Pakistani Doctor Performs First Disc Replacement in America

Bajwa returns to the operating room today at Wilson to implant the artificial disc, known as Charite, in a fourth patient who traveled around the world for the procedure. The patient is a native of Bajwa’s homeland, Pakistan. There, the Southern New York Neurosurgical Group physician has become somewhat of a medical celebrity. After a Press & Sun-Bulletin story in November about the initial procedure at Wilson, a GEO Pakistan television crew came to Johnson City to interview Bajwa. After the report aired in Pakistan, Bajwa said the man contacted him and then flew to the United States for today’s surgery…