Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Dr. Hiro Sugaya

Continuing to bring you the best of the best orthopedics with one of the most influential shoulder specialists in the world.

Hiroyuki Sugaya, President of the Tokyo Sports Orthopedic Clinic, joins us for this episode. He is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in shoulder and elbow. Dr. Sugaya has been dedicated to the treatment and research of shoulder & elbow injuries for over 20 years. He worked at the Funabashi Orthopaedic Hospital in 2002, where he led the shoulder & elbow team for 18 years. During this time, he and his team published numerous clinical research articles based on vast clinical experiences regarding treatment for shoulder & elbow injuries.

Topics include:

-Discussing his research and expanding his network globally.

-Dr. Sugaya’s experience with Annecy Live Surgery: International Shoulder Advanced Course with Dr. Lafosse.

-Fitting in his hobbies of working out and golf when he can.

Find out more about Dr. Hiro Sugaya here.

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Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Dr. Kevin Plancher”

Kevin Plancher, MD, MPH is the Founder of Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dr. Plancher is a Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Cornell University in New York.In addition, Dr. Plancher is the Fellowship Director of an ACGME accredited sports medicine program in NYC and CT.

Dr. Plancher is a leading orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine expert with extensive knowledge in knee, shoulder, elbow, and hand injuries. He specializes in treating anterior cruciate ligament tears and shoulder injuries, which he sees frequently as a physician for the U.S. Ski Team and as a League Physician for Major League Lacrosse. He specializes in minimally invasive procedures including: partial knee replacements, arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs, arthroscopic Bankart repairs, and endoscopic elbow release for severe tennis elbow. He is also an expert in total and reverse shoulder, and knee replacements procedures. Dr. Plancher developed the arthroscopic technique for releasing a nerve for posterior shoulder pain. He has a paticular interest in adolescent sports injuries and injury prevention for young female athletes.

Topics include:

-Dr. Plancher’s story of becoming an orthopedic surgeon, along with shared experiences and overlap with Dr. Sigman.

-We hear about his sports medicine fellowship, including stories with previous fellow, Dr. Shariff Bishai.

-We discuss Dr. Plancher’s responsibilities being named chair of theAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ (AAOS)Board of Specialty Societies(BOS). The BOS brings together the leaders of the 23 musculoskeletal societies to address advocacy, continuing medical education, research, and membership, residency, and fellowship issues. It also serves as an advisory body to the AAOS Board of Directors and promotes unity and collaboration between specialty societies and the Academy.

-Dr. Plancher lectures globally on issues related to orthopaedic procedures and sports injury management. He is the founder of the “Orthopaedic Summit: Evolving Techniques”, (OSET) a national conference. Tune in to hear about the intriguing “Journal of Retraction” session held at OSET. Find out more about OSET here.

Find out more about Dr. Kevin Plancher here.

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Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Dr. Brett Sanders”

Dr. Brett Sanders is an orthopedic surgeon with subspecialty training in shoulder, sports medicine, and upper extremity with a special interest in complex arthroscopic and open shoulder surgery at the Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics in Chattanooga, TN.

We hear about Dr. Sanders path to becoming an orthopedic surgeon. A native of Nashville, Dr. Sanders attended college at the University of Virginia and subsequently attended the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and performed an Internship in general surgery and a Residency in orthopaedic surgery, both at Emory University. While at Emory, he was elected to the AOA Leadership Conference and provided sports medicine care for Georgia Tech and professional athletes.

Dr. Sanders completed fellowship training in shoulder and sports medicine at Harvard University with complementary training at the ALPS Institute in Annecy, France. He then performed a second fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Topics include:

-Dr. Sanders is the Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Tensor Surgical. Tensor Surgical was founded on the principle of “For Surgeons By Surgeons.” Tensor’s goal was to develop an instrumentation set with an emphasis on reproducible gold standard results while reducing overall time and cost in the OR. Tensor has sought and incorporated surgeon’s feedback, to continually improve and expand the capabilities of the Rotator Cuff Repair System, consisting of the reusable Tensor Tunneler and Suture Passer tools. Find more information on Tensor Surgical here.

-We also have an interesting discussion on orthobiologics and its use with patients.

Find out more about Dr. Brett Sanders here.

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Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Dr. John Keggi”

Dr. John Keggi is an attending orthopaedic surgeon in private practice at Orthopaedics New England. As a renowned expert in adult hip and knee reconstruction and with 30 years’ experience, Dr. Keggi is a frequently invited course instructor, lecturer, and presenter at universities and medical conferences around the country and internationally. He is also the author of book chapters and numerous articles published in peer-reviewed journals.

Topics include:

-Dr. Keggi and Dr. Sigman’s philosophy of putting patients first with opioid sparing strategies post-operatively.

-What is better in total hip replacements, anterior or posterior approach?

-Dr. Keggi’s utilization of computer navigation and robotics. He’s involved in a multi-center, prospective study on total knee replacements with 200 patients where 96% patients are satisfied after two years post-operatively using robotics and computer navigation surgeries.

-Advice to patients contemplating joint replacement. A surgeon’s experience is key with specialization.

Find out more about Dr. John Keggi here.

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Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Surgeon Coach”

Bringing you a unique episode with Erin Whitehead. Her expertise is as a surgeon coach and is CEO of Kick the Ceiling. Erin provides a concierge executive coaching service and is a prolific messenger on LinkedIn with over 25,000 followers. By coaching, she helps ambitious people actively engage in a high performance mindset by sharing how they consistently push past their next highest level.

Topics include:

-What does a certified executive coach do? She gets you from where are you now and where you want to be. Erin’s coaching gets you to the point of “why is there a gap getting there?” She coaches you to double down on your ambitions.

-Here are the three questions she asked prior to coaching someone: Why do you want to be coached? Are you coachable? Will you put in the work?

-Coaching is not consulting. This is not about telling people what to do.

-Hear about why she hates the term “physician burnout?”

Find out more about Erin Whiteheadhere.

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Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman-“The Bod Meets The Fro”

Dr. Russell Bodner joins us for this episode, a fellowship trained sports medicine orthopedic surgeon with specialties in joint replacement and adult reconstruction surgery. Dr. Bodner has been in practice for over 30 years and currently at Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Center in Sycamore, IL. We hear about his passion for innovation and wanting to make a difference in orthopedics.

Topics include:

-We hear his story with medical school at UCLA, residency at University of Pennsylvania and half-year fellowship in Austria and the other half with Dr. Steadman in Lake Tahoe.

-We discuss his practice with a recent partnership in private equity.

-We hear his remarkable story working with Dr. Larry Dorr, titan and legend in arthroplasty, on their breakthrough research on finding the appropriate location of the acetabular component in hip replacements. By utilizing Dr. Dorr’s patient database and Dr. Bodner’s postural science and biomechanics, they were able to pioneer new technology to innovate in the hip arthroplasty space.

Find out more about Dr. Russell Bodner here.

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