I mentioned in a previous article that there are problems that simply do not make any sense … even if you’re the expert that’s trying to explain it to someone else. Problems with the acromioclavicular (AC) joint fit into that category very (not)nicely. The AC joint is the space between…

“As pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to accelerate, the French Health Minister, Olivier Véran, has confused matters by claiming on Twitter that anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen or cortisone could aggravate the infection. However, scientific evidence does not indicate that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) consumption puts patients who otherwise might…

As we brace ourselves for the inevitable surge of coronavirus cases, we all must do our part to minimize any unnecessary contact, so that we can make our best possible effort at flattening the curve so that our health care system has the capacity to keep up with the number…

I have been sitting on this data for three years because it is not ready for prime time. This is a pilot project I did in 2016 as a proof of concept that it is possible to keep track of patients with full thickness rotator cuff tears and to separate…

Despite having worked in health care for the last 18 years, I am still constantly in awe of what modern medicine is able to do. One of my favorite patients is a man who sustained cancer of the esophagus (the organ responsible for the involuntary portion of the swallowing mechanism…

After four years of medical school, six years of orthopedic surgery residency, and a year of subspecialty training in shoulder surgery, I went out into practice in 2013 with a healthy apprehension that there was still so much more to know than what I could have reasonably learned over the…