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Faculty biographies
 | Dr Steven Haas Dr. Steven B. Haas received his education and training at Harvard, Cornell and the University of Rochester. He is Chief of the Knee Service at Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr. Haas speaks extensively both nationally and internationally on knee topics, and has authored more than 100 publications in the orthopedic literature. Dr. Haas has received numerous patents for innovative High Performance Knee Replacement designs that move more naturally than previous knee implants. Cutting-edge technologies employed by Dr. Haas include robotic-assisted replacement, patient-specific instrumentation and accelerometer-based computer navigation. Dr. Haas also performs minimally invasive robotic-assisted partial knee replacement. |
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 | Dr David Rovinsky Dr. David Rovinsky is an orthopedist in Lihue, Hawaii and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Wilcox Medical Center. Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Rovinsky worked in the computer software industry and he has devoted his career to the integration of technology to orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Rovinsky helped develop the NAVIO Robotic System for Partial and Total Knee Replacement and was the first in Hawaii to do a robotic assisted total knee replacement. He also has been integral to the development and design of total knee replacement implants with a focus on enabling athletes to return to high levels of function such as surfing Current projects in development include the use of augmented reality tools for orthopaedic surgeons to improve accuracy and precision in joint reconstruction and the use of virtual reality for training orthopaedic surgeons in novel procedures. |
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 | Dr Steven Nishiyama Dr. Steven Nishiyama is an orthopaedic surgeon at Desert Orthopaedic Center in Las Vegas. He’s a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in hip and knee replacements as well as revision surgery. Dr. Nishiyama brings extensive experience in minimally invasive techniques, including partial and total knee replacement, Robotic-assisted total joint replacement and outpatient joint replacement. Dr. Nishiyama is also well-versed in using patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) and computer- and robotic-assisted joint replacement surgeries, including CORI◊ robotics-assisted joint replacement. |
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