James Mooney

And our goal is to really offer patients in the Richmond area access to total spine care, including complex as well as MIS spine surgery.

And to achieve that, we're expanding our reach to different areas.

In Fredericksburg, Virginia, I've been going to Williamsburg.

where William & Mary is to work with athletes there and increase our sports medicine exposure.

And we've been getting referrals and expanding our reach in those areas, which has been great.

Second is to increase capabilities in the OR.

And so we've brought in MIS systems over the past few months to help achieve those goals.

I mentioned the unit patient-specific rods, which we've been incorporating into surgery as well.

And then all of the AI planning, robotics, and enabling technologies that are really going to help transform things at VCU.

Improving collaborations goes along with that.

So with orthopedics, endocrinology, ENT, PM&R, PT, pain medicine, oncology, and really, you know, incorporating all those departments to make VCU a spine center of excellence.

And then from an academic standpoint, we're trying to really grow our research footprint, looking into predictive analytics, outcomes data.

And I've been partnering with the engineering department to help preoperative planning with 3D printing as well for bigger deformity operations.

And then we're working to get involved in the American Spine Registry over the next few months where we can

you know, longitudinally collect large amounts of data over time.

And then lastly, you know, from educational standpoint, we want to improve education for the residents and improve their exposure to complex techniques and enabling technologies and ultimately, potentially get a fellowship down the road.

So those are the main categories I'm really excited about.

Of course.

Thanks so much for having me.

I appreciate it.