Experienced surgeons. Advanced treatments. Clear answers for your back and neck — in the Quad Cities and across Eastern Iowa.
For nearly a decade, when a spine case was too complex — failed hardware, deformity, high-risk revision — surgeons across Iowa referred it on. Those patients landed with Dr. Pugely. Now his practice is here, with same-week access and an honest answer first.
Andrew J. Pugely, MD, MHCDS“I feel like I'm living again.”
The new front door — BettendorfMercyOne Genesis Crow Valley Orthopedics Care2300 53rd Ave, Bettendorf — a building designed around spine care: clinic, imaging, and a built-out surgical suite. Photo MercyOne / Trinity Health, used with permission.
Teaching the fieldInvited faculty on advanced spinal deformityPresenting at the EUROPA Advanced Deformity course — the same techniques this practice uses every week.
Adult scoliosis, corrected — a long-segment reconstruction anchored to the pelvis, standing straight. Every film in the library is Dr. Pugely's own work, de-identified and shown the way surgeons see it.
Every quote below is a verbatim patient response from independently administered patient-experience surveys (2022–2025), shared exactly as written.
Dr Pugely saved my life and ability to live it functionally. I will always be very grateful to him, and am honored that he was my surgeon. He is both a brilliant doctor and compassionate man.
Patient survey · early 2023Dr. Pugely is an excellent doctor. He has outstanding surgical skills and a compassionate bedside manner. He never rushed my decision to have surgery. He was very patient with me.
Patient survey · early 2023Dr. Pugely has tried to help me when 2 other institutions would not, and also when another dr. in Iowa City refused. MUCH appreciated.
Patient survey · early 2023Wish they would build off branch of Iowa City Clinic in Davenport!
Patient survey · September 2022
