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Daryl Moore

PA-C

Board Certified Surgical Physician Assistant

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Education:

•Cuyahoga Community College, Surgical Physician Assistant Program, Parma, OH. Associate of Applied Science, Physician Assistant Cum Laude degree in Health Sciences. Certificate of Completion Surgical Physician Assistant Program

•St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY. Non-matriculate Student Studying Health Sciences.

•United States Army, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio Texas. 91D Certified Surgical Technology Program. 91B EMS/Combat Medic Program

•United States Army, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Basic Combat Training / BCLS

Healthcare Experience:

•Orthopeadic Associates of West Florida, Clearwater, FL. Physician Assistant for Dr. Andrew Messer, MD. Orthopedic/Spine. Post-Operative hospital rounding, obtain health histories, perform physical examinations, order diagnostic tests, perform consultations, organize treatment plans and complete dictations. First assist in open and minimally invasive Spine surgeries including Transforaminal Lumbar Fusions, Fusions/cervical Total Disc Replacements, Lumbar Laminectomies with Discectomy. Call Duties including patient phone calls, hospital rounding and first assisting all surgeons in the Orthopedic practices.

•Intralign/United Surgical Assistants, Pinellas and Polk County, FL. Surgical Physician’s Assistant. First Assist in all surgical subspecialties including Orthopedics, Cardiothoracic, Vascular, General, OB/GYN, Plastics, Urologic. Highly proficient in Laparoscopic, Arthroscopic, and Robotic surgery.

Gardenstate Orthopeadics, Fairlawn, NJ. Physician Assistant. Organize treatment plans and complete dictations. First assist/Clinical Physician assistant to all Orthopedic surgeons in a five physician group including a Total Knee/Hip specialist, Upper/Lower extremity sports medicine specialist, Foot/Ankle specialist and an Oncologist.

•Parma Community General Hospital, Parma, OH. Surgical Physician Assistant for the Hospital. Surgical First Assistant in all surgical subspecialties including Orthopedics, Spine Vascular, Plastics, General OB/GYN, ENT. Perform bedside procedures including splinting, suturing, wound dressing changes, aspirations, IV’s

Professional Licenses and Associations:

Florida Licensed Physician Assistant

Certified Physician Assistant through NCCPA

Florida Association Physician Assistant Member

American Association Physician Assistant Member

ACLS/BCLS

Surgical Technologist

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Honorable Discharge United States Army 2001

Good Conduct Medal United States Army

Clinical and Surgical Physician Assistant Experience

Surgical technologist and Combat Medic

What Surgical Procedures do our Board Certified Spine Surgeons Perform?

Removes a herniated disc in the neck to relieve neck pain

Titanium implant to keep spine stabilized after a decompression surgery (removal of a disc herniation) Major benefit of this procedure is not having to fuse your bones together.

Device that gets implanted to replicate the function of a normal disc which replaces a damaged disc.

Removal of the lamina to relieve compression on the spinal cord.

Inject bone cement into the vertebrae to fix a compression fracture.

Surgeon goes in through the waist to relieve nerves that are pinched by removing damaged disc material.

Stabilizes the spinal vertebrae by going in through the back of the patient by creating a fusion with two or more vertebrae.

Removal of a herniated disc or parts of the disc to relieve spinal cord pressure

Removes damaged disc material and fuses the vertebrae together

Removal of a disc herniation using a needle

Reduces a disc herniation with laser technology

Fuses Sacrum and Ilium to create one immobile joint which helps with back pain

Enlarges the pathway where spinal nerve roots exits to help spinal stenosis

Surgery that helps weakness and pain in the hand

What type of conditions do our Board Certified Spine Surgeons Treat?

A tear in the ligament that connects your vertebrae to your disc

Loss of disc cushioning due to the aging process

The jelly like substance in between your vertebrae pushes through the annulus and touches the spinal cord.

A tear in the ligament that connects your vertebrae to your disc

Loss of disc cushioning due to the aging process

The jelly like substance in between your vertebrae pushes through the annulus and touches the spinal cord.

The narrowing of the spinal canal, can pinch your spinal cord and the nerves around it

Inflammation of the facet joints in the spine

 Degeneration or Inflammation of the Facet Joints

A disc that has lost most of its height which can cause disc pain

often called osteophytes, they are bony growths that can form where the bones meet one another.

Normal wear and tear due to the aging process, can also be called Degenerative Disc Disease

Our Neurosurgical Spine Surgery Team

Currently on staff, we have three Neurosurgeons that specialize in spine surgery. Our Spine Surgeons see patients in all five of our office locations in Florida. To find out more on why patients should choose a neurosurgeon for spine surgery rather than an orthopedic spine surgeon click here. If you want to see their credentials click their profiles. 

Neurosurgeons close to me

Dr. Jonathan Hall, MD

Board Certified Neurosurgeon - Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Florida Surgery Consultants New Neurosurgeon Dr. Donna Saatman

Dr. Donna Saatman, MD

Board Certified Neurosurgeon - Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Are these Spine Surgeries Minimally Invasive?

Yes, all these spine surgeries are.

What Types of Non-Surgical Procedures Do Our Spine Specialists Perform?

Injection in the neck to reduce neck pain and inflammation

Injection in the lower back to reduce low back pain and inflammation

Injection in the facet joints to reduce inflammation

Injection in the Sacrum and Ilium to reduce back pain and inflammation

Injection to reduce inflammation in the spinal nerves

Injection to reduce inflammation and pain in the medial branch nerves

Temporary electrodes to reduce back pain, if it succeeds, a permanent spinal stimulator may be placed in your back.

Radio waves are use to burn the nerves that are sending pain signals to the patient’s brain

What Types of Surgeries does our Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon Treat?

Ankle Surgery

This procedure identifies and treats problems in your ankle using a fiber-optic viewing camera and small surgical tools that are fished through a small incision.

Fusion of the ankle that fixes fractures in the ankle.

Hip Surgery

This outpatient procedure uses miniature instruments and a small camera to diagnose issues with the hip joint.

Replacement of the hip, usually done in a hospital setting

Knee Surgery

Arthroscopic capsular release is a minimally invasive shoulder surgery that helps to alleviate pain and restore movement to the shoulder for individuals suffering from adhesive capsulitis, or frozen shoulder.

Bankart repair shoulder surgery is a minimally invasive procedure used to mend a tear in the glenoid labrum.

Biceps tenodesis is a surgery used to treat tears or inflammation in the tendon that connects the biceps muscle to the shoulder.

Diagnostic arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical technique that can be used to accurately identify problems in the shoulder joint. It is performed using a specialized camera called an arthroscope.

Diagnostic arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical technique that can be used to accurately identify problems in the shoulder joint. It is performed using a specialized camera called an arthroscope.

This outpatient joint injection procedure relieves pain in the shoulder and arm caused by arthritis.

This surgery repairs a tear of the rotator cuff in your shoulder. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that holds the head of the humerus in the shoulder socket.

This arthroscopic procedure is performed to repair a tear of the biceps tendon at the point where it connects to the labrum. This is known as a Superior Labrum Anterior-Posterior (SLAP) tear.

Orthopedic Conditions We Treat

SLAP Tear

This tear affects the labrum which is the cartilage on the rim of the shoulder’s socket. Sometimes the biceps tendon may also be damaged when the superior labrum anterior and posterior is damaged.

Meniscal Tears

This is a torn cartilage that is in the knee. I can be due to the normal aging process. When you hear a knee pop that may be a meniscus tear, which will start to hurt and swell.

Tendon Tears

This happens when tissues that connect the muscle to the bones tear. A common tendon tear can be a patellar tear.

Can happen over time due to repeated motion or can happen due to an acute injury such as a car accident. A rotator cuff tear happens when there is a tear in the muscle that surrounds the shoulder joint.

These are tears in your knee that can happen due to quickly changing directions or a specific motion that can tear this ligament. Most of the time a tear to the ACL will require surgery.

What Health Insurances are Accepted at Florida Surgery Consultants?

Currently we are in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Medicare, Bright Health, and Cigna Health Springs plans. If you have health insurance that is not listed, please contact our office, many times we can accept patients that have plans with out of network benefits. If you were involved in a motor vehicle accident or a personal injury case we can also see you. We can also help patients with workers’ compensation injuries.