Pictured from
left to right are
Dr. Tom Foster,
Dr. Donald
Vliegenthart,
Lance Friedman,
CEO, Dr. Brian
Hamzavi, and
Dr. Dennis Jones.
FULL-SERVICES HEALTH CENTER
EMERGING IN MELBOURNE AREA
How Emerge Healthcare will benefit your family and the community
Emerge is a multifaceted Orthopedic
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center of excellence in Melbourne
with multiple Orthopedic treatment
options under one roof to help you
function better and feel your best. Emerge
is a direct access recovery center, so no
physician referral is needed for treatment.
Emerge takes most major insurances for
Orthopedic, sports medicine, surgical,
pain management and rehabilitative
services. Emerge clinics are conveniently
located to those in the Vero to Titusville
areas. Our providers understand anatomy
and physiology of the human body and
what techniques and recovery options
would best fit your need. “Everyday
life presents people with all kinds of
problems, whether it is an auto injury, a
slip and fall, or even normal cases where
a hip requires replacement or a patient
needs arthroscopic procedure, and the
rehabilitation that comes with it,” says
Emerge Healthcare CEO Lance Friedman.
“Emerge will be that facility for many in
our community.
REHABILITATION IS EXPANDING
Emerge Rehab and Wellness is being led
by Dr. Mike Van Thielen. Dr. Mike is
expanding Emerge’s rehab into additional
areas of recovery therapy. “When people
have a cardiac episode, for example, they
can be bedridden for a week or two, or
longer, lose their muscle tone and can
lose their ability to walk,” Friedman
says. “We are expanding into aquatic
Kim Bean, Director of Medical Operations,
Lance Friedman, CEO
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