Articles by author: Vinti Singh

When it comes to diagnostic imaging, 3D imaging provides an all-encompassing view of the body. For weight-bearing body parts, a 3D look can allow doctors to get an image, make a more accurate assessment and determine the best medical care. Dr. Francois Lintz, a foot and ankle specialist and pioneer of 3D imaging, has used…

Despite all of the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought us over the past year, it’s also shown us a silver lining: When it comes to the systems in our society, there’s so much that we can still improve on. Take the medical field, for example. So many of us have waited weeks or…

Dr. Alireza Khosroabadi, DPM, opened the Khosroabadi Institute for Advanced Minimally Invasive Foot & Ankle Surgery in Los Angeles, CA to focus strictly on surgical procedures. His self-developed minimally invasive bunion procedure has been featured on “The Doctors” television show. Dr. Khosroabadi spoke to CuveBeam’s Vinti Singh about this procedure and other surgeries performed…

Dr. Selene Parekh, MD, MBA, wears several different hats in the orthopedic world. He’s a Foot & Ankle Specialist at Duke Health. He is known as “The Fantasy Doctor” in media circles, and he uses his data-driven insights and medical expertise to guide sports enthusiasts through the precarious world of sports injuries to make…

Dr. David Soomekh is a board-certified foot and ankle specialist and surgeon and founder of the Foot & Ankle Specialty Group in Beverly Hills, CA. Soomekh specializes in sports medicine and reconstructive foot and ankle surgery. He’s practiced foot and ankle medicine and surgery for the past 20 years, and his goal is to…

Belgian surgeons were beginning to utilize cone beam CT several years ago. Then, doctors like AZ Groeninge Kortrijk’s Dr. Frederik Vanrietvelde suddenly had to slow their use of the modality because of price concerns, with cone beam CT suddenly left off a crucial list made by legislators. Vanrietvelde and some colleagues lobbied to make…

Dr. Jarrett Cain knows he’s in a unique position. Doing research with an academic institution, he has access to a number of tools helping with imaging, so he can truly see what is happening with a patient’s foot. That has helped him perform studies like the one he completed looking into diabetic foot, the…

Doctors all over the world have been pressed into duty taking care of patients with respiratory issues during the COVID-19 crisis. But a deadly pandemic doesn’t mean they also get to press pause on other types of care. While fractures and similar injuries have gone down with far fewer people playing sports and less…

The Netherlands may be famous for their wooden shoes, but with an estimated four million people in the Netherlands suffering from foot problems, there is a growing need for therapeutic insoles. Caroline van Heijkamp and George Hersbach, the initiators of T-Soles Insole Systems, created a solution for this problem. The T-Soles system is a…