"In 1960 Dr. Skoot Dimon did the first joint replacement surgery performed in Georgia, a colleague said, giving a patient a new hip ... " read full article here
Atlanta Journal and Constitution, March 29, 2014
"When I went to medical school at Columbia in New York,
I decided it was time to get respectable so I told everybody
my name is Joe. But after a month I was lying; ... " read full article here
Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic (P.O.C.)
Interview with Dr. Joseph H. Dimon, III, Founder, March 29, 2014
"I learned what it felt like to be loved by total strangers . . . "
Dominique Gimbert
"... excited to have the chance to work with a
world-renowned surgeon ... "
Dr. Xavier Duralde, P.O.C.
"Dr. Dimon practiced the “art of medicine.” He believed that being
present with someone who was hurting, either mentally
or physically, was as important as surgical or medical intervention."
Tift County Foundation for Educational Excellence
"... Skoot’s passion, after Annie, his family and hip surgery,was nursing education ... "
Paula Spicer,
Clinical Education Specialist and former nurse with P.O.C.
Skoot reminisces on thirty years of volunteer surgery in Haiti--in rotation with his partners at the Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic.
Remembering "Skoot" -- colleagues, friends, family