Overview
Robert Hart is an Orthopedics provider in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Hart has been practicing medicine for over 35 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Osteotomy. His top areas of expertise are Kyphosis, Lordosis, Scoliosis, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion. Dr. Hart is currently accepting new patients.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 324 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 45 articles in the study of Osteotomy.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans:
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- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
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- INDEMNITY
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- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
Proliance Surgeons
Grant Garcia, MD, is a board-eligible orthopedic surgeon with advanced accredited fellowship training in sports medicine and shoulder surgery. Dr. Garcia’s primary focus for his practice is sports medicine, having a great interest in returning athletes safely to their sport after shoulder, knee and elbow injuries and surgeries. During residency and fellowship, Dr. Garcia trained in numerous advanced sports procedures and techniques. These include cartilage regeneration, meniscus transplantation, multi-ligamentous knee reconstruction and complex limb realignment procedures. In addition, many minimally invasive shoulder procedures, including stemless arthroplasty, stabilization procedures, and rotator cuff revision surgery are part of his expertise. He has special elbow training in ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction and repair procedures. Dr. Garcia is also fellowship trained in orthobiologic treatments, including stem cell transplantation and PRP, to assist in these surgical procedures, as well as non-operative treatments. Dr. Garcia has authored over 50 publications found in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He has presented more than 60 academic sports papers worldwide, in addition to authoring book chapters on advanced techniques in sports medicine. He has also published over a dozen papers on sports medicine that have been featured in ESPN.com, Orthopedics Today and AAOS Now. Dr. Garcia was an assistant team physician for the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox. During residency, he cared for players on the New York Giants, New York Mets, US Tennis Team, New York Rangers, New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets, as well as many collegiate athletes. Dr. Garcia is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Osteotomy. His top areas of expertise are Osteochondritis Dissecans, Osgood-Schlatter Disease, Tendinitis, Osteotomy, and Tenotomy.
Burt Yaszay is an Orthopedics specialist and a Pediatric Orthopedics provider in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Yaszay is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Osteotomy. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Kyphosis, Spinal Fusion, and Osteotomy.
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Venu Nemani, MD, PhD is a spine surgeon specializing in cervical spine surgery and scoliosis surgery. His practice focuses on the surgical treatment of all disorders of the cervical spine including cervical myelopathy, cervical radiculopathy and cervical deformities. He also has particular expertise in the surgical treatment of complex disorders of the thoracic and lumbar spine including scoliosis, kyphosis, flatback, and revision spine surgery.After his residency at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, Dr. Nemani completed a fellowship in complex adult and pediatric spinal deformity surgery at Washington University in St.Louis and Columbia University. He also spent additional time training in Japan with experts in scoliosis and cervical spine surgery.Dr. Nemani believes in a comprehensive approach to patient care and works with all members of the medical team to treat spinal problems conservatively before considering an operation. If surgery is necessary, he will perform spine surgery utilizing the most safe and effective techniques in a manner that is tailored for each individual patient and their particular goals.Dr. Nemani has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed research articles in many of the top journals in spine surgery and neuroscience, including Spine, The Spine Journal, Neurosurgery, Neuron, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, and the Journal of Neuroscience. He has presented over 90 scientific studies at national and international conferences, and written more than 15 book chapters on various topics in spine surgery. Dr. Nemani continues to be actively involved in research to improve the outcomes and safety of spine surgery, and is an active member of the Scoliosis Research Society, the Cervical Spine Research Society, and AO Spine. He is on the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Task Force and the Medical and Scientific Board of the National Spine Health Foundation. He has also volunteered his time as a spine surgeon in Ghana, where he surgically treated some of the most rare and complex spinal deformities in both pediatric and adult patients.Outside of work, Dr. Nemani enjoys spending time with family, running, and playing ice hockey. Dr. Nemani is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Osteotomy. His top areas of expertise are Kyphosis, Scoliosis, Lordosis, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- KyphosisDr. Hart isElite. Learn about Kyphosis.
- LordosisDr. Hart isElite. Learn about Lordosis.
- OsteotomyDr. Hart isElite. Learn about Osteotomy.
- Spinal FusionDr. Hart isElite. Learn about Spinal Fusion.
- Distinguished
- ScoliosisDr. Hart isDistinguished. Learn about Scoliosis.
- Advanced
- Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Invertebral Disc DiseaseDr. Hart isAdvanced. Learn about Invertebral Disc Disease.
- Spinal StenosisDr. Hart isAdvanced. Learn about Spinal Stenosis.
- SpondylolisthesisDr. Hart isAdvanced. Learn about Spondylolisthesis.
- Experienced
- Acute PainDr. Hart isExperienced. Learn about Acute Pain.
- Bone GraftDr. Hart isExperienced. Learn about Bone Graft.
- Cervical Disc SurgeryDr. Hart isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Disc Surgery.
- Cervical MyelopathyDr. Hart isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Myelopathy.
- Cervical SpondylosisDr. Hart isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Spondylosis.
- DiskitisDr. Hart isExperienced. Learn about Diskitis.

