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Orthopedic surgeon joins forces with Cape Fear Heroes

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Dr. Eric Breitbart of
Southeastern Orthopedics, an
affiliate of Southeastern Health,
is pictured with the Cape Fear
D Heroes professional indoor
r football team which is based in
. Fayetteville, NC. Dr. Breitbart
L serves as the official team
a physician.
u
r SeHealth’s Dr. Eric Breitbart has been named the official team doctor for the Cape Fear Heroes, a professional indoor SR
a football team based in Fayetteville, NC. The team, which played its first game of the season on Saturday, March 23,
M holds its home games at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville. M By Roxana Ross
u As the official team doctor, Dr. Breitbart evaluates player injuries on the field and in his office. He also treats players
s through rehabilitation or surgery, when needed. C The field of neonatal
s therapy is relatively
e “It’s a great opportunity to work with professional athletes on a local level,” Dr. Breitbart said. “It’s exciting seeing their NI new, and Southeastern
l love for the sport and knowing I can help support them when they get injured.” Health’s Southeastern
w CU Regional Medical
h Dr. Breitbart is an orthopedic surgeon who has specialized in sports medicine at SeHealth’s Southeastern Orthopedics Center is very proud to
i since 2015. off have two therapists
t who can work in the
specialized
highly
e “My interest in sports medicine and helping athletes started when I was a high school athlete,” Dr. Breitbart said. “I had
an injury my senior year that forced me to have scopes done on both knees. That was my first introduction to ers environment of the
orthopedics and it set the stage for my career.” Neonatal Intensive
rar Care Unit (NICU).
A native of New Jersey, Dr. Breitbart earned a medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Since 2016,
Jersey in Newark in May 2009. He completed an orthopedic residency at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in June e Occupational Therapist
2014 and a fellowship in sports medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) in Philadelphia in July 2015. He and Inpatient Rehab
received specialized training in both adult sports medicine at UPenn and pediatric sports medicine through the ne Services Coordinator
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Jyutika Zope and
Physical
Therapist
on William Hunt have
For more information about Dr. Breitbart or Southeastern Orthopedics, log on to www.seorthopedics.org.
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he ata full-term and
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his aided by upgrades
slee the made in 2017 to the
unit, which can care
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rap 10 weeks early.

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in the y “Not a lot of therapists
highly go into the NICU,”
special Hunt said. “It requires
ized additional training and
enviro mentorship, and
nment because it’s so
of the specialized, it can be
Neona hard to find people to
tal mentor you in this
Intensi area. We conduct
ve evaluations, develop
Care treatment plans, and
as they gress to go
Unit home, we integrate the
(NICU SeHe family into that plan.”
). Since
2016, alth
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Thera
pist unce
and
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nt
Rehab walk-
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s
Coordi in
nator
Jyutika clin
Zope
and
Physic
al
Thera
pist
Willia
m
Hunt
have
been
workin
g with
full-
term
and
premat
ure
babies
at
SRMC.
Their
work is
aided
by
upgrad
es
made
in
2017
to the
unit,
which
can
care
for
babies
born
up to
10
weeks
early.

“Not a
lot of
therapi
sts go
into
the
NICU,
” Hunt
said.
“It
require
s
additio
nal
trainin
g and
mentor
ship,
and
becaus
e it’s so
special
ized, it
can be
hard
to find
people
to
mentor
you in
this
area.
We
conduc
t
evalua
tions,
develo
p
treatm
ent
plans,
and as
they
progre
ss to go
home,
we
integra
te the
family
into
that
plan.”

Kayla
White,
of
Lumbe
rton, is
a nurse
at
SRMC
who is
also a
parent
of a
child
who
went
throug
h the
NICU.
Her
son,
Harris
on,
who
turns 1
this
weeken
d, was
born
six
weeks
early
but is
now
thrivin
g.