Josh Porter, PA-C, stops by to discuss his work in preventative medicine, specifically obesity medicine, and considerations for optimizing the ortho surgical patient.

In the final part of this interview, we discuss considerations for ortho surgery. How do you adjust weight-loss medications before surgery, and when can the patient resume? What side effects are important to discuss? How do you go about discussing weight loss with your patients?

Josh is a PA with experience in orthopedics and emergency medicine and he's a former board of director members for the PAOS. Today, he owns a clinic specializing in hormone optimization and recovery services for healthy aging and preventive medicine. He spoke at the Phoenix conference on Optimizing the Orthopedic Surgery Patient, available now with the Phoenix AV package for virtual CME.