Patients in Batavia, N.Y. no longer need to drive to Buffalo, N.Y., or Rochester, N.Y., for a hip replacement thanks to Nicholas Loffredo, MD, Buffalo Business First reports.
What you should know:
1. Dr. Loffredo joined Batavia-based United Memorial Medical Center a year and a half ago.
2. He specializes in anterior approach hip replacements.
3. Seeing an opening, Dr. Loffredo began performing hip replacements to increase the hospital's orthopedic service levels.
4. He said, "We are now a regional attraction for orthopedic care. That's my goal: to keep doing minimally invasive care and capture all business not just in\ this area but bring it in from surrounding areas."