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Triathlons, Total Joints, Getting Back in the Race with Dr. Scott Sporer!!
Device Nation serves up a hearty “blue plate special” packed with insights, inspiration, and industry wisdom with one of joint replacement's true icons: Dr. Scott Sporer of Rush University Medical Center!
With over 23 years at Rush, more than 17,000 joint procedures performed, leadership in the Hip Society, Knee Society, International Hip Society, and as Secretary of the American Joint Replacement Registry, Dr. Sporer delivers a masterclass on revision surgery, infection prevention, outpatient trends, evolving knee articulations, and the future of personalized care amid healthcare's “sea change” in 2026.
From his Iowa roots and biomedical engineering beginnings, sparked by a neighbor's life-changing hip replacement, to elite training at the University of Iowa, Dartmouth, and a dream fellowship under legends like Wayne Paproski, Aaron Rosenberg, Joshua Jacobs, and Richard Berger, Dr. Sporer's journey is as compelling as his clinical impact. Listeners get the inside track on game-changing research, including his seminal dilute Betadine lavage study that slashed infection rates, practical tips for revision TKA challenges, thoughts on robotics/navigation's real-world value, large-head hip strategies for stability, dual-mobility advancements, and why passion and perseverance remain the true drivers of excellence in orthopedics.
Don't miss this nourishing, no-portion-control-allowed conversation!
What a Happy New Year, Duke Surgeon and AAOS President, Dr. Ned Amendola!
What an honor to begin 2026 with an inspiring conversation with Sports Medicine legend, and AAOS President Dr. Annunziato “Ned” Amendola!
We cover a lot of ground in this conversation, his legacy work at Duke, AAOS, NBA shoe consultancy, mentorship, cartilage replacement, even Italian food!!
What a towering figure in sports medicine and foot and ankle care at Duke University, where he serves as a distinguished professor, chief of sports medicine, and executive director of the James R. Urbaniak, MD, Sports Sciences Institute.
Since joining Duke in 2015 he has served as head team physician and chief medical officer for Duke Athletics, providing exceptional care to elite athletes while advancing innovative treatments for knee and ankle injuries.
Internationally renowned for pioneering arthroscopic and biologic resurfacing techniques that have transformed cartilage repair and rehabilitation, Dr. Amendola has authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles, secured numerous research grants, and earned prestigious honors such as the Excellence in Research Award, Cabaud Memorial Award, O'Donoghue Award, and the Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award. His leadership culminated in serving as President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), where he has championed excellence in musculoskeletal care and mentored countless surgeons worldwide.
Beginning his journey in Canada with training at the University of Western Ontario and fellowships in sports medicine and foot and ankle surgery, he previously held key roles including director of sports medicine at the University of Iowa. His contributions have earned him additional accolades like the Achilles Award from ISAKOS, the Roger Mann and Leonard Goldner Awards from the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, and induction into the AOSSM Hall of Fame.
Join us (and Skeletoni) at the next AAOS meeting: https://www.aaos.org/
Clinic: https://www.dukehealth.org/find-doctors-physicians/annunziato-ned-amendola-md
Please support our Sponsor, Anika Therapeutics: https://anika.com/
Duke World Games: https://ryortho.com/2026/01/duke-health-is-warming-up-early-and-ortho-is-leading-the-charge/
Deck The Halls with “Surgeon Santa”…..Dr. Michael Karch!
What a holiday treat under the tree! Device Nation sits down for an inspiring conversation with Dr. Michael Karch, AI leader, book author, inventor, “Surgeon Santa”, and so much more!
We talk about his mission work around the world, one very smart drill, the Badlands 135, his work with the US Ski Team, Surgeon Avatars, 9/11, Reese's Peanut Butter cups, Sesame Street, his recent bestselling book, AI must reads, what it's like to run 58 marathons, whew…..we cover a LOT of ground in this episode (pun intended)!
Clinic website: https://www.mammothortho.com/michael-karch-md.html
Mammoth Medical Missions: https://www.mammothmedicalmissions.org/mass-casualty-training
48 hours in a MASH unit at Ground Zero: https://today.advancement.georgetown.edu/health-magazine/2016/karch-email/
Reflections on 9/11: https://today.advancement.georgetown.edu/health-magazine/2016/reflections/
The Neuron Daily https://www.theneurondaily.com/
The Paradox of Progress: https://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Progress-Thorns-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1544549296
Badwater 135: https://www.badwater.com/
Grand Rounds MD: https://grandroundsmd.com/mission
A Family Tree That Resembles The Tree Of Andry? Dr. Anderson “Andy” Engh!!
Device Nation sits down with Dr. Anderson “Andy” Engh, of the iconic Anderson Clinic!
Dr. Andy Engh represents the third generation of his family to practice at The Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic, which was founded by his grandfather in 1938.
Dr. Engh is a member of The Hip Society, The Knee Society, and The International Hip Society. He is a consultant reviewer for the Journal of Arthroplasty and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American edition), a Board of Orthopaedic Specialties Education Committee member, and a member of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons as well as a previous board member there.
Dr. Andy has received multiple awards, including the John Charnley Award, three Lawrence D. Dorr Awards, the AAHKS Clinical Award, the James A. Rand Award, and the OREF CCJR Award. He has published over 90 articles. He speaks nationally and internationally on topics regarding hip and knee replacement with a focus on patient outcomes and analysis of implant function.
What is your identity?
We explore the implications of that answer!
Anderson Clinic: https://andersonclinic.com/
Dr. Charlie Engh Remembrance: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10538874/
DC Plane Crash: https://henney.com/airfl.htm
SHAK Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/ep-14-dr-william-harris-and-dr-william-jiranek/id1765550109?i=1000705255942
AML Design Rational: https://bizwan.com/_mydoc/depuy/hiptech/DPY_AML_Hip_DR_0612-70-050r1.pdf
Dr. Benjamin Schwartz/Reflections on Identity: https://open.substack.com/pub/thesurgeonsrecord/p/the-end-is-the-beginning-reflections?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
“What was the coolest thing YOU saw at AAHKS?”
We presented that prompt to 30 Reps and Surgeons we so respect, here are their answers!
Any of them surprise you?
Overflow crowd at our 2nd annual AAHKS Rep/Surgeon Town Hall Meeting! Thank you Drs. Michael Meneghini, Cory Calendine, Brian Fuller, Paul Jacob, Michael Karch, Brown Blackwood and Eric Huebner for helping facilitate an inspiring conversation about AI, practice marketing, social media, how to sell to Surgeons and so much more!!!
What was the coolest thing YOU saw??
DM me with your answer, would love to hear it! https://www.linkedin.com/in/devicenation/
AAHKS: https://www.aahks.org
“Bone-afide” Brown Bag….Infections with Professor Martin McNally MD FRCSEd FRCS(Orth)!
Device Nation sits down for an inspiring conversation with THE world's preeminent authority on bone infection, Professor Martin McNally!
We talk Osteomyelitis, FRI, Girdlestone Society, antibiotic stewardship, Solario, ABX delivery carriers,rowing and a product worthy of consideration for your bag, your OR….CERAMENT G!
In this episode you will learn:
- Where we are on the DAIR
- Where the word “Girdlestone” came from
- How antibiotic-impregnated cement can create resistance
- The concept of “Antibiotic Stewardship”
- Best practices to prevent intra-op and field infections
- The genesis of CERAMENT G
- Guinness Stout….to chill or not to chill?
……..and so much more!!
Martin McNally is Honorary Consultant in Limb Reconstruction at the Oxford Bone Infection Unit in the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals and King James IV Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
He has a particular interest in osteomyelitis, infected fractures and non-unions. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, reviews and book chapters. His current research and clinical studies focus on diagnosis and treatment options together with assessment of outcomes and quality of life for infection patients. He has been a champion of multi-disciplinary working in bone infection and was lead surgeon in the Oxford Unit for 20 years. Validated protocols and treatment methods designed in Oxford are now widely used around the world
He is Past-President of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EBJIS) and the Girdlestone Orthopaedic Society. He is a member of the EFORT Scientific and Education Committees and Co-chair of the International Fracture-related Infection (FRI) Group.
Lastly, big announcement for those attending AAHKS this year…can’t wait to see you in Grapevine!
Room: Dallas 6
Friday, October 24th
6:30-8:30 AM
OVIVA Trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30699315/
CERAMENT G: https://www.bonesupport.com/en-eu/products/cerament-g/
JBJS Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36047024/
Professor McNally Research Works: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin-Mcnally-2
This is an orthopedic expert discussion on the use of BONESUPPORT’s product CERAMENT(R) G. Some of the uses discussed here may not be approved or cleared by FDA. The expert is independent and the content is not in any way influenced by BONESUPPORT. For complete product information, including indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions and potential adverse events, see package insert.
