Anthony Miniaci, M.D.

My name is Dr. Tony Miniaci, and I'm the Deputy Chief Medical Executive at Baptist Health Orthopedic Care. My area of expertise is orthopedic surgery. By nature, I'm a shoulder and knee surgeon and sports medicine physician, so I do a lot of arthroscopic surgery, as well as open shoulder surgery. Probably the most common injuries I treat in the shoulder are shoulder instability, so people who dislocate or have a shoulder which is unstable, or patients who are young who have early arthritis in their shoulder and are looking for something that allows 'em to maintain their activities like replace their shoulders. And in the knee, ligament and meniscus and arthritic type problems. The most satisfying aspect of my profession is actually being able to take people who have significant injuries, with functional disabilities, and getting them back to a normal lifestyle. You can never eliminate risk of injury, especially the more active you are. However, people need to be able to be in shape, do the activities that they can tolerate, and moderation is the key to everything. The most important qualities that I possess as a surgeon I think are that I listen to my patients and then communicate with them and their families and anybody that they would like me to in terms of their overall care.