Almost every week, a patient sitting across from me in a consultation asks the same question: if the open preperitoneal mesh repair is such a good operation, why don’t more surgeons offer it?It’s a fair question. The honest answer has less to do with the operation itself and more to do with how surgeons are […]
A lot of patients hesitate to get a second opinion because they worry it will offend their first doctor, or they assume it will just tell them the same thing. I think that hesitation is understandable, but the data suggests a second opinion is worth getting almost regardless of the outcome, and I want to […]
Sharing What I’ve Learned About Inguinal Hernia Repair with the Team at UT Medical Center The other week I had the opportunity to present at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, and walk their surgical team through how I think about inguinal hernia repair. Having the chance to sit with other surgeons and talk through […]
A quarter of health care visits in this country are now delivered by a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant, not a physician. That’s the headline finding from a study out of Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess, published in The BMJ in September 2023, and I think it’s worth talking about because […]
This month, my social media posts centered around SPRINGING FORWARD after surgery. If you’re preparing for hernia surgery (or currently recovering) it’s normal to have questions about getting back to your normal life. April’s content brings together everything you need to know, from physical therapy and strength training to pain returning to normal activities. […]
This month, inspired by Saint Patrick’s Day, I centered my content around “The Luck of the Surgeon.” Throughout March, I pulled back the curtain and focused on the person behind the surgeon’s mask.. Let’s break it down… My Journey I started the month by sharing more about my personal path, how I got here and […]
It’s no secret that private practices are a dying breed. In 2025, the percentage of clinicians in private practice plummeted to 45%… and I can’t imagine that percentage will increase anytime soon. As the landscape evolves, hospital systems are monopolizing. The Rise of Hospital Systems Across the country, large hospital systems and corporate […]
Most of us assume the answer to that question is obvious. The more times a surgeon performs an operation, the better the outcomes should be. But in our current healthcare system, “experience” is often categorized into high-volume or low-volume… without anyone agreeing on what those terms actually mean. Over the weekend, I read a study […]
February… the month of romance, relationships, and red flags… As you know, each month of content I produce is centered around a different healthcare theme. In January, I dove into New Year, New You. This month, across eight short-form videos, I dove into the common red flags associated with hernias before and after surgery. Red […]
As a small, private practice in Boston, we have needed to opt out of most insurances, one of those being Medicare. As our healthcare system has evolved, increasing health insurance restrictions make it harder, not easier, to treat all types of patients. In order to continue providing high-quality care as an ambulatory hernia clinic, […]