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People often ask me why I went into medicine. For me, the answer is easy. The role of Jerry McGuire opposite Renee Zellwegger was taken by Tom Cruise so I had no other choice. I figured that being a doctor was my only chance of meeting Ms. Z since she would eventually sprain an ankle or break a bone. I thought it was a good plan at the time. Who knew?

The real "why" is this: I love medicine and surgery -- orthopaedic surgery in particular. Here are some random facts about me and my current practice:

• The year prior to bringing an associate into my practice, I personally saw over 5,500 office visits and performed nearly 300 major Orthopaedic surgeries.
• My office became totally paperless and digital in 2000 and I lecture around the world about this. Along the way I was involved in the development of medical multimedia and Medscape- starting a web site that was bought by Medscape and became Medscape Orthopaedics with me as the Executive Medical Director.
• I am a minimally invasive surgery evangelist -- I do more joint replacements than anyone in my hospital, and my hospital does the most in the county.
• I open my office for any kid with any injury 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• I don't mind seeing patients with back pain.
  
• I do house calls sometimes.
• My patients get my cell phone number.
• No one is wishy-washy about what I do: they hate or love it. It's black and white- no one in the gray.

If you have a doctor that cares for you- you are gold- and that is why American Medicine is the jewel of the last century. Dedicated doctors, nurses, and others are contributing to making us healthy every day.

The picture above? That is me playing Stevie Ray Vaughn's guitar, sitting on Jimi Hendrix' couch, next to Freddie Mercury's chair at the London Hard Rock Cafe vault. Now that's livin'...

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