My Approach to Treating Patients
I believe in providing care to patients in an individualized manner. While many orthopaedic injuries require surgery, most chronic conditions are treated with careful and judicious use of non-operative modalities including medication and rehabilitation.

Education is emphasized in my office. Patients are treated best when they are adequately informed about their condition. At each visit, we thoroughly evaluate your condition and your response to the prescribed treatment. We also discuss different therapeutic options, treatment algorithms, and ultimate goals in treatment for the future.

The desired goals for all patients are the restoration of pain-free mobility and the maintenance of the highest level of functioning possible. The accomplishment of these goals is controlled largely by specific patient variables. Therefore, my intervention is fine-tuned to fit each individual patient, according to their specific needs. _________________________________________

Dr. Yasgur earned both his BS and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 1981 and 1982. He then worked as an Orthopaedic Engineer at the Hospital for Special Surgery from 1983 to 1987, where he designed and developed artificial joints for knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, and wrist replacement surgery.

Dr. Yasgur then completed 10 years of medical training, including his MD with Honors from Cornell University Medical College, in 1991. After finishing a general surgery internship at NYU/Bellevue Hospital, he then did his orthopaedic surgery residency at the Hospital for Joint Diseases, one of the nation's premier orthopaedic hospitals. His training culminated in a fellowship for Knee Reconstruction and Sports Medicine in 1997 at the Insall-Scott-Kelly Institute of Beth Israel Medical Center-North.

Dr. Yasgur is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in February 2001. Dr. Yasgur had been a member of the Katonah Medical Group since September 1997, until this group merged with the Mount Kisco Medical Group in June 2007. He remains affiliated with Northern Westchester Hopsital since 1997. He performs surgery at Northern Westchester Hospital, as well as the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Westchester.

Other Staff in My Practice
Jeanna Pasquale is the surgical scheduler. She is responsible for providing direct support to patients for scheduling surgery and obtaining insurance authorization for surgery. Blanche Turner is my nurse who is responsible for providing triage type care via telephone conservations for established patients.

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