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 – “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.
Thank you to our partnerOrthoLazerfor making this episode of The Ortho Show possible.
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.
Thank you to our partnerOrthoLazerfor making this episode of The Ortho Show possible.
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.
Thank you to our partnerOrthoLazerfor making this episode of The Ortho Show possible.
Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Private Equity: New Way To Do Business”
Dr. Louis McIntyre joins us this episode to discuss these insightful topics:
-Accelerated recovery rate for patients with Cow Patch (Implant)
-Hospital reimbursement rates have more than doubled in the past decade and hospital CEO pay increased 93%, while surgeon reimbursement has been flat
-The reasons why private practice ortho groups should join MSO’s
View Dr. McIntyre’s Editorial Commentary: A Rigged Game—Surgeon Reimbursement Under the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale, Current Procedural Terminology, and the Affordable Care Act in the The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery here.
Thank you to our partner OrthoLazer for making this episode of The Ortho Show possible.
Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “27 Hours in a Day”
Dr. Paul Sethi is a busy man in orthopedics and needs to have more hours in his day to fit it all in! Tune-in to this episode for an educating episode on:
-Changing the post-op paradigm on pain management with an opioid sparing approach. Dr. Sethi discusses how his organization has reduced opioid usage by 70%
-Overcoming obstacles and hurdles in medical device design and patents
-Private equity investment into orthopedic practices to scale musculoskeletal care
-Fantastic work being done at the ONS Foundation with research, ACL prevention and reduction of opioid use
Find out more about Dr. Paul Sethi here.
Thank you to our partnerOrthoLazerfor making this episode of The Ortho Show possible.
Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Knockout”
Must hear episode with Dr. Steve Mora discussing his injuries in a commuter bus accident leading him to want to become an orthopedic surgeon at 8 years old. Amazing story to tune in!
Dr. Mora also describes what it’s like to be the orthopedic surgeon to UFC fighters and how he found his niche in this tight circle. He talks about the importance of social media, promoting himself and his practice on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Great tips from Dr. Mora for orthopedic surgeons looking how to brand themselves.
Find out more about Dr. Mora here.
Thank you to our partnerOrthoLazerfor making this episode of The Ortho Show possible.
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