A Top Spine Surgeon’s Patient-First Approach

I’m not just a spine surgeon, but first and foremost, I’m a doctor. As a physician, you owe it to have the best patients’ interests in mind. Nutrition, lifestyle, you know, all these different things I’ve learned are crucial in the overall health of the spine going down the road. Surgery can help the patient with their immediate pain, but the long-term answer is, like, get the patient to change your lifestyle. Why did they end up in my office in the first place?

He looks at the entire approach of really how I can be helped. Him show me the procedure, explain the procedure, I felt super comfortable, like, right off the bat. He’s just a really incredible doctor all the way around. You know, I think people that hold a standard like Dr. Melamed, and cares for patients after the surgery, and is really involved, you know, those are the doctors that should be out there treating.

You can’t be a dinosaur. You got to continue improving patient care. Keep thinking about how can I do every surgery better, no matter how perfect it went.