Soaring Surgery Center

07/18/2025

07/02/2025

Soaring is proud to support an outstanding female orthopedic surgeon who has brought more than 500 total joint replacement cases to our surgery center!

Happy July from all of us at Thunder Orthopedics… on the great adventure of an independent practice in the vast sea. We were made for this!

“The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness!” - Is a quote by Ratzinger and is another way of saying what has been attributed to John Shedd:
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”

06/26/2025

We are proud to be the surgical home of Thunder Orthopedics… where patients are determined to do well and get back to work and fun!

06/11/2025

An Army combat medic observed the OR team at Soaring today and he said: “That OR team is a a thing of beauty. Everyone working in harmony. Everyone knowing what to do, how to do it, and when to do it. Congratulations on your team. It’s what we dream of in the military.”

05/24/2025

May Memorial Day Weekend be a time of rest and refreshment and reflection for all of us.

“This is the day we pay homage to all those who didn’t come home.” - Tamra Bolton.

05/08/2025

How can you possibly thank nurses for the work they do? …
Lunch
Homemade cakes
Puppy kisses and snuggles!

We are all so incredibly thankful for our amazing nurses! Happy Nurses Week!

And thank you to Quietstorm GSPs for a puppy to snuggle and kiss.

05/06/2025

Soaring is proud to be the surgical home of Thunder Orthopedics!

🧠💪 May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Let’s Talk About the Mind-Body Connection

At Thunder Orthopedics, we understand that mental health and physical health are deeply connected. Living with chronic joint, back, or muscle pain doesn’t just affect your body — it impacts your mood, sleep, energy, and overall well-being.

This May, we're encouraging our patients and community to care for both their mental and physical wellness.

💬 Struggling with pain? You're not alone.
🧘‍♀️ Movement matters — gentle activity can help both your joints and your mind.
🤝 Let’s work together toward feeling better — inside and out.

Because healing isn't just about bones and muscles — it's about the whole person. 💚

04/22/2025

Soaring is proud to be the surgical home of Dr. Swanson and Thunder Orthopedics.

04/20/2025

Happy Easter!

03/25/2025

Soaring surgery center is proud to be the surgical home of Dr. Maria Kirzhner and Dr. Megan Swanson… both are rewriting the narrative for female surgeons in Charlottesville and making history every day with their independent private practices committed to patient-centric care.

Dr. Betsy Grunch and Dr. Pamela Mehta share how they've overcome bias and unique challenges in the workforce as surgeons who are women and how they're working to break down barriers for the next generation of female healthcare professionals.

03/08/2025

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we would like to honor our Dynamic Duo in Central Sterile! With a combined 30 years of experience in central sterile, Felicia Fravel and Mitra Javadikhah are the secret sauce behind Soaring’s ZERO percent infection rate. They run a tight ship and make a huge difference in quality care for our patients. Thank you Mitra and Felicia for your commitment to excellence.

03/02/2025

Two years ago, Dr. Swanson wrote: “I am a female total joint orthopedic surgeon. Just existing defies the status quo. And God has used the dark things to build steadfastness in increasing measure in me… as He makes me walk in new things. And more new things. And beyond all I could ask or imagine… into a pilot car purpose that He has for me and He has caused the right people to open the right doors! …

Making Women’s History in Charlottesville by being the first female orthopedic surgeon here to own her own clinic and an independent ambulatory surgery center. Yes God! Thank you. I love what Chadwick Boseman writes below…”

“This day, when you have reached the hill top and you are deciding on next jobs, next steps, careers, further education, you would rather find purpose than a job or career. Purpose crosses disciplines. Purpose is an essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history. Your very existence is wrapped up in the things you are here to fulfill. Whatever you choose for a career path, remember, the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose. When I dared to challenge the system that would relegate us to victims and stereotypes with no clear historical backgrounds, no hopes or talents, when I questioned that method of portrayal, a different path opened up for me, the path to my destiny.
When God has something for you, it doesn’t matter who stands against it. God will move someone that’s holding you back away from the door and put someone there who will open it for you if it’s meant for you. I don’t know what your future is, but if you are willing to take the harder way, the more complicated one, the one with more failures at first than successes, the one that has ultimately proven to have more meaning, more victory, more glory then you will not regret it.
Now, this is your time. The light of new realizations shines on you today.”
- Chadwick Boseman