Cardiologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Chiropractor providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dentist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dermatologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Family Physician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
OB-GYN providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Ophthalmologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Orthopedic Surgeon providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Pediatrician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Physical Therapist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Podiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Psychiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Karina Gass completed her Bachelor's degree as a collegiate basketball athlete at Reinhardt University. She later earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Miami, followed by her Physician Assistant degree from Miami Dade College.
Ms. Gass was born and raised in Miami, FL where she has had the opportunity to serve a range of diverse populations from D1 college athletes, retired NFL players to casual weekend warriors. Prior to working at Minimally Invasive Spine Center of S.Florida, Ms. Gass worked as a DPT at Select Physical Therapy as well as her own concierge physical therapy company.
As a result of engaging in a wide range of studies and clinical experiences as a DPT and a PA-C, Ms. Gass brings a unique passion and perspective to our patients.
Jason Berlongieri, DPT, is a board-certified clinical specialist in neurologic physical therapy. He serves patients at The Neurology Institute in Coral Springs and Sunrise, Florida.
After graduating high school, Dr. Berlongieri enlisted in the United States Army as an airborne infantryman. He served 4.5 years with the 82nd Airborne Division with two combat deployments to Afghanistan. He left the U.S. Army as a combat airborne infantry squad leader with the rank of sergeant.
After the Army, Dr. Berlongieri ran the Chicago marathon in 2011. He went on to his formal education to receive a bachelor's degree in pre-physical therapy at Chicago State University in Chicago, Illinois.
Upon completion, he began his graduate education in 2015 at Governors State University in University Park, Illinois, to receive a doctoral degree in physical therapy. In 2018, he completed a neurological residency program for physical therapy at Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Florida.
Dr. Berlongieri treats all stages of vestibulopathy, peripheral nerve disorders, CVA, TBI, concussion, and other forms of neurological diagnoses, including degenerative conditions such as Parkinson's Disease. He is passionate about helping others improve the quality of their lives by optimizing movement.
Jason Berlongieri, DPT, is a board-certified clinical specialist in neurologic physical therapy. He serves patients at The Neurology Institute in Coral Springs and Sunrise, Florida.
After graduating high school, Dr. Berlongieri enlisted in the United States Army as an airborne infantryman. He served 4.5 years with the 82nd Airborne Division with two combat deployments to Afghanistan. He left the U.S. Army as a combat airborne infantry squad leader with the rank of sergeant.
After the Army, Dr. Berlongieri ran the Chicago marathon in 2011. He went on to his formal education to receive a bachelor's degree in pre-physical therapy at Chicago State University in Chicago, Illinois.
Upon completion, he began his graduate education in 2015 at Governors State University in University Park, Illinois, to receive a doctoral degree in physical therapy. In 2018, he completed a neurological residency program for physical therapy at Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Florida.
Dr. Berlongieri treats all stages of vestibulopathy, peripheral nerve disorders, CVA, TBI, concussion, and other forms of neurological diagnoses, including degenerative conditions such as Parkinson's Disease. He is passionate about helping others improve the quality of their lives by optimizing movement.
South Florida Interventional Orthopedics and Spine has one office in Davenport, Florida, and another in Miami. Led by double board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation physician Seth Kaufman, DO, he and his team focus on using conservative treatments to help their patients avoid surgery unless it’s absolutely necessary. The practice provides the local communities with accurate diagnosis and high-quality treatment.
Dr. Kaufman believes that a physiatrist (a doctor who specializes in medical solutions to musculoskeletal disorders) is the best person for patients to see before consulting an orthopedic surgeon. As he says, when patients have chest pain, they don’t go to a cardiothoracic surgeon but a cardiologist.
Similarly, a patient with a headache would visit a neurologist rather than a neurosurgeon, while a person with stomach pain would go to a gastroenterologist before calling on a colorectal surgeon. Using this logic, it makes sense for patients to first see Dr. Kaufman for their neck, back, or sports injury pain before seeing an orthopedic surgeon.
Patients can be confident of the highest quality treatment. Dr. Kaufman has extensive experience and has undergone fellowship training.
He has also worked extensively with some of the most highly trained spine surgeons in the world. Those surgeons included staff members at the Mayo Clinic (which has campuses in Rochester, Minnesota; Jacksonville, Florida; and Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona), Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
South Florida Interventional Orthopedics and Spine specializes in the nonoperative treatment of neck, lower back, and musculoskeletal pain. They use nonsurgical techniques to treat arthritis, herniated discs, spinal stenosis, sciatica, as well as neck, back, shoulder, hip, and knee pain.
Treatments include epidural steroid injections, facet blocks, hyaluronic acid injections, rhizotomy (radiofrequency ablation), and precision medicine treatments like PRP (platelet-rich plasma). On the rare occasions that these treatments don’t work, Dr. Kaufman refers patients to the appropriate specialists.
South Florida Interventional Orthopedics and Spine is firmly committed to a patient-centered, conservative approach to treating musculoskeletal disorders. Call their Davenport or Miami office today or book an appointment online to benefit from their expertise.
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