Craig Bloom by Craig Bloom https://padlet.com/craigbloom/Bookmarks A compilation of reviews may itself be called a review. en-us 2015-12-28 03:38:51 UTC 2025-10-05 12:02:32 UTC hello@padlet.com About Dr. Richard S. Isaacs, MD craigbloom https://padlet.com/craigbloom/Bookmarks/wish/87331347

Specializes in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology • Male • Age 52

About Dr. Richard Isaacs

“I joined Kaiser Permanente in 1995 and have Advanced Certification in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery. My specialties include: orbital, nasal, and maxillofacial surgery, as well as thyroid and parathyroid surgery. I function as a regional resource for the management of advanced tumors of the head and neck and provide the otolaryngologic approach for tumors at the skull base. Additionally, I am trained in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive surgery and perform rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, otoplasty, and rhytidectomy. I have an interest in post-tumor facial reconstruction and facial reanimation surgery. I am a Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

I received my Bachelor of Science degree, with Distinction, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and my Doctor of Medicine degree, with Honors, from Wayne State University in Detroit. Then, I completed my Otolaryngology training in New York at the Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital / New York Hospital-Cornell Medical College. Subsequently, I received additional Head and Neck Oncologic and Skull Base Surgical training from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and The University of California, Davis. I am also a 2004 graduate of the Kenan-Flagler School of Business Advanced Leadership Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the University of California, San Francisco, CHCF Advanced Leadership Program.

Roles and Responsibilities

In April of 2005, I was appointed to the Physician-In-Chief and Chief-of-Staff positions for the South Sacramento and Elk Grove Medical Facilities. I am very fortunate to be able to continue my head and neck surgical practice and I greatly enjoy my administrative position as well. I provide leadership to our 450 physicians/providers and more than 2000 nurses and staff who care for the 200,000 Kaiser Permanente members in the South Sacramento/Elk Grove area. I am confident that we will ensure your well-being and maintain your health. Your experience will demonstrate that the physician-led integrated medical delivery system of Kaiser Permanente, where physicians partner with a hospital and health plan organization, allows for superior quality, exceptional outcomes, and personalized service. When combined with the power of our advanced medical information technology systems, Kaiser Permanente has become a model for health care in our nation.

Credentials

Medical Education Wayne State University, Detroit, MIResidency Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, NYResidency Cornell University School of Medicine, New York, NYFellowship UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CAFellowship UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CABoard certification Otolaryngology, american board of otolaryngologyAwardsAmerican Academy of Otolaryngology Presidential Award for scientific work on Skull Base Surgical Approaches to Distal Carotid Artery AneurismsChosen as one of the top Otolaryngologists in Northern California by Sacramento MagazineTop Doctor by the American Consumer Reports survey of American PhysiciansA national top physician selected by Key Professionals Organization (Super Doctors)Affiliations.”

Key things you need to know about Dr. Isaacs:

Dr. Isaacs’ Experience

Specialties

* Head & Neck Surgical Oncology

* Ear, Nose, and Throat

* Neurological Skull Base Surgery

Board Certifications

* Otolaryngology

Procedures Dr. Isaacs Performs

* Vestibule and Floor of Mouth, Excision or Destruction

Conditions Dr. Isaacs Treats

* Cancer of Floor of Mouth

* Cancer Treatment Complications

* Cancer-Related Conditions

* Facial Skin Cancer

* Jaw Tumor

* Laryngeal Cancer

* Paranasal Sinus Cancer

* Pharyngeal Cancer

* Skin Cancer

* Thyroid Cancer

* Tongue Cancer

* Tonsil Cancer

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Site:  https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/provider/richardisaacs

Work from: United States

Richard Isaacs joined Kaiser Permanente in 1995 and he has Advanced Certification in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery. His specialties include: orbital, nasal, and maxillofacial surgery, as well as thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Additionally, Rich is trained in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive surgery and has an interest in post-tumor facial reconstruction and facial reanimation surgery.

As Physician-in-Chief, Rich functions as the Medical Director of operations, including all inpatient and outpatient arenas. He also functions as the Chief Medical Officer for the 290 bed Acute Care Hospital and ACS Level II Trauma Center. In addition, he provides leadership for the 450 physicians and 3000 nurses and support staff.

]]> 2016-01-09 03:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/craigbloom/Bookmarks/wish/88476404 Dr. Howard Marans: Facts you need to know about orthopedics   craigbloom https://padlet.com/craigbloom/Bookmarks/wish/92499183 Are you familiar with Nicolas Andry? Arthroscopy? Or Prosthesis? Perhaps most of you aren’t. Those are some of the basic terms in orthopedics, and if you’re going to finish this article, you’ll be able to obtain a bountiful of knowledge about this particular field of medicine.

Let’s begin with Nicolas Andry. He played a major role in the early history of orthopedics. He was the first one to introduce the word ‘orthopedia’ in 1741, in his book Orthopaedia, or the art of preventing and correcting deformities in children. The terminology Nicolas used were derived from two Greek words; orthos, meaning straight and pais, meaning child.

Great developments were seen in this specific branch of medicine and after a long period of time, orthopedics is not only about children.

Orthopedics focuses on the diseases and injuries of the bones or muscles. If a bone is broken, it would develop new growth in order to correct the fracture and fill in any areas from which bone is removed, since bone is a living and functioning part of the body.

For that reason, a bone that’s deformed from birth can be operated, cut, braced, or treated to generate a normal form. If a broken bone is held in alignment, it will heal without any physical deformity.

 

History

Even in the prehistoric ages, humans have had to deal with broken or deformed bones. It’s evident in the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics that people wrapped and braced a limb in order to heal normally.

Wars are common during those times and it happened on a much larger scale. The soldiers also used more competent weapons. This result in fractures and other bone injuries to become more prevalent.

Interestingly, advances in orthopedics made a great uproar in the field of medicine as surgeons shortly invented simple prosthesis to replace limbs that were amputated because of a grave wound.

Orthopedists in the earlier times were very committed in their field. It’s no doubt that their legacy remained into our modern orthopedists. Birth defects such as scoliosis and clubfoot have also been the main concern of the former orthopedists. But it doesn’t stop there, those physicians also included within their specialty the dislocations, fractures, and trauma to the spine and skeleton. Orthopedics had been a physical specialty for several years.

After manipulating bones and joints to restore alignment, orthopedists including Dr. Howard Marans will apply casts or braces to maintain its structure while waiting for it to heal. While the fracture heals on its own, the patient is advised to be more comfortable as possible to avoid further injuries. However, in some cases, the healing process was incomplete and affect the patient with a lifetime handicap that can make walking or bending difficult.

 

Modern developments

In order for the bone fragments to heal better, a special nail was invented in the 1930s to hold them. On the other hand, the head of a femur that is a part of the hip joint and that wouldn’t often heal after being fractured can be replaced with a metal device that was developed a couple of years after the nail, then a total artificial hip joint was invented after that. Revisions and improvements are still being made by the orthopedists to allow an individual to maximize the use and flexibility of the leg.

Orthopedists utilize physical methods to align fractures and repair damaged joint. Braces and casts are still being used to hold injured bones in place while they heal. To ensure that the bones are aligned properly and that there’ll be a better healing process, orthopedic specialists now use x-rays.

Crushed bones that have a little chance of healing on their own could be treated by Dr. Howard Marans through transplanting bits of bone from other locations in the body to fill fractured areas. He and other orthopedists use drills, screwdrivers, screws, staples, nails, chisels, and other tools to operate the bone and connect pieces with one another.

Most of the bone deformities these days could be corrected. Deformed facial bones can be replaced or reshaped. Bone transplants from one person to another is a usual thing. Grave diseases like cancer may bring terrible results to patients, such as losing a limb, but Howard Marans MD can provide a normal-appearing prosthesis for them to have a near-normal life. He can teach them on how to use it, and it’s also fitted so it’s convenient to use.

The patients that have lost limbs due to traumatic injuries, vascular diseases, diabetes, cancer or congenital disorders could get prosthetics through orthopedic surgeons. Prosthetics refers to the design, fabrication, and fitting of custom-built artificial limbs or other assistive devices.

These devices could restore the function and appearance of a full or partial missing limb as completely as possible. He also added that the creation of prosthesis is a very complicated and custom procedure that requires a high degree of skill coupled with advanced technology due to the huge differences in human anatomy.

Arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, epicondylitis, and osteoporosis are among the list of degenerative diseases that orthopedists were trained to treat. Treatment options include diet changes, exercise, steroid injections, as well as surgical procedures and hormone replacement therapy.

Arthroscopy and joint replacement are some of the recent technological advances that helped a lot of orthopedic patients around the globe. Several orthopedic surgical procedures don’t need an open incision to completely expose the joint. Flexible arthroscopes can now be inserted through a small incision in the skin and then into a joint, and after that, it can be manipulated through the joint to locate and determine the nature of the injury. Arthroscopy can be used to look into many joints of the body, such as knees, ankles, shoulders, elbows, and wrists.

Dr. Howard Marans and his affiliates are committed to treating all patients in a professional and timely manner. They surely are a promising team because they can provide prompt care utilizing established orthopedic treatments and innovative surgical and arthroscopic procedures.

That’s it! This sum up most of the facts about orthopedics. Hoped this article   ������W�� �helped you in understanding this particular field of medicine.

]]> 2016-02-02 06:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/craigbloom/Bookmarks/wish/92499183 Dr. Howard Marans: Facts you need to know about orthopedics   craigbloom https://padlet.com/craigbloom/Bookmarks/wish/92499237 Are you familiar with Nicolas Andry? Arthroscopy? Or Prosthesis? Perhaps most of you aren’t. Those are some of the basic terms in orthopedics, and if you’re going to finish this article, you’ll be able to obtain a bountiful of knowledge about this particular field of medicine.

Let’s begin with Nicolas Andry. He played a major role in the early history of orthopedics. He was the first one to introduce the word ‘orthopedia’ in 1741, in his book Orthopaedia, or the art of preventing and correcting deformities in children. The terminology Nicolas used were derived from two Greek words; orthos, meaning straight and pais, meaning child.

Great developments were seen in this specific branch of medicine and after a long period of time, orthopedics is not only about children.

Orthopedics focuses on the diseases and injuries of the bones or muscles. If a bone is broken, it would develop new growth in order to correct the fracture and fill in any areas from which bone is removed, since bone is a living and functioning part of the body.

For that reason, a bone that’s deformed from birth can be operated, cut, braced, or treated to generate a normal form. If a broken bone is held in alignment, it will heal without any physical deformity.

 

History

Even in the prehistoric ages, humans have had to deal with broken or deformed bones. It’s evident in the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics that people wrapped and braced a limb in order to heal normally.

Wars are common during those times and it happened on a much larger scale. The soldiers also used more competent weapons. This result in fractures and other bone injuries to become more prevalent.

Interestingly, advances in orthopedics made a great uproar in the field of medicine as surgeons shortly invented simple prosthesis to replace limbs that were amputated because of a grave wound.

Orthopedists in the earlier times were very committed in their field. It’s no doubt that their legacy remained into our modern orthopedists. Birth defects such as scoliosis and clubfoot have also been the main concern of the former orthopedists. But it doesn’t stop there, those physicians also included within their specialty the dislocations, fractures, and trauma to the spine and skeleton. Orthopedics had been a physical specialty for several years.

After manipulating bones and joints to restore alignment, orthopedists including Dr. Howard Marans will apply casts or braces to maintain its structure while waiting for it to heal. While the fracture heals on its own, the patient is advised to be more comfortable as possible to avoid further injuries. However, in some cases, the healing process was incomplete and affect the patient with a lifetime handicap that can make walking or bending difficult.

 

Modern developments

In order for the bone fragments to heal better, a special nail was invented in the 1930s to hold them. On the other hand, the head of a femur that is a part of the hip joint and that wouldn’t often heal after being fractured can be replaced with a metal device that was developed a couple of years after the nail, then a total artificial hip joint was invented after that. Revisions and improvements are still being made by the orthopedists to allow an individual to maximize the use and flexibility of the leg.

Orthopedists utilize physical methods to align fractures and repair damaged joint. Braces and casts are still being used to hold injured bones in place while they heal. To ensure that the bones are aligned properly and that there’ll be a better healing process, orthopedic specialists now use x-rays.

Crushed bones that have a little chance of healing on their own could be treated by Dr. Howard Marans through transplanting bits of bone from other locations in the body to fill fractured areas. He and other orthopedists use drills, screwdrivers, screws, staples, nails, chisels, and other tools to operate the bone and connect pieces with one another.

Most of the bone deformities these days could be corrected. Deformed facial bones can be replaced or reshaped. Bone transplants from one person to another is a usual thing. Grave diseases like cancer may bring terrible results to patients, such as losing a limb, but Howard Marans MD can provide a normal-appearing prosthesis for them to have a near-normal life. He can teach them on how to use it, and it’s also fitted so it’s convenient to use.

The patients that have lost limbs due to traumatic injuries, vascular diseases, diabetes, cancer or congenital disorders could get prosthetics through orthopedic surgeons. Prosthetics refers to the design, fabrication, and fitting of custom-built artificial limbs or other assistive devices.

These devices could restore the function and appearance of a full or partial missing limb as completely as possible. He also added that the creation of prosthesis is a very complicated and custom procedure that requires a high degree of skill coupled with advanced technology due to the huge differences in human anatomy.

Arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, epicondylitis, and osteoporosis are among the list of degenerative diseases that orthopedists were trained to treat. Treatment options include diet changes, exercise, steroid injections, as well as surgical procedures and hormone replacement therapy.

Arthroscopy and joint replacement are some of the recent technological advances that helped a lot of orthopedic patients around the globe. Several orthopedic surgical procedures don’t need an open incision to completely expose the joint. Flexible arthroscopes can now be inserted through a small incision in the skin and then into a joint, and after that, it can be manipulated through the joint to locate and determine the nature of the injury. Arthroscopy can be used to look into many joints of the body, such as knees, ankles, shoulders, elbows, and wrists.

Dr. Howard Marans and his affiliates are committed to treating all patients in a professional and timely manner. They surely are a promising team because they can provide prompt care utilizing established orthopedic treatments and innovative surgical and arthroscopic procedures.

That’s it! This sum up most of the facts about orthopedics. Hoped this article  helped you in understanding this particular field of medicine.

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