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The typical cylinder in a traditional closed MRI has been stretched to provide a much wider opening, handling a 500-pound weight limit. MAPPING THE GEOGRAPHIC REACH The SOS investment in the new GE wide-bore MR increases accessibility, patient comfort and clinical productivity. to four hours and five minutes. That can be an unnecessary delay in treatment for patients with orthopedic injuries for whom the emergency department is often the only care setting option in the evening or on the weekend. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that emergency departments see approximately 4.3 million sports- and recreation-related injuries annually. The newly opened SOS PLUS clinic provides an alternative: an after-hours orthopedic walk-in center dedicated to expeditious evaluation and treatment of fac- tures, joint dislocations, sprains, strains, and all other sports- and work-related injuries. "We felt there was a want and need in the area," says Todd Battaglia, M.D., M.S., orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine spe- cialist at SOS. "This allows patients to obtain specialty care for their emergency orthopedic injuries without having to filter through the normal, time-consuming channels that it often takes before they reach our offices." The elimination of the unnec- essary visits to the emergency department and even to a primary care provider offers significant benefits from a clinical point of view, in addition to the patient's personal convenience. Emergency THE NEARLY 30 orthopedic surgeons of Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists (SOS) not only cover all of the major areas of orthopedics, but also serve all of the major areas surrounding Syracuse. The practice sees patients in eight office locations while physicians reserve surgical procedures for the SOS surgery cen- ter. In addition, SOS partners with the New York Spine and Wellness Center and the Fitness Forum Physical Therapy & Aquatic Center to provide comprehensive and long-term orthopedic care. The offices at which patients can conveniently access the SOS practice include: + Baldwinsville at the Radisson Health Center, located at 8276 Willett Parkway + Camillus at 5700 West Genesee Street + Cicero at 5586 Legionnaire Drive + Dewitt at 5719 Widewaters Parkway, which includes a Spine Center and a Hand and Wrist Center + Fayetteville at 4115 Medical Center Drive + Liverpool at 4888 West Taft Road and 5100 West Taft Road in the North Medical Health Center + Syracuse at 5000 West Seneca Turnpike and the Specialists One Day Surgery Center at 190 Intrepid Lane MDNEWS.COM ■ MD NEWS Central New York | 9

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