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Dr. Troy Caron ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE SURGEON Ozarks Healthcare Orthopedics and Spine
When Dr. Troy Caron arrived at Ozarks Healthcare, he brought with him a medical skillset
— orthopedic spine surgery — that was a first for the health system. He said offering such advanced medical care in a smaller community says a lot about the health system. “Having worked in a big city, patients had to drive four or five hours to get their surgeries
done,” he said. “I can do all of those surgeries here, so those patients local to this area don’t have to drive to St. Louis or Springfield.” Caron graduated from medical school at the University of New England in Maine and
completed his residency in orthopedics in Toledo, Ohio. He’s also completed fellowships in Florida, Seattle and Harvard University in Boston. He is currently pursuing his MBA online through the University of Southern California. Since arriving in West Plains, Caron has been actively pushing to increase the sophistica- tion of care in his area of expertise. “My staff here and the staff in the hospital are excellent,” he said. “We just got approval for use of computerized navigation equipment during surgery, so I’m excited to start using that. It’s going to be safer for patients, and we can take on more difficult cases.”
Dr. Nashmia Riaz ENDOCRINOLOGIST Ozarks Endocrinology
When deciding on what medical field to enter, Dr. Nashmia Riaz was looking for a special-
ty that allowed her to do the most good. Endocrinology checked all of her boxes. “With endocrinology, there are multiple organ systems that are involved. Also, it plays
a huge part in preventative medicine,” she said. “When you treat diabetes early on and you treat thyroid and things like that, it really improves the quality of life. That aspect really attracted me.” Riaz joined Ozarks Healthcare in the summer of 2020 after fellowships in geriatrics and endocrinology at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and UTMB Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch, respectively. She said the combination of oppor- tunity and environment attracted her to West Plains. “They did not have any endocrinologists over here, so I felt that I could really contribute in helping patients,” she said. “Back home, my husband and I both lived in smaller towns, so we really wanted to move to a place that was nice and calm and slow, not the big city.” Riaz, who graduated medical school in her native Pakistan, completed her residency through Michigan State University. She is married to fellow Ozarks Healthcare physician Dr. Hussain Ibrahim.
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