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Voytik Center For Orthopedic Care
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by David Thompson
et us help you get active again.” This is the goal
much more than that. Dr. Voytik specializes in concussion
at Voytik Center for Orthopedic Care (VCOC),
therapy and works closely with several local school sports
and for over 20 years, Dr. Gary Voytik, D.O.,
teams—including Cleveland High School and Cleveland
and his team of professionals have done just that. Dr. Voytik earned his Doctorate of Osteopathy at the
Middle School, to name just two—to administer and monitor the ImPACT concussion protocol test taken by
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1991.
athletes, who take it once while healthy and again if a
He completed his internship at Community General
concussion is suspected. By registering any discrepancies in
Osteopathic Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and his
the two scores, the ImPACT test provides a mental baseline
residency in orthopedic surgery at Ohio University College
for medical professionals to work off of in the event of a
of Osteopathic Medicine. Soon after, he became board
possible concussion. Dr. Voytik then works with the coaches
certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic
and athletic trainers to establish the proper schedules and
Surgery and has been practicing in Cleveland since 1996.
procedures for the athlete to follow in order to gradually
On August 6, 2018, Dr. Voytik and his wife and co-
and safely reintroduce them into their sport. His work with
owner, Brenda, proudly opened a brand-new facility at 3913
concussions is not limited to athletes, though; local residents
Georgetown Road NW. They’re excited to be in the new
periodically incur head injuries at their jobs, and Dr. Voytik
building, but they’re even more excited to bring with them
helps them recover as well.
the same staff and familiar faces you’ve come to know and
One of those cutting-edge breakthroughs that Dr.
trust. The new facility keeps VCOC on the cutting edge of
Voytik is hoping to implement at VCOC in the near
the latest breakthroughs in medicine, providing you with
future could completely change the way doctors handle
the best coverage and care available.
concussions. Researchers are working on a machine that
Dr. Voytik and the VCOC staff offer solutions for
can read and measure a person’s brainwaves. By putting
your general orthopedic needs, but their expertise covers
a helmet on the patient and viewing their brainwaves on
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