Personally Speaking
My father was an orthopedic surgeon. It’s what I knew, and when I went through medical school, that was what interested me the most. I played a lot of sports as a kid-at one time or another, hockey, baseball, football and track-and was very interested in sports medicine.
I think my greatest strength as a physician is my surgical skills, along with explaining to people what’s going to happen. Nobody wants surgery and they are uneasy about the decision, but I think helping them to understand exactly how things will go allays a lot of their fears.
I like to operate, but I didn’t just go into surgery to operate. I went into it with the purpose of helping people and making their lives better. I like to help patients get back to an activity they like to do, or getting them pain free and improving their quality of life.
