Hamilton Orthopaedics Spine and Sports Medicine, with offices in Hamilton and New Hartford, has become an official partner of Oneida Health.
With the new partnership, Hamilton Orthopaedics surgeons Rudolph Buckley and Russell LaFrance will begin performing most of Hamilton Orthopaedics’ hospital-based surgical procedures in the operating room at Oneida Health Hospital in Oneida.
“Hamilton Orthopaedics and Oneida Health have had a collaborative relationship for years focused on providing high-quality orthopedic services to patients in Central New York,” said Buckley. “Our new partnership will provide a centralized location for Hamilton Orthopaedics patients to receive the high level of quality hospital-based surgical care they are accustomed to in a state-of-the-art operating room at Oneida Health.”
Before the agreement with Oneida Health, the practice’s surgeons performed surgical services across multiple healthcare locations in Chenango, Madison and Oneida counties.
“There are many patient care and logistical advantages to providing hospital-based surgical care in a centralized location,” said LaFrance. “Together, we can create an efficient, cohesive team focused on the continuous growth of surgical outcomes and recovery for patients of Hamilton Orthopaedics through enhanced continuity of care.”
With the agreement, Hamilton Orthopaedics will continue maintaining and operating their out-patient offices. Oneida Health will also continue operating its orthopedic office, Oneida Health Orthopedics, in Oneida.
“We welcome Dr. Buckley and Dr. LaFrance to our Orthopedic Surgical team,” said physician M. Asad Khalid, chief of surgery and director of orthopedic surgery at Oneida Health. “Their addition to our orthopedic surgical team will increase access to more orthopedic services previously unavailable in Oneida for the communities we serve throughout Madison and Oneida counties.”
“For many years, our community has needed increased access to orthopedic services,” said Felissa Koernig, president and CEO of Oneida Health. “The opportunity to partner with two locally renowned orthopedic surgeons, Dr. Buckley and Dr. LaFrance, and to bring their surgical services to Oneida only elevates the high level of orthopedic surgery Oneida Health already provides.”