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Sport Medicine Center Provides Exceptional Care

The Sports Medicine Center at Santa Rosa Orthopaedics work to restore active lifestyles for patients and sports enthusiasts of all ages. The dedicated team of specialty-trained surgeons and healthcare providers take pride in providing the highest quality orthopedic care. Whether a patient may be a professional athlete or ...

2022-12-12T13:33:03-07:00

Childhood sports benefits lifetime bone health

Participation in organized sport during childhood and adolescence is associated with bone mass at 20 years of age, according to a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study. In the study that followed 984 children into young adulthood, males who were 'consistent sport participators' from ages 5-17 years ...

2022-12-12T13:33:19-07:00

ACL repair success with long-term physical therapy

  A third of people who undergo ACL reconstruction surgery will have osteoarthritis in their injured knee within 10 years. Within two decades, nearly 50 percent will -- terrible odds for getting a debilitating condition with no known cure. While no one yet knows exactly why this is ...

2022-12-12T13:33:19-07:00

Dr. Pourtaheri Among 2018 Top Doctors

Santa Rosa Orthopaedic’s Dr. Neema Pourtaheri has been selected by his peers as among the best orthopaedic doctors by Sonoma Magazine’s Top Doctors survey for 2018. Sonoma Magazine’s Top Doctor survey is distributed annually to local doctors who are asked which medical specialist they would most often recommend ...

2022-12-12T13:33:19-07:00

SRO’s Top Doctor Awards 2018: Focus on Sport’s Medicine Center

Santa Rosa Orthopaedics was recently recognized under the category of Sports Medicine by Sonoma Magazine’s Top Doctors survey highlighting Dr. Thomas Degenhardt, Dr. Gary A. Stein and Dr. Michael McDermott for their expertise as orthopaedic surgeons and sports medicine doctors. Today we would like to expand on the ...

2025-11-03T10:04:07-07:00

2018 Top Doctor Award with at look at SRO’s Hand Center

Santa Rosa Orthopaedic’s has been once again recognized under the category of Hand Surgery by Sonoma Magazine’s Top Doctors survey highlighting Dr. Mazur and Dr. Mintalucci for their expertise. Today we would like to detail the work these fine physicians do at the SRO Hand Center. About the ...

2025-11-03T10:05:13-07:00

Wrist surgery with Dr. Mintalucci gets patient back to favorite sport

Adnan Jerkovic is a device representative in the medical field and often works with Santa Rosa Orthopaedics (SRO) physicians. So, when Adnan sustained a serious wrist injury from playing water polo, and after getting x-rays through his primary physician, he contacted SRO. Based on the nature of his injury, he was referred ...

2025-11-03T10:07:37-07:00
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