Mario Misseha, DMSc, PA-C

Spine or back surgery may often times be need­ed for var­i­ous rea­sons, and my inter­ests lie in method­i­cal­ly under­stand­ing the best approach for car­ing with the diag­no­sis at hand. For exam­ple, back pain due to a her­ni­at­ed disc may be treat­ed con­ser­v­a­tive­ly with over-the-counter pain med­ica­tion and phys­i­cal ther­a­py. Then at times, sur­gi­cal inter­ven­tion will be need­ed to alle­vi­ate the pain. I am most inter­est­ed in find­ing the issue con­cern­ing the spine, back mus­cles, and ver­te­brae so that I may take care of it in a way that best suits my patient.

Out­side of med­i­cine you can find me at my church, which is where I try to spend most of my time. I am involved with com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice and events through St. Mary’s Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church. I teach Sun­day School and help out with high school out­ings. Being recent­ly engaged, I hap­pi­ly get to do every­thing with my bet­ter half. My fiancé and I enjoy attend­ing live shows, vis­it­ing the the­aters, going out to din­ner, and hang­ing out with friends. Two of my hob­bies that I real­ly enjoy are play­ing chess and col­lect­ing old and/​or rare coins. A fun fact about me is that I always keep a chess set in my car because that is how often I play. Sil­ly, I know. When it comes to col­lect­ing rare and old coins, I began doing so around eight years old when my dad gave me an old coin and I decid­ed to con­tin­ue doing it until now. Stay­ing active is a reg­u­lar part of my every­day life. Which is why I love going to the gym. I make sure to free up at least one hour of my day, six days a week, and go to the gym. I always preach about health, so I do my best to prac­tice what I preach.