Ayesha Butt,

M.D.

Dr. Ayesha Butt performed her residency training in internal medicine at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center. She has mastered many of the challenging tasks of internal medicine and prides herself on establishing long-lasting patient relationships and having the ability to manage multiple complicated medical problems with ease. Recently becoming a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Butt is touted for her calm countenance and pleasant bedside manner, which is drawing patients to her budding practice.

Florian Gegaj, M.D.

Dr. Florian Gegaj completed his internship and residency training in internal medicine at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, one of the top teaching hospitals in the country. He offers an innovative technique, which treats all patients with bone, joint, and muscle tendon disease. By using an ultrasound-guided approach, cortisone (or cortisone derivatives) is injected precisely and painlessly into the site of the discomfort. All current studies have shown the injections are far more accurate than blind, unguided injections.

Hazem El-Arousy, M.D.

Dr. Hazem El-Arousy is a highly trained vascular surgeon who specializes in cardiovascular risk modification and prevention, peripheral vascular disease, carotid artery disease, aortic aneurysms, varicose veins, lymphedema, blood clots, high cholesterol, hypertension, and diabetes. He received his vascular surgery clinical scholar fellowship training from the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic. He has also been published in peer-reviewed national and international vascular journals and is strongly committed to evidence-based medical practice. He is currently conducting research in the diagnostic field of breast cancer.

J. Mandume Kerina, M.D.

A Specialist in Knee Replacement

Dr. Kerina is a nationally-recognized joint replacement surgeon who is the chairman of the Uni-Path Outpatient Partial Knee Replacement training program. As the founder of Tri-County Orthopaedic Center, he is constantly striving to bring innovative orthopaedic care home to Lake County.

Dr. Kerina specializes only in knee replacement surgery. Revitalizing the lives of his patients through the compartmental approach to knee replacements. He relies on technologies such as MRI-based, computer-assisted preoperative planning, patient-specific instrumentation, and intra-operative ligament balancing to perform partial and total knee replacements that are personalized and minimally invasive.

“Offering personalized, outpatient partial knee replacements is just one more way we’re working to improve our patients’ lives,” he says. Patients benefit from lower surgical complication rates and shortened recovery times due to these techniques. “Thanks to our doctors’ unwavering dedication to the local community, Lake County residents don’t have to travel to get world-class care.”

Claudia L. Thomas, M.D.

A Specialist in the Non-Operative Treatment of Musculoskeletal Disorders

Dr. Thomas specializes in the non-operative treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, including back pain and osteoporosis.

Dr. Thomas has achieved the highest level of orthopaedic training possible. She completed her fellowship in orthopaedic trauma and spine surgery at the University of Maryland—one of the premier trauma programs in the country—and went on to become the first African-American female orthopaedic surgeon in the United States. She joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins in 1981 and remains a member to this day.

After a near-fatal bout with kidney disease in 1991, she was forced to relinquish her operating room scrubs. Later, she found her calling as a champion of osteoporosis awareness. “I want to shout it from the rooftops that complications from osteoporosis kill more women than breast cancer,” she says. “I see far too many women who have gone for years without realizing their bones are being silently broken.”