Single-visit planning
Where it is clinically appropriate, evaluation, measurement, design consultation and financial review are completed in one visit, with the documented plan finalized before the patient travels home.
AREOLA National Network
AREOLA Sonoran Center
An expanded center serving roughly 570 patients a year, designed so that travelling patients can complete evaluation and design in one visit.
Address7300 Sonoran Medical Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85251Directions & travel information
Patient Services334-209-7090Mon–Fri, 7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Center leadershipJonathan Mercer, MDNurse Manager: Meghan Ross, RN
Care in Scottsdale
What this center is known for.
The Sonoran Center was expanded in 2026 in direct response to its patient population: a high proportion travel several hours or more, which makes a second trip for design consultation a real burden rather than an inconvenience. Added recovery capacity and a dedicated Clinical Plate Design suite let much of the pathway happen in a single visit.
Every center works to the same clinical standards, uses the same digital planning record and draws on the national materials and plate laboratory in Philadelphia.
Recovery capacity
The 2026 expansion added recovery capacity specifically for patients who should not travel immediately after a procedure.
Interchangeable systems
MagnePlate planning is well represented in the case mix, including patients who return periodically to add to a registered collection.
Consultation
First appointments, second opinions and planning conversations with a replacement specialist and nurse.
Surgery
Procedures performed in the center's surgical suite, with perioperative nursing and anesthesia support.
MagnePlate
Interface planning, registered external plate collections and interchangeable-system review.
Revision
Assessment and elective planning where a previous plate, system or replacement result already exists, including changes in preference.
Center leadership
Jonathan Mercer, MD, leads the center clinically alongside his practice in Dallas. Meghan Ross, RN, is Regional Nurse Manager and holds day-to-day operational leadership, which for a center with a travelling population is the role that determines whether a visit works.
The care team
Replacement specialists, perioperative and recovery nursing, patient coordination and an on-site clinical plate design suite.
Visiting this center
General consultation windows run three to five weeks. The center draws from Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and southern California, and coordinators plan visits on the assumption that the patient is travelling — including realistic guidance on when it is safe to fly home.
Doctors at this center
Your Scottsdale care team.
Revision Replacement Service
Jonathan Mercer, MD
Director, Revision SurgeryRevision specialist evaluating previous implants, plate systems and complex bilateral results with an emphasis on records, uncertainty and realistic options.
Revision replacement · Prior implant evaluation · Dallas · Scottsdale
Magnetic Systems Program
Victor Nguyen, MD
Attending SurgeonMagnetic-systems surgeon specializing in MagnePlate, registered external collections and digital planning for patients in Scottsdale and Los Angeles.
MagnePlate · Interchangeable plates · Scottsdale · Los AngelesPatient Services
Plan your visit to AREOLA Scottsdale.
A patient coordinator can help with appointments, records, travel and center-specific questions.