Health Equity in Orthopaedics, with special guest Linda Suleiman, MD

In this episode, Mo and Marc discuss are joined by special guest Brad Petrisor, MD, FRCRC (Professor Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University) to discuss femoral neck fractures in younger patients, with a focus on the question of which outcomes really matter?    Links:   Wagner BC, Oliver WM, Bell KR, Scott CEH, Keating JF, White TO, Clement ND, Duckworth AD. Outcomes for Younger Patients with Femoral Neck Fractures. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2025 Apr 2;107(7):678-686. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.00582. Epub 2024 Dec 23. PMID: 39715295; PMCID: PMC11949204. https://bit.ly/4ikAfWs  Slobogean G. Can We Improve the Results of Internal Fixation?: Commentary on an article by Boris C. Wagner, BMedSci(Hons), MBChB, et al.: "Outcomes for Younger Patients with Femoral Neck Fractures". J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2025 Apr 2;107(7):e29. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.25.00033. Epub 2025 Apr 2. PMID: 40172566. https://bit.ly/4jfeFE2    Subspecialties:  Hip  Orthopaedic Essentials  Trauma 

In this episode, Mo and Marc are joined by special guest Jason Busse (Professor, Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University; Canada Research Chair) to discuss his recent BMJ systematic review and network meta-analysis on chronic non-cancer spine pain, with an emphasis on the relative benefits of interventional vs. sham procedures.    Links:   Wang X, Martin G, Sadeghirad B, Chang Y, Florez ID, Couban RJ, Mehrabi F, Crandon HN, Esfahani MA, Sivananthan L, Sengupta N, Kum E, Rathod P, Yao L, Morsi RZ, Genevay S, Buckley N, Guyatt GH, Rampersaud YR, Standaert CJ, Agoritsas T, Busse JW. Common interventional procedures for chronic non-cancer spine pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ. 2025 Feb 19;388:e079971. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079971. PMID: 39971346. https://bit.ly/3FR2Jth     Subspecialties:  Orthopaedic Essentials  Pain Management  Spine 

In this bonus episode, from the JBJS OrthoCorps audio archive, Paul D. Sponseller, MD, interviews Bruce E. Fredrickson, MD, about the backstory of Dr. Fredrickson's landmark paper, "The Natural History of Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis," and its 45-year follow-up study.    Links:  Swiontkowski M. Introducing JBJS OrthoCorps: An Online Audio Archive of Stories from the Orthopaedic Community. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2023 Mar 8. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.00222. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36888940. https://bit.ly/42PUnZZ  JBJS OrthoCorps: https://bit.ly/3lTBaG5  OrthoCorps submission guidelines: https://bit.ly/4dD2sqr     Subspecialties:  Spine  Pediatrics 

In this episode, Mo and Marc discuss the “research waste” associated with unpublished clinical trial results and emphasize the importance—to both patients and the research community—of reporting the findings of all such trials, even those with negative results. The episode concludes by urging listeners to “send us your negative trials!”    Links:   OrthoEvidence. Research Waste: The Problem of Unpublished Research. OE Insights. 2024;():. Available from: https://bit.ly/41DJGLs    Subspecialties:  Ethics  Foot & Ankle  Hand & Wrist  Hip  Infection  Knee  Oncology  Orthopaedic Essentials  Pain Management  Rehabilitation  Pediatrics  Spine  Shoulder  Elbow  Sports Medicine  Trauma  

In this episode, Mo and Marc are joined by special guest Linda Suleiman, MD (Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University) in a discussion on health equity in orthopaedics and how researchers can be more proactive rather than reactive in this area.     Links:   Thirukumaran CP, Cruse JJ, Franklin PD, Ricciardi BF, Suleiman LI, Ibrahim SA. Two Decades Since the Unequal Treatment Report: The State of Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Elective Total Hip and Knee Replacement Use. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2024 Nov 20. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.24.00347. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39813469. https://bit.ly/42GysXt  Suleiman LI, Bergman R, Pagadala MS, Selph TJ Jr, Franklin PD, Edelstein AI. Patient-Physician Racial Concordance Increases Likelihood of Total Knee Arthroplasty Recommendation. J Arthroplasty. 2024 Nov 17:S0883-5403(24)01210-5. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.11.019. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39551406. https://bit.ly/4aRdasb  Gonzalez DO, Suleiman LI, Ivey GD, Callender CO. Is there a role for race in science and medicine. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2011 Sep;96(9):12-8. PMID: 22259929. https://bit.ly/4jG9cqq      Subspecialties:  Foot & Ankle  Hand & Wrist  Hip  Knee  Oncology   Orthopaedic Essentials  Pain Management  Rehabilitation  Spine  Shoulder  Elbow  Sports Medicine  Trauma  

In this bonus episode, from the JBJS OrthoCorps audio archive, Steven Olson, MD, discusses the history of orthopaedic trauma in North America with Anna Miller, MD.   Links:  Swiontkowski M. Introducing JBJS OrthoCorps: An Online Audio Archive of Stories from the Orthopaedic Community. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2023 Mar 8. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.00222. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36888940. https://bit.ly/42PUnZZ  JBJS OrthoCorps: https://bit.ly/3lTBaG5  OrthoCorps submission guidelines: https://bit.ly/4dD2sqr     Subspecialties:  Orthopaedic Essentials  Trauma 

In this episode, Mo and Marc are joined by special guest Moin Khan, MD (Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University) in a discussion focusing on the methodological challenges of PRP research.     Links:   Bensa A, Previtali D, Sangiorgio A, Boffa A, Salerno M, Filardo G. PRP Injections for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: The Improvement Is Clinically Significant and Influenced by Platelet Concentration: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Am J Sports Med. 2025 Jan 3:3635465241246524. doi: 10.1177/03635465241246524. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39751394. https://bit.ly/4jtUWRg  Chahla J, Cinque ME, Piuzzi NS, Mannava S, Geeslin AG, Murray IR, Dornan GJ, Muschler GF, LaPrade RF. A Call for Standardization in Platelet-Rich Plasma Preparation Protocols and Composition Reporting: A Systematic Review of the Clinical Orthopaedic Literature. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017 Oct 18;99(20):1769-1779. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.16.01374. PMID: 29040132. https://bit.ly/4hrndpX     Subspecialties:  Foot & Ankle  Hand & Wrist  Hip  Knee  Orthopaedic Essentials  Spine  Shoulder  Elbow  Sports Medicine  Trauma  

In this episode, Mo and Marc are joined by special guest Niloofar Dehghan, MD (Chief of Trauma, Core Institute; Associate Professor, University of Arizona) in a wide-ranging discussion on the use of social media to connect and engage with the larger orthopaedic audience across the globe.     Links:   LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niloofar-dehghan/  Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/dr_niloofar_dehghan/  Threads profile: https://www.threads.net/@dr_niloofar_dehghan      Subspecialties:  Orthopaedic Essentials   Trauma 

In this bonus episode, from the JBJS OrthoCorps audio archive, Courtland Lewis, MD, shares his memories of Burr Curtis, MD, and Vincent Turco, MD, two early members of the Twentieth Century Orthopaedic Association.    Links:  Swiontkowski M. Introducing JBJS OrthoCorps: An Online Audio Archive of Stories from the Orthopaedic Community. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2023 Mar 8. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.00222. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36888940. https://bit.ly/42PUnZZ  JBJS OrthoCorps: https://bit.ly/3lTBaG5  OrthoCorps submission guidelines: https://bit.ly/4dD2sqr     Subspecialties:  Orthopaedic Essentials 

In this episode, Mo and Marc are joined by special guest George Athwal, MD, FRCSC (Professor of Surgery at Roth McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Center, Ontario, Canada) in a discussion on the origins, evolution, and increased popularity of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.     Links:   Best MJ, Aziz KT, Wilckens JH, McFarland EG, Srikumaran U. Increasing incidence of primary reverse and anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty in the United States. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2021 May;30(5):1159-1166. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2020.08.010. Epub 2020 Aug 26. PMID: 32858194. https://bit.ly/3BGbJQc  Lapner PL, Sabri E, Rakhra K, Bell K, Athwal GS. Comparison of lesser tuberosity osteotomy to subscapularis peel in shoulder arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012 Dec 19;94(24):2239-46. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01365. PMID: 23318614. https://bit.ly/3ZPX90J    Subspecialties:  Oncology  Orthopaedic Essentials   Shoulder  Trauma