The Ortho Show
The Ortho Show was born from a passion to share remarkable, insightful, educational and just plain entertaining stories from the world of orthopedics.
Benjamin Young
Over my many years working in the medical device sector I’ve had the good fortune to work with some of the industry’s most respected orthopedic surgeons. I’m excited to use The Ortho Show to share the amazing stories of some of my friends and colleagues I’ve met along the way. I genuinely hope you enjoy it and find something of value within these episodes.
Micah Nicholls
Prior to my involvement in orthopedics, I worked first as an electronic engineer in Silicon Valley and then, after retraining in the UK, as an osteopath. For the past 11 years I’ve been doing research in orthopedics both in academia and for industry. I look forward to bringing you conversations with some of the great minds I’ve had the pleasure of meeting during this time.
Theme music by Kevin Pollard
Episodes
Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Air Traffic Control for Surgical Cases”
Such a remarkable, entrepreneurial story! Joanna Geisinger Devin has worked in medical device sales for almost 10 years for companies such as Smith & Nephew and Zimmer. Early in her career, she realized the poor communication endemic in surgical scheduling, a problem she faced firsthand as a sales rep. In 2016, she left her position as a medical sales rep to receive her MBA at Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business. She is now the Co-Founder and CEO of Torq Interface with its mission to revolutionize communication between hospitals and their vendors and to repurpose savings for enhanced patient care.
Topics include:
-Get creative to reach out to surgeons! Joanna had caricatures drawn of surgeons with music to get their attention. She personalized it to her surgeon’s to end the dread of being turned away at the front door.
-She left a fantastic position in medical sales to get her MBA and pursue her desire to be an entrepreneur. Listen to this amazing story!
-Torq Interface is like air traffic control for surgical cases. They are now in over 100 facilities and 24 states using Torq’s EHR-integrated platform to streamline surgical scheduling and eliminate back-and-forth emails, calls, and texts. They also have a simplified loaner tray management feature to gain visibility into the status of loaned equipment and track vendor compliance with pick-up and drop-off windows.
-Her vision with Torq with growing into ambulatory surgery centers to promote efficiencies and goal of 500 facilities in next 12 months.
-Advice for those considering starting a business.
Find out more about Torq Interface here.
Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman- “Financial Advisor to Orthopedic Surgeons”
The Beard, Matthew Ray Scott, is continuing to make connections with The Fro, Dr. Scott Sigman, and suggesting our next guest, Kameron Helmuth. Grab you pen and paper for our 15-degree pivot with this episode with key financial advise and counsel. Kameron is a financial advisor for orthopedic surgeons, host of Doctors Eyes Only Podcast and fun personal fact, a competition BBQ pitmaster.
Topics include:
- Evaluating and implementing alternative investment strategies. Kameron analyzes potential private investment alternatives for surgeons and helps source credible investment opportunities available only to accredited investors. He asks the tough questions to make sure you’re making the best, informed decision
- Leveraging passive income sources provides some of the best opportunities for planning. This includes tax & financial planning strategies to best use 1099, consulting, royalty or other side hustle income. Kameron says income diversification is one of the top priorities with guidance to his clients
- Proactive Tax Planning Strategies: He educates us on a new proposed capital gain tax increase
- Coordination of trusted advisory team as the quarterback to existing trusted advisors or if needed, Kameron brings missing advisors to the table
Follow Kameron Helmuth on LinkedIn for more information or visit vestiaadvisors.com.
Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “FRO ALERT: FDA Consumer Alert”
Dr. Scott Bruder, MD, PhD., joins us for a “FRO ALERT” episode on the significance of the FDA consumer alert on regenerative medicine therapies. Dr. Bruder is the Founder and CEO of Bruder Consulting & Venture Group. He helps breaks down in orthobiologics what is legal, what’s not, what is compliant, what you can/can’t say and what you can/can’t use. Listen to this episode on this important information that is relevant for all our listeners, including medical sales, orthopedic surgeons and patients.
In this episode, Dr. Bruder breaks down the alert on June 3, 2021 from the FDA on “Important Patient and Consumer Information About Regenerative Medicine Therapies.” This latest alert on June 3rd makes physicians, companies and patients aware of which orthobiologics that are not approved. Other topics include:
-Clarification on terminology such as stem cells, regenerative medicine and orthobiologics
-What it means for FDA clearance vs. FDA approval
-Sage advice to surgeons, medical sales reps and patients seeking counsel on orthobiologics
Follow Dr. Scott Bruder on LinkedIn for more information.
Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman- “Calling All Innovators”
Thinking about innovating a product in medical device? This is an episode for you. We are joined this episode by Dr. Steven Goldberg, orthopedic surgeon in private practice in Naples, FL. Dr. Goldberg moved to Naples in 2005 as an Orthopedic Surgeon for the Cleveland Clinic, and later served for 5 years as the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Physicians Regional Healthcare System. In 2014 Dr. Goldberg foundedCatalyst OrthoScience, a medical device company focused on developing less-invasive surgical implants for orthopedic surgeons to help reduce recovery time and improve outcomes for patients. He holds 10 patents for those innovations, and the devices and tools are used daily by surgeons across the United States.
Topics include:
-The process of founding Catalyst OrthoScience with high highs and low lows getting the first products launched. He started making prototypes in his kitchen to get it off-the-ground. We hear about the long, expensive and arduous journey to get approval and product in the market.
-He provides advice for physicians that have new product ideas. Use your network and don’t be afraid to talk to your peers about it. Don’t show up to pitch with a napkin drawing and do the extra work to produce prototypes for pitching.
Find out more about Dr. Steven Goldberg here.
Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Father/Daughter Orthopedic Surgeon Duo”
We have the dynamic father/daughter duo of Dr. Michael Redler and Dr. Lauren Redler on this episode, who joined us at AOSSM/AANA in Nashville. Dr. Michael Redler was a founding partner of The Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center, which merged with Connecticut Orthopaedics in 2018. He specializes in sports medicine as well as hand and upper extremity surgery.
Dr. Lauren H. Redler specializes in operative and non-operative treatment of sports medicine injuries in pediatric, adolescent and adult patients. She utilizes advanced, minimally invasive arthroscopic surgical techniques to repair sports-related of injuries of the shoulder, elbow, and knee.We discuss her two orthopedic subspecialty fellowships: one in Sports Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery and the other in Pediatric Sports Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Other topics include:
-Their differences being in an academic vs. private practice setting
-Being able to compare cases together
-How social media is important in both of their practices
Find out more about Dr. Michael Redler here. Find out more about Dr. Lauren Redler here.
Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Infectious Positivity”
We have Dr. Nima Mehran on for this episode, sports medicine orthopedic surgeon at Kaiser Permanente. He did his sports medicine fellowship at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic where he had the opportunity to take care of athletes from the Los Angeles Lakers, Dodgers, Kings, Sparks, the Anaheim Ducks, and the USC Trojans football team. Dr. Mehran is infectious in his positive attitude, has great energy, powerful on social media and upping the game in sports medicine. Topics include:
-His story of wanting to be an orthopedic surgeon since he was a child. He attended USC and received his medical degree from Chicago Medical School. Dr. Mehran completed his orthopedic residency at Henry Ford and for his fellowship, it was KJOC or bust!
-You can take a stone and throw it, you will hit an excellent ortho surgeon in LA. Everyone is great in LA! We discuss the importance of local care for patients within the Kaiser model.
-He has 19,000 followers on Instagram! He has an upcoming AAOS Academy talk with The Ortho Show alum, Dr. Okoroha, on how to integrate social media into your practice. His advice is 1.) Don’t post just to post 2.) Be yourself and be genuine 3.) Don’t give medical advice: it’s a slippery slope 4.) Be respectful and understand perspectives.
Find out more about Dr. Nima Mehran here.
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