letter from Dr. Buddy Savoie - Excellent

All,

Dr. Buddy Savoie is a prominent Sports Medicine Doctor in New Orleans, and has held many high ranking positions throughout his career.. His most recent position was the President of the Arthroscopy Association of North America.  Currently, he is the Chief of Sports Medicine at Tulane is a one of the best Shoulder surgeons in the country.

Dr. Savoie is a firm believer in the AlignMed product portfolio and prescribes the SpinalQ Brace consistently for many of his patients.

He wrote a very powerful letter - ATTACHED -  which I thought would be useful to our sales force.  Many of you have asked for this, and I was finally able to track him down and obtain it.    Some of you also might want to use it as a template for your other doctors who might need to write a letter for Work Comp Approval or help with Insurance claims.

Another tool to help you sell more product :)

Best,

Bob Waeger

714-514-8038

Bwaeger@Alignmed.com 

Much of his BIO is listed below: 

Felix "Buddy" H. Savoie, III, MD, is a professor in the department of orthopedics and chief of sports medicine at Tulane (La.) University School of Medicine, where he has become an accomplished author and teacher for surgeons from around the world. He has a professional interest in shoulder, elbow and wrist surgery. 

He has also given several presentations for trained physicians, including a live broadcast of rotator cuff and labrum repair to an audience of over 400 orthopedic surgeons. The broadcast was part of the annual San Diego Shoulder Arthroscopy meeting.

Dr. Savoie is the current president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and has published several articles on topics such as treatment for UCL insufficiency in female athletes and elbow surgery. He has earned the Charles Neer Award from the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons as well as several other awards for his research. 

Dr. Buddy Savoie is a Louisiana native and a graduate of the Louisiana State University School of Medicine. Dr. Savoie completed his Orthopaedic surgery residency in 1987 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in arthroscopy with the late Dr. Richard Caspari, Dr. John Meyer, and Dr. Terry Whipple in Richmond, Virginia. He also completed an A-O International fellowship in Basel, Switzerland. Additionally, Dr. Savoie completed a hand and microvascular fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Mayo Clinic. He is known throughout the United Sates and overseas as an accomplished author and teacher. Dr. Savoie is board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and he comes to Tulane from Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Jackson where he has been a great clinician, surgeon, and educator. He is the new Chief of the Section of Sports Medicine at Tulane. He has special interests in shoulder, elbow, and wrist surgery.

Appointments
Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics, Tulane University School of Medicine

Chief of Sports Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine

Specialty
Orthopaedic Surgery

Subspecialty
Sports Medicine

Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

State Licensure
Louisiana
Mississippi

Education
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US, B.S. – Biochemistry, 1978

Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, US, M.D., 1982

Internship
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, US, 1982-1983

Residency
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, US, 1983-1987

Fellowship
AO Fellowship with Dr. F. Harder, Basel, Switzerland, 1986

Hand and Microvascular Fellowship with Dr. John Gould, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, US, 1987

Arthroscopy Fellowship with Drs. Richard Caspari, John Meyer, and Terry Whipple, Orthopaedic Research of Virginia with Tuckahoe Orthopaedic Associates, Richmond, Virginia, US, 1988

Clinical Interests
Sports Medicine; shoulder, elbow and wrist surgery

Awards

• Beckett Howorth Award - Best resident paper, 1984 and 1986
• Southern Orthopaedic Association - Best paper, Trauma Category
• National Resident's Conference, Richards Medical Company - Best paper, Trauma Category, 1984
• American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting - Charles Neer Award, 1992

Selected Publications

• Argo D, Trenhaile SW, Savoie FH, et al. Operative Treatment of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Insufficiency of the Elbow in Female Athletes. American Journal of Sports Medicine Volume 34, No. 3, 2006: 431-437.
• Levine JW, Field LD, Savoie FH. Arthroscopic Management of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Elbow. Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine Volume 14, No. 2, 2006: 60-66.
• Savoie FH, Field LD, Ramsey JR. Posterolateral Rotatory Instability of the Elbow: Diagnosis and Management. Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine Volume 14, No. 2, 2006: 81-85.
• Field LD, Savoie FH. Guest Editors of Management of Elbow and Wrist Problems in Athletes in Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine, Volume 14, No. 2, 2006.
• Szabo SJ, Savoie FH, Field LD, et al. Tendinosis of the extensor carpi radialis brevis: an evaluation of three methods of operative treatment. J Shoulder Elbow Surgery, Volume 15, No. 6, 2006: 721-727.