Marley Shovlin, PA-C

Attila Nyilas is a certified physician assistant (PA-C) who specializes in orthopaedics. He is interested is all aspects of orthopaedics and can provide joint injections of the upper and lower extremities. With more than 21+ years of experience, he has worked in all orthopaedic specialties, including sports medicine, foot and ankle, upper extremity, spine, total joint reconstruction, and arthroscopic surgery. Attila received a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received a master’s degree in physician assistant studies from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attila is board-certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and the NATABOC. He is a member of the American Academy of PAs, the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants, National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society, and Academy of Physician Assistants in Legal Medicine. He sees patients ages 13 and older and speaks English.

Aaron Hellman, PA-C Aaron Hellman, PA-C, is a physician assistant with AHN Orthopaedic Institute, specializing in orthopaedic surgery. His clinical interests include sports medicine, total joint replacement, fracture management, and joint injections. He received his Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training and Health Science from Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio and his Master of Physician Assistant Studies from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. Hellman is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. His goal is to have all patients to get back to normal, whether they elect to have surgery or not. He sees patients of all ages.

Dr. Birdsong is a highly skilled hand surgeon who also treats carpal tunnel syndrome, rotator cuff tears, cubital tunnel syndrome, trigger fingers, tendonitis of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder; arthritis of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder; and trauma of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder. Dr. Birdsong is vice chairman of patient safety and quality at AHN. He has special clinical interests in endoscopic (a.k.a., arthroscopic) carpal and cubital tunnel releases; shoulder joint replacement and reverse total shoulder replacement, and all elbow, hand, and shoulder problems. He has received numerous honors throughout his education and career, including: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and honors for his internal medicine clerkship, general surgery clerkship, neurology clerkship, and in clinical medicine. Dr. Birdsong is also the winner of the Anido Pathology Award, the Lange Book Award, and the Charles Arnett Award. He is listed in the Who’s Who in American Colleges, 1985. He speaks English.