Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic provides high-quality, state-of-the-art orthopaedic/sports medicine treatment in a comfortable patient/athlete friendly, non-institutional environment.
Unlike at larger institutions, patients at the VOC receive friendly care without sacrificing the innovative treatment and the latest in surgical methods and techniques. VOC uses state-of-the-art methods and equipment, through Rutland Regional Medical Center and VOC clinics, to treat its patients.

Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic physicians continually look at new and innovative ways to treat ski and snowboard injuries.
Not only are VOC physicians working as acute care doctors and orthopaedic surgeons, they also participate in medical research to find, develop and teach the most up-to-date and innovative treatment and treatment techniques. This includes working with the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Teams, the National Institute of Sports and Science Safety and the Hospital for Special Surgery at Cornell University. VOC physicians write and edit for various medical journals, have won grants and awards for medical papers and sit on the medical boards and advisory committees for medical publications.

Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic doctors are all skiers and deeply involved in the sports of skiing and snowboarding.
Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic doctors are deeply involved in the sports of skiing and snowboarding. They all ski and fully immerse themselves in the sports. Ongoing research is centered on these sports, and the majority of patients they treat have ski or snowboard-related injuries. These doctors know skiing and snowboarding.

Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic acute care physicians and surgeons build a strategy for recovery and rehabilitation minutes after an injury occurs. Patients are seen the same day and given personal service and attention.
Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic physicians take a proactive stance in the rehabilitation process of their patients. From the moment an injured skier or snowboarder enters the on-mountain clinic, doctors explain in-depth the injury and options including physical therapy and/or surgery. These doctors take pride in educating their patients. Patients do not have to wait weeks to see the doctor. They are evaluated the same day. Personal service and attention is given so whether they continue with Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic for treatment or not, patients leave with an understanding of their injury and can return to their home physician a step ahead in the treatment and rehabilitation process.

Ski and snowboard injuries requiring immediate surgical intervention are performed at a community hospital with nationally recognized orthopaedic surgeons.
Patients at Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic are viewed as athletes in a sport. Because VOC is a clinic with the resources of a community hospital, clinic physicians are much more in control of their patients’ outcome than larger institutions. Physicians combine innovative surgery techniques with rehabilitation. An athletic trainer is on-staff to teach convenient, in-home therapeutic exercise programs to patients. Physical therapy protocols are adapted individually to the patient. In turn, typically patients return to sports more quickly than if they have utilized conventional methods.

Due to the high volume of skier and snowboarder traffic at Killington Ski Resort and other major Vermont resorts, Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic’s sports medicine physicians and orthopaedic surgeons are collectively one of the most experienced acute care physician teams in the country.
Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic physicians, including the two acute care physicians at the Killington Medical Clinic, are collectively one of the most experienced acute care physician teams in thecountry. The acute care sports medicine physicians at the Killington Medical Clinic see, on average, more than 2,000 patients in one season. This translates to diagnosing and referring the same sports-related injuries over and over again with a six-doctor network. When a skier or snowboarder is injured at one of these resorts, they will be treated by a doctor who has hands-on experience with these specific sports-related injuries.

Killington Medical Clinic physicians utilize an intricate referral network of doctors at Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic to evaluate, diagnose and recommend treatment for skiers and snowboarders.
From the moment an injured skier or snowboarder is examined, that patient benefits from the intricate referral network of doctors at Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic in Rutland, Vt. Acute care on-mountain physicians diagnose injuries then consult with surgeons regarding the best treatment and rehabilitation program for the patient. Through this referral system, patients are able to see surgeons quickly, usually the next day, regarding their injury and method of treatment. Institutional organizations may have a patient wait up to six weeks before seeing an orthopaedic surgeon.

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