Spine

Every year thousands of Americans experience back or neck pain ranging from minor to severe. We provide compassionate, skilled and comprehensive spine care. We believe in delivering thorough evaluations and detailed discussions to help you make informed decisions.

We consider less invasive techniques wherever applicable. When surgery is the best option we use cutting edge technology with highly qualified and experienced providers.

Our multidisciplinary approach provides a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic treatment options for all spine patients. These areas of treatment include:

Arthritis and/or degenerative conditions
Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar disc herniations
Failed neck and back surgery
Fractures of the spine
Low back (lumbar) pain
Midback (thoracic) pain
Neck (cervical) pain
Sciatica/radiculopathy
Scoliosis
Spinal instability
Spinal stenosis
Tumors

Lincoln Orthopaedic Center

Availability: 2nd and 4th Friday of the month

“Orthopaedic surgery to me, represents a truly dynamic specialty in the field of medicine; the opportunity to link the investigation and diagnosis of medical pathology with the restorative outcome of surgical management.”

Dr. Robert A. Vande Guchte is board certified in orthopaedic surgery. He hails from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and joined Lincoln Orthopaedic Center, P.C. in November of 1997. He is a graduate of the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine. He completed his Orthopaedic residency at the University of Alberta and a fellowship in Sports Medicine at the University of Calgary Sports Medicine Center. He has also completed a second fellowship in Spine Surgery at the University of British Columbia Spine Trauma and Disease Center.

Dr. Vande Guchte is on staff at all Lincoln hospitals, several surgery centers in Lincoln, and outlying community hospitals in Nebraska. Dr. Vande Guchte serves as Team Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Lincoln Stars hockey team and the Lincoln Saltdogs baseball team.

Dr. Vande Guchte’s decision to choose medicine and ultimately orthopaedic surgery as a career path developed early in life; guided by his Christian faith to help his fellow man, and influenced by his father, a dedicated and caring family physician. His own widespread involvement in many sports fueled his interest in orthopaedic sports medicine and the desire for challenges led to his major interest in spine surgery. In his free time, his hobbies include golf, ice hockey, and skiing.

Contact: (402) 436-2000

Lincoln Orthopaedic Center

B.S.- University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2016
MPAS- University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2020

Shane is from the small town of Wilber, NE. There he enjoyed competing in sports and working with his family practice physician assistant who volunteered as the team trainer. He attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney for his undergraduate program, majoring in Biology with a health science emphasis.

He attended the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha for his Master’s in Physician Assistant. He became board certified in December 2020 and worked in pulmonary and critical care medicine for a couple years before coming to Nebraska Orthopaedic Center, specializing in orthopaedic spine.

In his free time, he and his wife, Tess, enjoy attending Stars hockey games, Husker football and volleyball games, and traveling. They are also avid Saint Louis Blues fans.

1900 F Street
Geneva, NE 68361

(402) 759-3167

Spine

Robert Vande Guchte, MD

Shane Bloom, PA-C

1900 F Street Geneva, NE 68361 • (402) 759 - 3167

FCH is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer

1900 F Street
Geneva, NE 68361

402-759-3167