Can you tell us about what 昀椀rst Holistic orthopaedics is one of your drew you towards orthopedics and areas of research expertise. Can describe your career path਀䤀 you tell us a little bit more about exactly what this entails and how I played football in college at it might differ from a traditional Columbia, where I hurt my knee. We approach਀䤀 had a very kind team doctor and he First and foremost, it’s about took good care of me, and I just had respecting the whole person – this egosyntonic identi昀椀cation that respecting their dignity and trying I’d like to do this someday. So it to preserve as much of their really was a football injury in college! anatomy as possible. That’s why I I’ve always been service oriented migrated towards arthroscopic and it was a good 昀椀t for me. I wanted surgery, which is minimally invasive to do something to help people and and preserves anatomy. It’s also the experience I had with the doctor about respecting patients’ global really impressed me.਀ꨀ holistic health needs, getting them You’ve written a couple of books, plugged into the best possible place one of which is titled The Resilient where they can get the help they Physician. If there was one lesson need. It’s also about nutrition, you would want readers to take mindfulness, and exercise. Really, it’s away from your book, what would about treating the whole person, that be਀䤀 not just the shoulder or the knee਀㠀 A signi昀椀cant amount of your work You can’t give what you don’t have. has been dedicated to Take time to nourish your soul. Take arthroscopic surgery of the time for yourself. If you take time to shoulder and elbow. Looking to the help yourself, you’re going to heal future, what are steps you are the world much better than if you taking to better understand this ignore your own needs਀㠀 treatment? Are there any speci昀椀c Were there challenges during your aspects you’re interested in education that made you investigating further਀䤀 reconsider pursuing a career in sports medicine? What is I think it's important to keep asking something that you wish aspiring questions and challenge current physicians/surgeons better paradigms. I am engaging in very understood when deciding to cool research – looking at what it is pursue such a career਀䤀 about diabetes that makes in昀氀ammation worse and makes The challenges were the hours. The people stiff. The second question is residency is very arduous and looking at the thrower's shoulders, demanding. I think the best speci昀椀cally the biomechanics of the message for young people is to not shoulders and why shoulders fail at overthink it. What are you good at? throwing. We think that the current What do you love doing? If you mix treatments are overly aggressive. those with the world’s needs, then We may develop new ways of doing you found your vocation. Don't minimally invasive approaches to overthink it! treating thrower’s shoulders. It’s pretty cool stuff.ꀀ਀ 2 2