As we welcome 2025, all of us at Optim Orthopedics are excited to share our goals for the year ahead. Our mission remains steadfast: to provide patient-focused treatment plans and continually enhance the patient experience. This year, we aim to elevate our commitment to this mission through innovation, expansion, and education.
In 2024 we accomplished great things with the purpose to provide you the most robust and efficient care while focusing on your patient experience. To us, our mission is not just to fix the problem, but improve your journey to recovery along the way. We focused on expanding our fellowship trained physician roster in more locations to increase treatment options and reduce wait times from the first time you call to when you walk in the door.
Our merger with Southern Orthopedics brought an incredible addition to the Golden Isles with partnering with Michael Dunn, MD (Hand, Wrist & Elbow) & Kevin Brooks, MD (Total Joint) and expanding our facility to include three new Physician Assistants, MRI, and physical therapy clinic. We also brought on John Burke, MD (Hand, Wrist & Elbow) to see new patients in Savannah, Jesup, Pooler & Vidalia. Another exciting addition, Austin Wallace, MD (Trauma Surgeon) joined our practice in December. Orthopedic trauma is a crucial specialty in the field, providing treatments to severe injuries or correcting complications on-call at Memorial Health and St. Joseph Candler Hospital with follow up visits at our Savannah clinic.
Internally, our focus continues to be improving how patients access care and their experience from the first call and beyond treatment.
We’re proud to achieve community recognition in Best Of awards from Savannah Magazine (Dr. Wilson – Shoulder, Dr. Hope – Total Joint, Dr. Kolovich – Hand, Wrist & Elbow, Bob Phillips – Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapy Clinic and runner-ups: Dr. Jaakkola – Foot & Ankle, Dr. Niemeier – Orthopedic Spine) | Statesboro’s Best/Fabulous (Dr. Paynter – Total Joint, Orthopedic Practice, & Physical Therapy) | Lowcountry’s Best (Orthopedic Clinic & Physical Therapy) | Beaufort’s Best (Orthopedic Practice).
One of our primary goals for 2025 is to harness technology to improve accessibility and convenience for our patients. Building on the success of OptimNOW, our web-based app offering 24/7 access to orthopedic physicians, we plan to introduce new features that streamline appointment scheduling, more live seminars, and patient education resources. These updates will ensure that quality care is always just a click away.
We are also excited to expand our reach by opening new locations, adding specialists to our team and making your experience smoother & faster leveraging direct-to-patient online scheduling technology. This growth will enable us to bring comprehensive orthopedic care to even more communities, ensuring that expert treatment is available close to home.
At Optim Orthopedics, our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We are grateful for your trust and partnership and look forward to achieving new heights together in 2025. Here’s to a year of health, healing, and innovation!