I met Dr. Paulos in 1990. I had fallen on my skis and slid 200 feet. In addition to a shoulder dislocation, I had a hills sachs deformity and bankart fracture. I was convinced that I needed an operation. Dr. Paulos told me that I could rehab the shoulder and do well without surgery. He accompanied me to the physical therapist and showed me and the therapist the appropriate exercises. I never did dislocate the shoulder again and recovered well. Dr Paulos operated on my other shoulder 16 years later. Despite visits to several different physical therapists, I am still doing exercises that only Dr. Paulos has demonstrated. Both shoulders continue to do well. I feel quite fortunate to be a patient of Dr. Lonnie Paulos.

Howie Garber MD, Emergency Physician

Dear Dr. Paulos,

     You operated on our son, Michael Eames, some years ago, just before you went to Texas. He passed away two years ago. He had had another knee surgery the day before, and we were all afraid it was a blood clot. The autopsy showed, however, that he had a faulty heart valve. He had suffered from migraine headaches for years, and that faulty valve may have contributed to his headaches. As a matter of fact, the anesthesiologist at the time of his surgery with you told him about Enzyme Q which had helped that doctor with migraines. Michael never really got relief, however. We got a great lift from the many photos of famous skiiers who had been helped by your surgery. We always kidded that we were going to send you a photo of Michael jumping to show that even the no-so-famous skiiers benefited from your skills. We used one of those photos on the funeral program.

     My real purpose in writing: In the obituary, we thanked the many doctors from Cache Valley to Las Vegas who had helped Michael lived a full, active life. You are one of those doctors. He had 11 surgeries on that knee, and every one of them helped him to ski and rock climb. Thank you so much. You are fine, kind man; and our once-only experience with you was a good one.

Kindest regards,
Sharell Eames