Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “East Coast/West Coast”

No rivalry with these orthopedic surgeons on opposing coasts! We’ve spanned 3000 miles for this podcast with Dr. Ronald Navarro in Southern California and Dr. Scott Sigman hosting in Massachusetts. Dr. Navarro is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine and is the regional chief of orthopedic surgery at Kaiser Permanente. This includes managing 200 orthopedic surgeons in 13 centers from San Diego to Santa Barbara. We bring you the best of the best in orthopedics on The Ortho Show! Topics include:

-How and when Dr. Navarro and Dr. Sigman decided to become orthopedic surgeon’s and the perseverance of succeeding in their careers

-Kaiser Permanente closed system model and the effort put in to increase the reputation of the organization among both new hires and patients over the last 20 years

-Multi-modal approaches for reduction of opioids and post-op complications. Patient communication is key on expectations and opioid sparing regimens

Find out more about Dr. Ronald Navarro here.

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Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Patients are Customers”

Based on volume, we have the #1 arthroplasty surgeon in New York for this episode. Find out how Dr. Andrew Wickline has low complication rates, keeps cost low and has the lowest opioid use in the nation with his detailed attention to patient education. He treats his patients like customers with positive outcomes with his protocols. Dr. Andrew Wickline discusses:

-Constantly learning from his colleagues. He travels once per quarter to operate with other surgeons to learn something new

-Education is #1 for opioid reduction and provides his patient’s an education booklet on expectations post-operatively. He cut physical therapy and replaces it with at-home exercises

-His love for race cars and how it helps him disconnect

-View Dr. Wickline’s manuscript in Journal of Orthopedic Experience and Innovation, “23-hour TKA in 10 opioid pills or less through 90 days: A non-selected prospective consecutive one year cohort” here

-View Dr. Wickline’s manuscript in Journal of Orthopedic Experience and Innovation, “23-hour Total Hip Replacement Requiring Only 3.5 Opioid Pills Through 6 Weeks: A Non-selected Prospective Consecutive One Year Cohort” here

Find out more about Dr. Andrew Wicklinehere.

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Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Dr. Roboto”

We’re continuing to bring you more of the best of the best in the orthopedic industry. We have Dr. Cory Calendine this week, orthopedic surgeon extraordinaire who specializes in robotic joint replacement. He is “savoring life to the bone,” pun intended. Topics include:

-Passion for building brand on social media by connecting to his patients through education. He uses a little bit of everything to get information out with videos, posts and even haiku’s!

-Generating positive energy for his practice through awareness with patients by using SocialClimb for Google reviews

-What is robotic surgery and why he is an early adopter? It’s all about how he can improve patient care through robotics and adjustments intraoperatively

–CliftonStrengths assessment. Are you a WOO?

Find out more about Dr. Cory Calendine here. 

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Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “The Godfather of Orthopedics”

If you are in orthopedics, you likely know our guest this week, Dr. Ira Kirschenbaum.

Remember the early 90’s orthopedic website, www.bonehome.com? Did you know Dr. Kirschenbaum coded and built the website? Outside of his nickname as The Godfather of Orthopedics, Dr. Sigman has also dubbed him the “Creator of Orthopedics on the Internet.” It’s an information packed episode on:

-BronxCare’s mission of high quality and cost reduction of medical care

-Partnership in Swiftpath.com: Episode of care management company with digital patient engagement tools. Improving outcomes for patients with an opioid sparing approach, reducing complications, digital PT and monitoring of the patient post-joint replacement

–Mykneeyourknee.com: Chronicling knee replacement surgery on a knee replacement surgeon

–Journal Orthopedic Experience and Innovation (JOEI): How this journal is different with no submission fees and no subscriptions needed. 30,000 page and article views in just 6 months

Find out more about Dr. Ira Kirschenbaum here. 

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Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Spider-Man of Arthroscopy”

We’re taking this episode to the far northeast corner of the North America continent to Nova Scotia to hear from orthopedic surgeon extraordinaire, Dr. Ivan Wong.

In this episode, you’ll hear Dr. Wong discuss:

-Influence of the Southern California Orthopedic Institute (SCOI) way

-Benefits and challenges working in the Canada healthcare system

-Creation of the Halifax portal technique

-Use of distal tibial allograft for major bone loss

-Importance of residents and fellows questioning procedures to help drive him to be better

Find out more about Dr. Ivan Wong here.

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Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Running of Your Business Should Be a Science”

Join us on this episode for fresh industry information on the business side of orthopedics with Dr. Wael Barsoum, former CEO and President of the Cleveland Clinic in Florida, and current President and Chief Transformation Officer of Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company (HOPCo). Tune-in to hear these topics:

-His leadership style on building, empowering and creating cohesive teams to enable decision makers

-Mission for HOPCo on working with payers to take on full global risk of musculoskeletal healthcare to improve outcomes and lower costs

-Difference between private equity and HOPCo’s goals

-Dr. Barsoum’s take on universal healthcare and why competition is important

Find out. more about Dr. Wael Barsoum and HOPCo’s mission here.

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