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Dr. Bradley S. Baker has been a member of Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center since 2010, where he practices out of the Henderson office. Dr. Baker stands out as the sole physician at the center to hold dual board certification in orthopedic surgery and the subspecialty of orthopedic sports medicine from the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, underscoring his profound expertise and commitment to his profession.

Dr. Baker's educational journey is marked by a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Chemistry from Concordia College in Minnesota, followed by his Doctor of Medicine from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine on a merit scholarship. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Kansas – Wichita and furthered his training with a fellowship in Orthopedic Sports Medicine at the Taos Orthopedic Institute in New Mexico, where he collaborated with the medical staff of the United States Ski and Snowboard Team, enriching his sports medicine proficiency.

Prior to his tenure in Nevada, Dr. Baker practiced in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he specialized in treating knee, shoulder, and sports injuries while serving as a team physician for various sports teams across all levels. His academic contributions included roles as a clinical professor and a pivotal figure in developing a respected health system sports medicine program. Dr. Baker's career path also took him to Arizona, where he further specialized in a small, focused practice before bringing his wealth of experience to Nevada with a continued focus on treating patients with shoulder and knee problems.

His commitment to quality care is evident in his executive roles; he serves as the Vice Chief-of-Staff on the Medical Executive Committee and as Chairman of the Physician Performance Improvement Committee at Henderson Hospital since its inception. Additionally, he is Chairman of the Governing Board at Parkway Surgery Center, demonstrating his dedication to enhancing healthcare delivery and physician performance.

Dr. Baker's career trajectory reflects a steadfast dedication to the orthopedic care he provides. His surgical skills include the most advanced surgical techniques. His care approach integrates patience, thorough education, and personalized patient-centered treatment plans, fostering a collaborative healthcare experience that enhances patient satisfaction, particularly in the treatment of athletes at all levels and individuals with knee and shoulder conditions.

Deanna is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care Education Specialist based in Long Island, NY. Her background as a dancer allowed her to witness the challenge her loved ones confronted in their battles with eating disorders and body image issues. This experience sparked a deep-seated purpose within her — to use the power of nutrition to heal lives and transform people's connections with food.

Deanna holds a BA in Psychology from the University at Buffalo and a BS in Nutrition and Dietetics with a minor in Chemistry from Buffalo State College. She completed her dietetic internship and earned an MS in Clinical Nutrition from the University at Buffalo. In addition to her nutrition expertise, Deanna is a certified yoga teacher, integrating mindfulness and coping strategies into her teachings to promote mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.

Deanna's mission is to support individuals in preventing, managing, and addressing chronic health conditions. Through practical skills, tools, and education, she empowers others to embrace a holistic and healthy lifestyle. Her approach emphasizes a non-diet standpoint, focusing on achieving balance across all aspects of life.

Deanna is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care Education Specialist based in Long Island, NY. Her background as a dancer allowed her to witness the challenge her loved ones confronted in their battles with eating disorders and body image issues. This experience sparked a deep-seated purpose within her — to use the power of nutrition to heal lives and transform people's connections with food.

Deanna holds a BA in Psychology from the University at Buffalo and a BS in Nutrition and Dietetics with a minor in Chemistry from Buffalo State College. She completed her dietetic internship and earned an MS in Clinical Nutrition from the University at Buffalo. In addition to her nutrition expertise, Deanna is a certified yoga teacher, integrating mindfulness and coping strategies into her teachings to promote mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.

Deanna's mission is to support individuals in preventing, managing, and addressing chronic health conditions. Through practical skills, tools, and education, she empowers others to embrace a holistic and healthy lifestyle. Her approach emphasizes a non-diet standpoint, focusing on achieving balance across all aspects of life.

Daniel Emerson, MD, is a skilled orthopaedic surgeon practicing at Orthopaedic Associates, Inc, which has locations in Henderson, Kentucky, and Newburgh and Evansville, Indiana. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons and has multiple orthopaedic interests, including trauma, adult reconstruction (total joint replacement), shoulder and knee surgery, and general orthopaedics. 

Dr. Emerson’s special area of expertise is sports medicine, as he obtained the ABOS Subspecialty Certification in Sports Medicine in November 2010. A common but complicated sports injury that he treats is ACL tears and subsequent reconstruction. Dealing with a very active population during his nine years in the military gave him the opportunity to perform hundreds of ACL reconstructions, perfecting the latest advances in surgical management, including anatomic graft placement using the anteromedial portal and double bundle through a single tunnel.

Other special interests of Dr. Emerson include all aspects of workman’s comp injuries and treatments, including causation, return-to-work, permanent impairments, depositions, and independent medical examinations. His particular surgical interests and expertise include managing carpal tunnel syndrome, knee replacement, anterior hip replacement, anatomic and reverse total shoulder replacement, and all aspects of shoulder and knee arthroscopy.

Dr. Emerson was born and raised in Evansville and attended Central High School. He graduated with honors from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, and earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. Following medical school, he served in the Army and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington. His final four years in the Army were spent at Fort Benning, Georgia, completing a tour of duty in Iraq in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and acting as Chief and General Staff of Orthopaedics at Martin Army Community Hospital.

Dr. Emerson is a former NCAA All-American wrestler and is very excited and humbled to be back in our local community and have the opportunity to care for the region’s athletes and local citizens. When not taking care of patients, he enjoys corralling his four children, spending time with his wife and family, traveling, reading, playing guitar and piano, and being outdoors. Dr. Emerson and his wife are a part of the local running community and completed multiple marathons and half-marathons together.

Daniel Emerson, MD, is a skilled orthopaedic surgeon practicing at Orthopaedic Associates, Inc, which has locations in Henderson, Kentucky, and Newburgh and Evansville, Indiana. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons and has multiple orthopaedic interests, including trauma, adult reconstruction (total joint replacement), shoulder and knee surgery, and general orthopaedics. 

Dr. Emerson’s special area of expertise is sports medicine, as he obtained the ABOS Subspecialty Certification in Sports Medicine in November 2010. A common but complicated sports injury that he treats is ACL tears and subsequent reconstruction. Dealing with a very active population during his nine years in the military gave him the opportunity to perform hundreds of ACL reconstructions, perfecting the latest advances in surgical management, including anatomic graft placement using the anteromedial portal and double bundle through a single tunnel.

Other special interests of Dr. Emerson include all aspects of workman’s comp injuries and treatments, including causation, return-to-work, permanent impairments, depositions, and independent medical examinations. His particular surgical interests and expertise include managing carpal tunnel syndrome, knee replacement, anterior hip replacement, anatomic and reverse total shoulder replacement, and all aspects of shoulder and knee arthroscopy.

Dr. Emerson was born and raised in Evansville and attended Central High School. He graduated with honors from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, and earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. Following medical school, he served in the Army and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington. His final four years in the Army were spent at Fort Benning, Georgia, completing a tour of duty in Iraq in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and acting as Chief and General Staff of Orthopaedics at Martin Army Community Hospital.

Dr. Emerson is a former NCAA All-American wrestler and is very excited and humbled to be back in our local community and have the opportunity to care for the region’s athletes and local citizens. When not taking care of patients, he enjoys corralling his four children, spending time with his wife and family, traveling, reading, playing guitar and piano, and being outdoors. Dr. Emerson and his wife are a part of the local running community and completed multiple marathons and half-marathons together.

Dr. Eidt is a specialist and expert in caring for patients with sports injuries including complex shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle problems. His expertise is in the arthroscopic management of sports injuries. Dr. Eidt is double board certified in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine as well as General Orthopaedic Surgery. He attended the military medical school, Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD, where he was elected to the national medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA).  His undergraduate degree in economics with a chemistry minor, was completed at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. As a result of 16 years of service in the U.S. Army Dr. Eidt has an extensive practice caring for both pediatric and adult patients with complex traumatic injuries.

Dr. Eidt was deployed several times through his Army career. Notably he spent a year on the 38^th parallel at the DMZ in South Korea. He was deployed in combat and assigned to the 173^rd Airborne Division at a forward operating base with the 2^nd FST (a forward surgical team) in Afghanistan, as well as assignments to hospitals in Kandahar and Bagram.  Because of his excellent care of both military and civilian casualties under combat conditions in Afghanistan, Dr. Eidt was awarded the Bronze Star. 

 Dr. Eidt is the orthopaedic consultant and team physician for St. Margaret's Episcopal School's lacrosse and football teams. He has supported Trabuco Hills High School and JSerra Catholic School as their team physician. He was a faculty member for the U.S Army’s primary care sports medicine fellowship. He has also been team physician for the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division wrestling tournaments as well as many other local and regional sports competitions.  Dr. Eidt came with his family to Southern California and began his practice in Mission Viejo after a 16 year Army career. 

Dr. Eidt is a specialist and expert in caring for patients with sports injuries including complex shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle problems. His expertise is in the arthroscopic management of sports injuries. Dr. Eidt is double board certified in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine as well as General Orthopaedic Surgery. He attended the military medical school, Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD, where he was elected to the national medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA).  His undergraduate degree in economics with a chemistry minor, was completed at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. As a result of 16 years of service in the U.S. Army Dr. Eidt has an extensive practice caring for both pediatric and adult patients with complex traumatic injuries.

Dr. Eidt was deployed several times through his Army career. Notably he spent a year on the 38^th parallel at the DMZ in South Korea. He was deployed in combat and assigned to the 173^rd Airborne Division at a forward operating base with the 2^nd FST (a forward surgical team) in Afghanistan, as well as assignments to hospitals in Kandahar and Bagram.  Because of his excellent care of both military and civilian casualties under combat conditions in Afghanistan, Dr. Eidt was awarded the Bronze Star. 

 Dr. Eidt is the orthopaedic consultant and team physician for St. Margaret's Episcopal School's lacrosse and football teams. He has supported Trabuco Hills High School and JSerra Catholic School as their team physician. He was a faculty member for the U.S Army’s primary care sports medicine fellowship. He has also been team physician for the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division wrestling tournaments as well as many other local and regional sports competitions.  Dr. Eidt came with his family to Southern California and began his practice in Mission Viejo after a 16 year Army career. 

David Drez Jr., M.D., Senior Advisor at Center for Orthopaedics, is originally from DeQuincy, Louisiana, and earned his undergraduate and Medical Degree from Tulane University. He completed a residency in general surgery and in orthopaedic surgery at Charity Hospital in New Orleans – Tulane Service. Dr. Drez published a large body of research that focused primarily on athletic injuries and their prevention and treatment options, particularly injuries of the knee and shoulder. He is a co-author of Orthopedic Sports Medicine, the highly acclaimed guidebook for sports medicine physicians, physical therapists and athletic trainers; and was co-editor of Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine.

He served as a clinical professor of orthopaedics at LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and a clinical assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. In recognition of his contributions to the education of orthopaedists, the “Dr. David Drez Chair in Orthopedic Sports Medicine” was dedicated at LSU in New Orleans in 2006. Dr. Drez served as a team physician at McNeese State University for 37 years and was inducted into the McNeese State University Hall of Fame. The rehabilitation area of the university’s Sports Medicine Center was also named the “David Drez Jr., MD, Rehabilitation Facility.” In 2017, Dr. Drez received the Jack Weakley Award of Distinction from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), which is given to honor one individual each year for a lifetime of outstanding contributions that directly impact health care in the area of athletics, athletic training, or sports medicine and are of major and lasting importance.

Dr. Drez was one of the five founding members of Center for Orthopaedics in 1994 and was a member of the group’s medical staff for 13 years. He returned to the group in 2011. He currently serves as a senior advisor to the practicing physicians.

David Drez Jr., M.D., Senior Advisor at Center for Orthopaedics, is originally from DeQuincy, Louisiana, and earned his undergraduate and Medical Degree from Tulane University. He completed a residency in general surgery and in orthopaedic surgery at Charity Hospital in New Orleans – Tulane Service. Dr. Drez published a large body of research that focused primarily on athletic injuries and their prevention and treatment options, particularly injuries of the knee and shoulder. He is a co-author of Orthopedic Sports Medicine, the highly acclaimed guidebook for sports medicine physicians, physical therapists and athletic trainers; and was co-editor of Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine.

He served as a clinical professor of orthopaedics at LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and a clinical assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. In recognition of his contributions to the education of orthopaedists, the “Dr. David Drez Chair in Orthopedic Sports Medicine” was dedicated at LSU in New Orleans in 2006. Dr. Drez served as a team physician at McNeese State University for 37 years and was inducted into the McNeese State University Hall of Fame. The rehabilitation area of the university’s Sports Medicine Center was also named the “David Drez Jr., MD, Rehabilitation Facility.” In 2017, Dr. Drez received the Jack Weakley Award of Distinction from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), which is given to honor one individual each year for a lifetime of outstanding contributions that directly impact health care in the area of athletics, athletic training, or sports medicine and are of major and lasting importance.

Dr. Drez was one of the five founding members of Center for Orthopaedics in 1994 and was a member of the group’s medical staff for 13 years. He returned to the group in 2011. He currently serves as a senior advisor to the practicing physicians.