For Mike Meadows, Enough Was Enough
“I had just had it. Enough is enough,” Mike Meadows, of Harrison Township, explains in frustration. Mike, a retired chemical operator for General Electric, had both shoulders replaced within a year at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Once he had such success with his left shoulder replacement in April
2011, scheduling his second surgery was a no-brainer. “After I made the
decision to do the right shoulder, the left shoulder, a year later was
just, ‘Yeah, Let’s go!’”
Robert Rolf MD, an orthopedic surgeon from Beacon Orthopaedics who co-championed the shoulder replacement program at Good Samaritan Hospital Orthopedic Center of Excellence,
performed both joint replacement surgeries. “Immediately upon coming
out of recovery . . . I knew he had fixed it, because with my right one
the year before, I had such success with that,” Mike points out.
Initially, Mike made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon; however, the doctor he met with only specialized in knee replacements. “There was only one guy he would recommend for shoulder surgery: Dr. Rolf.” Read More >>
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About Dr. Rolf:
Robert Rolf, MD is a native of Cincinnati and a graduate of La Salle High School. He attended the University of Notre Dame when he received a BS in Chemical Engineering. After working as a Sales Engineer for two years, he returned to Cincinnati to study at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Dr. Rolf completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. He continued his training as a shoulder and elbow specialist during a fellowship at the Boston Shoulder Institute at Harvard under the guidance of Jon JP Warner, MD; Larry Higgins, MD; and Tom Holovacs, MD.
Throughout his fellowship he received extensive training in advanced arthroscopic techniques of the shoulder, as well as specialized experience in complex shoulder reconstructive procedures including tendon transfers, shoulder replacement and reverse shoulder replacement. He has a strong interest in shoulder and knee injuries as well as fracture management.
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