AAHKS Amplified

In a very special recording of AAHKS Amplified, three leading orthopaedic surgeons Zachary C. Lum, DO, Obinna O. Adigweme, MD and Adam A. Sassoon, MD, MS talk candidly on how they approach, address and respond to this question often asked by their patients “Do I Need A Hip or Knee Replacement?”

Although this seems like a fairly simple question to respond to, it’s actually very difficult to answer and responses vary from patient to patient. In this recording, each surgeon shares how they carefully evaluate their patients to provide them with the best course of action as it relates to their health. With this being an elective surgery, they share how they take very careful measures to provide them with medical guidance that will benefit them as the patient and improve quality of life overall.  If you’re considering a hip or knee replacement, review our Patient Education website at hipknee.aahks.org/ for various articles that can help guide you along the journey of determining if you’re a candidate for surgery, ways of preparing for surgery, alternatives to surgery and so many more.

Enjoy, and thanks for listening to AAHKS Amplified!

In This Episode:
Obinna O. Adigweme, MD
Zachary C. Lum, DO
Adam A. Sassoon, MD, MS 

We’re truly excited to bring to you our latest recording on AAHKS Amplified. In this recording, we had the wonderful opportunity to hear the patient’s perspective from two arthroplasty patients. Both underwent hip and/or knee replacement surgery and candidly shared their experiences in a symposium at the 2024 AAHKS Spring Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, moderated by AAHKS Diversity Advisory Board (DAB) Chair, Muyibat A. Adelani, MD. 

Dr. Adelani spoke with Thomas Pattillo and Chrissie Smith to learn what their journeys were like. You’ll learn what challenges they faced, what their selection process was for picking an orthopaedic surgeon, how they prepared for surgery and what weight loss requirements were imposed on them to begin the surgery process.

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In the latest recording of AAHKS Amplified, we highlight the stories of a unique community within AAHKS, and just in time to celebrate Pride Month. Zachary C. Lum, DO, Vice-Chair of the Diversity Advisory Board (DAB) speaks openly and candidly with Jaime L. Bellamy, DO, MS and Chloe E.H. Scott, MD to hear about their journey as members of the LGBTQ+ community. As members of a community that is underrepresented in medicine and arthroplasty, Drs. Bellamy and Scott provide a little insight into their journeys as surgeons, challenges and cultural best practices that we can learn from and interesting patient stories.

In this very open and transparent conversation, Dr. Lum explores the decisions of Drs. Bellamy and Scott to become orthopaedic surgeons. His goal in recording this podcast is to use the voices heard and information shared to support civil rights and equality. Celebrating the diversity that already exists within AAHKS and using that uniqueness to enrich our patient’s lives.

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In This Episode:
Jaime L. Bellamy, DO, MS
Zachary C. Lum, DO – Diversity Advisory Board Committee, Vice – Chair 
Chloe E.H. Scott, MD

At the 2023 AAHKS Annual Meeting, the chair of the Digital Health & Social Media Committee Shaun P. Patel, MD and Dustin J. Schuett, DO sat down with Joshua C. Rozell, MD  to discuss his paper presented at the meeting on how there’s additional stress on surgeons who peform surgery on patients with an elevated BMI. In Dr. Rozell’s study, he showed that additional work is required and placed on surgeons who perform these kinds of surgeries versus your standard primary knee or hip replacement surgery. The goal was to quantify and provide data showing this.

Listen to the recording for more on Dr. Rozell’s findings on the association of complex cases and how it affects the surgeon.

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At the 2023 AAHKS Annual Meeting, the chair of the Digital Health & Social Media Committee Shaun P. Patel, MD and Ahmed Siddiqi, MD, MBA sat down with M. Umar Burney, MD, Junaid A. Makda, MD and Khalid M. Yousuf, MD to discuss their mission work with their organization, GODA (Gifted of Disability Alleviation). GODA was started in 2014 and since then, has grown substantially. In the recording, Dr. Yousuf discussed how they’ve increased the number of surgeons who participate, the number of surgeries and how instrumental the education they provide has been for the residents. 

Listen to the recording for more on how GODA is helping people around the world with arthroplasty and other orthopaedic subspecialties. 

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In this episode:

M. Umar Burney, MD
Junaid A. Makda, MD
Shaun P. Patel, MD – Digital Health & Social Media Committee, Chair
Ahmed Siddiqi, MD, MBA – Digital Health & Social Media Committee, Member 
Khalid M. Yousuf, MD

At the 2023 AAHKS Annual Meeting, the chair of the Digital Health & Social Media Committee Shaun P. Patel, MD and Ahmed Siddiqi, MD, MBA sat down with Drake G. LeBrun, MD and Brian P. Chalmers, MD to discuss their paper presented at the meeting on Does Melatonin Improve Subjective Sleep Quality after TKA? A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. 

This study was ignited from hearing so many patients complain about their quality of sleep following surgery. Drs. LeBrun and Chalmers noticed large improvements over the years in pain control, range of motion, function and things like that, but very little relating to improving sleep for patients. 

Take a listen and find out if melatonin improves the quality of sleep for patients who recently undergone surgery. We think you’ll find this recording and results very fascinating. Enjoy, and thanks for listening to AAHKS Amplified!

In this episode:

Brian P. Chalmers, MD 
Drake G. LeBrun, MD 
Shaun P. Patel, MD – Digital Health & Social Media Committee, Chair
Ahmed Siddiqi, MD, MBA – Digital Health & Social Media Committee, Member 

AAHKS Diversity Advisory Group Co-Chair, Muyibat A. Adelani, MD, sat down with Michael Mont, MD, the Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA) to discuss the purpose of AAHKS’ Diversity Advisory Group (DAB) which is to promote diversity and inclusion within AAHKS. They also discussed and summarized five articles on diversity that was recently published in a JOA issue. Dr. Mont posed very interesting questions that ignited a healthy conversation such as what are the major issues in diversity, are things going in the right direction and what can surgeons do from an educational standpoint to help?

Take a listen, we think you’ll find this recording very fascinating. Enjoy, and thanks for listening to AAHKS Amplified!

In this episode:

Muyibat A. Adelani, MD – Diversity Advisory Group, Co-Chair

Last year, Dr. Krueger sat down with James I. Huddleston, III, MD to discuss the release of the 10th annual report of the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR). In this recording, they talked about the conception of the registry in 2012, and how it began with surgeons wanting to get an idea of what was being placed in patients in the United States.

In the most recent registry release, there’s reporting of over 3 million primary and revision hip and knee replacements performed in the United States at 4500 hospitals and ambulatory health centers. A great deal of data was collected, so what was intended, was achieved. Dr. Huddleston also discussed how AJRR works, the updates made to the registry and how they are consistently making improvements so more surgeons can contribute. Click here to view the full AJRR Annual Report.

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James I. Huddleston, III, MD 
Chad Krueger, MD 

One of AAHKS’ newest awards, the Industry Innovation Award is a competitive product award for companies exhibiting at the AAHKS Annual Meeting. It recognizes cutting-edge innovation in the field of orthopaedic hip and knee arthroplasty by exhibitors. At the 2023 AAHKS Annual Meeting, OrthAlign received the award and we had the wonderful opportunity of sitting down with members from the company to hear more about their award-winning product.

Take a listen, we think you’ll find their product fascinating.

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Nick Aldrich – Vice President of Marketing, OrthAlign

One of AAHKS’ newest awards, the Industry Innovation Award is a competitive product award for companies exhibiting at the AAHKS Annual Meeting. It recognizes cutting-edge innovation in the field of orthopaedic hip and knee arthroplasty by exhibitors. At the 2023 AAHKS Annual Meeting, Force Therapeutics received the award and we had the wonderful opportunity of sitting down with the companies CEO to hear more about their award-winning product.

Take a listen, we think you’ll find their product fascinating.

Enjoy, and thanks for listening to AAHKS Amplified!

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