Lou DeRoma was lifting his customary weight bar when he suddenly went numb from the neck down. As his symptoms remained, he was left with the question: What if I don’t get better? Then, he found Dr. Gino Chiappetta at UOA, who in a one-day surgical procedure at UCAScured DeRoma of a potentially life-threatening condition. “I’m able to hold my children again and feel them in my arms. That’s a great feeling,” concludes DeRoma. Listen to his dramatic story.
…That’s how Dr. Jeffrey R. Bechler of UOA describes his role as head orthopaedic consultant for Princeton University’s football team. And that’s exactly what happened during Mike Zeuli’s freshman year game. When the pile on top of Zeuli dismantled, Bechler could see the player’s leg bent at an unnatural 90-degree angle from all the way across the field. Watch the story of Zeuli, who with Bechler’s help, went on to become the 2014 Ivy League Co-Defensive Player of the Year and then later sign a rookie minicamp deal with the NFL Philadelphia Eagles in 2015…