James C. Wittig, MD

08/30/2025

There are two main characteristics of an excellent orthopedic surgery resident. 4th year medical student rotators should also follow this nice. 1. Passion— have a passion for learning your profession and taking care of patients 2. Patient centricity-always have the patient as your main focus. Everything you do is to give extraordinary care to patients.

08/29/2025

Family time! Savor these priceless moments and memories that last forever. What God has decreed no man can destroy.

08/28/2025

I’m always grateful and appreciative to be able to help so many children and adult with sarcomas and other musculoskeletal tumors. Their kind words are humbling. The honor is all mine.

08/26/2025

Great times with my boys in ! These times together are priceless. Creating everlasting memories of fun and relaxation.

08/25/2025

Special thanks to Laura for her hospitality and the wine tasting and villa! Amazing place to visit and delicious wine and olive oil.

08/16/2025

Me and the Ron Dawg getting ready for my sister’s wedding! Fittings Looking sharp Ronnie! Incredibly excited to see my beautiful sister and future brother in law .mantell get married soon!

08/14/2025

I am excited as well as flattered and honored to be invited to join the board of this amazing not for profit Empathy Innovations Foundation by founder Dr. A Tina Miranda ! Empathy is the cornerstone to extraordinary patient care and success. It holds the patient in the center of focus. The patient is always in the forefront. Listen to them. Observe their non verbal clues. Put yourself in their shoes and their families shoes.

Human factors bring us back to the fundamentals of quality care – starting with listening, engaging in conversation, showing compassion, and being able to read the non-verbal clue patients share.

This is the key to healing patients and being succesful in your career as a physician.
















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08/14/2025

Strange place for a tumor! Who would think? The top of the fibula! A Giant Cell Tumor. Most of these are dismissed as sports injuries for awhile and treated conservatively until an Xray is taken.

How can we tell this is benign?

Even though majority of bone is destroyed the junction of the tumor with normal bone is sharply defined meaning this is a geographic pattern of bone destruction.

The soft tissue mass also has an egg shell rim of calcification around it meaning the tumor is growing slow enough for the periosteum to react and try to contain the tumor.

Lastly GCT of bone is usually associated with internal trabeculations seen here. There are 6 tumors that demonstrate internal translations.

The fibula is a rare site for a giant cell tumor of bone. Most occur in the 20-40 year age group. They arise in metaphysis and spread to epiphysis. They are end of bone tumors.

They are not associated with calcifications.

The lower femur, upper tibia (around the knee) sacrum and distal radius are most common sites. They are benign but aggressive. Perhaps 1 percent can spread to lungs or be found in other bones.

This was approached through a lateral position and incision.

Extensive exposure with a meticulous dissection and separation of peroneal nerve and all branches and the popliteal vessels. It was resected en bloc with the opposing facet on tibia.

The soft tissues and lateral collateral ligament were reconstructed with the biceps femoris and a suture anchore into the upper tibia with knee in 20 degrees flexion.

Postop: No foot drop; Stable normal knee function and no recurrence.

08/12/2025

✨ Groundbreaking Surgical Innovation ✨

Dr. James C. Wittig and his team performed a limb-sparing surgery for a young patient with a rare bone cancer — preserving arm function and quality of life through a custom prosthesis and a free vascularized fibula transplant.
It is the biggest compliment in the world that the parents choose Dr. Wittig and his team to perform such a complex surgery and save their baby’s limb and help save the baby’s life.
Grateful to TMC’s HealthTechZone for featuring this story and helping raise awareness about advancements in orthopedic oncology. 💙

🔗 Link in bio to read the full article!
https://www.healthtechzone.com/topics/healthcare/articles/2025/08/08/462621-one-of-a-kind-limb-sparing-surgery-provides.htm
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08/12/2025

08/07/2025

At the learning about brain waves and training my brain how to get into alpha and theta waves— the subconscious control center of the brain. Tapping into the subconscious and exercising it with use of neurofeedback. The brain controls the body. The brain can turn on and off specific genes. This can she. Dramatic effects on patient physical health, wellness and mental health. developed by is an extension of the same type of neurofeedback provided in the brain resource center and can help patients in many ways. It trains the brain how to relax and get into the software programming center.