Doctor credits success to in-house treatments, control over procedures
Dr. Dominic Maggio always knew he would be a physician, he said. As a child, he would follow his father, an internist, on rounds and was always impressed with his father’s impact on patients’ lives.
Fast-forward to today, and Maggio has achieved a stellar reputation of his own in Arkansas. Voted Best Neurologist/ Neurosurgeon in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette’s 2023 Best of the Best balloting, Maggio serves his patients through Legacy Spine & Neurological Specialists in Little Rock. He was recruited to come here two years ago and has quickly become one of the leading practitioners in his field.
“Legacy, No. 1, has a really great reputation,” he said. “And No. 2, it was an opportunity where I could really have control over things, even aside from the practice of medicine, to really make sure patients have a great experience.”
Maggio said the level of expertise and technology on display at Legacy rivals that of much bigger practices, while its smaller size limits red tape that often bogs down the process of providing care.
“Sometimes at other hospitals, you might see something that could be improved or optimized in a certain way, but layers of bureaucracy make it difficult to actually implement improvements,” he said. “What I really like about Legacy is really having control and input over different things that can enhance the patient experience.”
Maggio said another aspect he enjoys about Legacy is the ability to retain many processes in-house, giving him greater control over treatment plans for his patients. He used the example of injections, which are widely used as a precursor treatment to surgery.
“Injections, specifically, are a really important part of optimizing surgeries,” he said. “Other places I’ve practiced sent patients to other places to get their injections. When we’d get the patient back, you’d never have the same amount of information regarding how much the injection worked.
“Here, I can always get X-rays with each injection, and I can see exactly where the needle is. I can see how [the injection] spreads. There’s just so much more information from us handling all of this in-house, where you really know exactly where the problem is coming from.”
Maggio graduated from the University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. He completed his fellowship in neurosurgery at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and his residency at the University of Virginia-National Institute of Health.