In this episode of The Med-Legal Greenroom, host Sam Frentzas interviews Andy Conn, founding partner of Conn Law and a prominent Georgia trial attorney specializing in catastrophic injury cases.

Andy explains the distinction between subjective and objective medical evidence in personal injury litigation, emphasizing how objective data strengthens cases and increases jury verdicts. He discusses client credibility, thorough case preparation, and the strategic use of diagnostics. Andy also advises medical providers on building genuine relationships with attorneys and guides accident victims to prioritize seeking medical attention and hiring a qualified trial attorney promptly after an accident.

Check out Conn Law at https://www.connlawfirm.com/.

In this episode of The Med-Legal Greenroom podcast, host Sam Frentzas interviews Dr. Omar Henriquez, founder of Family Spine & Pain Care Institute, about spinal stenosis.

Dr. Henriquez explains how to distinguish spinal stenosis from normal aging-related back pain, noting that stenosis typically causes leg pain worsened by walking. He outlines treatment options, including epidural steroid injections, radiofrequency ablation, and physical therapy, emphasizing that surgery isn't always necessary. He also cautions against overreliance on NSAIDs due to potential side effects, encouraging patients to seek proper diagnosis and proactive treatment to improve their quality of life.

If you or someone you love is living with chronic neck or back pain, don't settle for simply managing the symptoms. Take the first step toward finding the true source of your pain. If you're in the Venice, Florida area, contact Family Spine & Pain Care Institute today to schedule a consultation and start your journey back to the life you deserve.

Check out Dr. Omar Henriquez's work at the Family Spine & Pain Care Institute at https://fsapcare.com/.

In this episode of The Med-Legal Greenroom, host Sam Frentzas speaks with Dr. Minesh Zaveri, CEO and owner of Sonoran Pain & Spine, about alternatives to major back surgery.

Dr. Zaveri explains various minimally invasive treatments, including epidural steroid injections, spinal cord stimulation, and radiofrequency ablation for arthritis-related pain. He emphasizes personalized, multimodal care and the importance of reducing opioid dependency. Dr. Zaveri and Sam also highlight the value of collaboration among pain specialists, surgeons, chiropractors, and physical therapists to optimize patient outcomes. This episode underscores the goal of improving patients' quality of life through evidence-based, patient-centered approaches.

Check out Dr. Minesh Zaveri's work at Sonoran Pain & Spine at https://sonoranpainspine.com/.

In this episode of The Med-Legal Greenroom, host Sam Frentzas interviews Dr. Matthew Thorson, a double board-certified pain specialist and founder of Interventional Pain Specialists of Wisconsin, about regenerative medicine. Sam will talk with Dr. Thorson about regenerative medicine, who may benefit from it, and how these treatments are changing the way we think about chronic joint, tendon, and spine pain.

Dr. Thorson explains how treatments using the body's own cells, such as stem cells and PRP, offer alternatives to surgery and long-term medication for chronic joint, tendon, and spinal pain. He emphasizes his personalized, diagnostics-driven approach, contrasting it with cash-based clinics lacking proper evaluation. Dr. Thorson also highlights how lifestyle factors like diet impact treatment outcomes and predicts regenerative medicine will revolutionize spine care within five years.

If chronic pain is limiting your life, contact Interventional Pain Specialists of Wisconsin to schedule a consultation:

https://www.ipainwi.com/

In this episode of The Med-Legal Greenroom, host Sam Frentzas speaks with healthcare business expert Nikki Brogan, Founder & Principal Consultant at Elevate & Thrive Advisors, about a critical bottleneck in cash-pay medical practices: the provider.

Nikki explains how providers often hold all treatment plan knowledge in their heads, leading to poor team handoffs, patient confusion, and lost conversions. When teams can't confidently answer patient questions, momentum dies and practices suffer revenue loss. Nikki's solution involves diagnosing drop-off points, creating care plan presentation scripts, and training confident teams. She offers listeners a free 15-minute practice consultation to identify their biggest operational gap.

Book a complimentary 15-minute practice consultation with Nikki at this link:

https://calendly.com/nikki-elevateandthriveadvisors/strategy-discovery-call?month=2026-06

In this episode of The Med-Legal Greenroom, your host Sam Frentzas interviews Dr. Michael Venezia D.O., MPH, CLCP, a spine doctor at Florida Orthopaedic Institute.

Dr. Venezia, a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon and certified life-care planner, explains that a life-care plan serves as a roadmap for a patient's future medical needs, particularly in litigation cases. He emphasizes that effective plans must be scientifically backed, reproducible, and geographically specific. Key advice includes staying within one's area of expertise, maintaining transparency with attorneys, and prioritizing patient-centered care over legal outcomes. His core philosophy: "Plan for the patient, not the verdict — if you get the medicine right, defensibility takes care of itself."

If you would like to reach Dr. Venezia, please reach out to him at [email protected].

In this episode of The Med-Legal Greenroom, your host Sam Frentzas interviews Dr. Michael Venezia D.O., MPH, CLCP, a spine doctor at Florida Orthopaedic Institute.

Dr. Venezia, a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon and certified life-care planner, explains that a life care plan serves as a roadmap for a patient's future medical needs, particularly in litigation cases. He emphasizes that effective plans must be scientifically backed, reproducible, and geographically specific. Key advice includes staying within one's area of expertise, maintaining transparency with attorneys, and prioritizing patient-centered care over legal outcomes. His core philosophy: "Plan for the patient, not the verdict — if you get the medicine right, defensibility takes care of itself."

If you would like to reach Dr. Venezia, please reach out to him at [email protected].

Check out Dr. Venezia's work at Florida Orthopaedic Institute HERE.

Connect with Dr. Venezia on LinkedIn HERE.

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In this episode of The Med-Legal Greenroom, your host Sam Frentzas speaks with Dr. Alexandre De Moura, founder of the New York Spine Institute, about how Vertebral Motion Analysis (VMA®) is revolutionizing spine diagnostics.

Unlike traditional X-rays and MRIs that capture the spine in a static position, VMA® reveals what happens when the spine actually moves helping uncover instability and abnormalities conventional imaging miss.

Dr. Alexandre De Moura explains how seeing the spine in motion can lead to more confident diagnoses, better treatment decisions, and fewer unnecessary procedures changing outcomes for patients while providing valuable objective information for physicians, and personal injury attorneys.

The conversation also explores the New York Spine Institute’s comprehensive approach to spine care, bringing advanced diagnostics, physical therapy, interventional treatment, and surgery together around one goal:

Finding the real problem, choosing the right treatment, and changing patients’ lives.

If you’re an attorney looking for objective evidence that can strengthen your client’s case, or a provider treating a patient whose pain generator remains unclear, don’t settle for another best guess.

Dr. De Moura's vision is changing people's lives, changing personal injury outcomes, spinal diagnoses, and treatment options with VMA®. Stay tuned for more upcoming episodes featuring Dr. De Moura.

Measure the motion. Identify the instability. Get the definitive diagnosis. Give patients and cases the answers they deserve.

Schedule a VMA® Study and see what static imaging is missing. Book a VMA Study.

https://www.nyspine.com/vertebral-motion-analysis/

In this episode of The Med-Legal Greenroom, your host Sam Frentzas interviews Dr. Patrick Roth, Founder of New Jersey Brain and Spine, about back pain diagnosis and treatment.

Dr. Roth explains that MRI, while useful for nerve compression, definitively diagnoses back pain in only 50% of cases. He highlights additional tools like SPECT scans and flexion-extension X-rays for better accuracy. Dr. Roth introduces a three-tier pain framework covering the pain generator, bodily adaptations, and the brain's role. He emphasizes thorough patient evaluation, warns against specialty-driven treatment bias, and sees AI as a promising future tool for guiding patients toward appropriate care.

Check out Dr. Patrick Roth's work HERE.

Connect with Dr. Roth on LinkedIn HERE.

Think you'd be a great guest on the show? Apply HERE.

Book a VMA demo HERE.

For the first 10 listeners who direct message Dr. Roth, they will be sent a copy of Dr. Roth’s books:

Flourishing: The Ultimate Career Capital (submitting 2026)

Managing Back Pain For Dummies (Wiley 2025)

The Me in Medicine (Changing Lives 2018)

The End of Back Pain (HarperCollins 2014)

In this episode of The Med-Legal Greenroom, host Sam Frentzas interviews Dr. Aashish Jay Kumar, MD, Founder of Spine & Pain Specialists of the Carolinas.

Dr. Kumar explores the evolution of neuromodulation, from basic TENS units to advanced peripheral nerve stimulation techniques for chronic pain management. He discusses patient selection, insurance coverage developments, and the growing movement away from opioid dependency. Dr. Kumar also highlights exciting industry advancements, including Medtronic's acquisition of SPR Therapeutics, and emphasizes the importance of multidisciplinary, patient-centered care in modern interventional pain medicine.

Check out Dr. Aashish Jay Kumar's work HERE.

Think you'd be a great guest on the show? Apply HERE.

Book a VMA demo HERE.