Why should you choose us for your care?

You can access the most comprehensive orthopaedic care in the region through the SMDC Health System. And our Orthopaedics Department is continually building on our long tradition of expertise and innovation. Simply put, you’ll find more options, wider access and a greater overall depth of care. Here’s what we offer:

Personalized care.  Our care manager coordinates your care every day, from every angle, bringing together the physicians, therapists, nurses and others working to help you get well. And we collaborate with colleagues in departments like rehabilitation, neurosurgery and rheumatology to ensure you’re treated completely.

Convenience. One-stop access for a vast array of orthopaedic needs — from diagnosis to minimally invasive same-day surgery to physical therapy — at our main campus in Duluth. And our experts bring many orthopaedic services directly to patients at our clinics throughout northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Patient satisfaction. We thoroughly monitor our performance throughout the year through an independent research firm that randomly contacts our patients to learn about the quality of care they received. The results: our services have been found to exceed the average of other orthopaedics hospitals nationwide in patient satisfaction.

A philosophy of wellness. It’s the heart of everything we do. Rather than focusing on illness or injury, we think of it as getting you back into your life with the greatest quality of life. It’s a focus on the long-term health of our patients — and it’s an entirely new way to think about orthopaedics.

Leading edge technology and facilities. Our patients deserve the best possible experience, so we continually equip our orthopaedic team with the most advanced technology and treatment options available, combined with the best facilities around:

• A new orthopaedic unit with on-site therapy rooms, patient education facilities and private rooms of the orthopaedic unit at St. Mary’s Medical Center, home to the Center for Joint Success and more orthopaedic surgeries than anywhere else in the region.
• Our staff works closely with the rehabilitation experts at Duluth Clinic Fitness & Therapy Center, where our patients have access to pool therapy, whirlpool treatment, and a fully staffed and outfitted exercise area. In 2004, the Center was awarded full accreditation in eight program areas by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) — the gold standard for rating rehabilitation centers nationwide.