to his native country to perform the same minimally invasive spine techniques that he implements at Georgia Neurosurgical Institute, here in Middle Georgia. The primary objective of his…
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