The case went sideways, the films look ugly, and somebody needs a Surgeon with an "I can fix that" mindset. For so many years, that Surgeon has been Dr. Richard Buch!

Dr. Buch is the founder of the Dallas Limb Restoration Center in Carrollton, Texas, and with more than 13,500 joint procedures behind him, he's seen the outcomes many Surgeons hope they never see.

He's the founder of DisasterPlasty, a conference built around the hardest cases in arthroplasty (and how to avoid disasters in the first place).

In this episode, we dig into how this meeting came to be, his path from medical school in Chicago to fellowship in DC to building a referral practice in Texas. We talk through what limb salvage and tumor training bring to revision arthroplasty, and why the hardest skill in complex reconstruction might be knowing when to say, "I need help."

Links:

• Dallas Limb Restoration Center: dallaslimbrestoration.com
• DisasterPlasty Conference: disasterplasty.org

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Device Nation | Dr. Carl Basamania: Going First

The reverse total shoulder is on OR schedules every day now, but someone had to do the first one in the United States. In 2003, in OR Room 36 at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC, that someone was Dr. Carl Basamania!

What an honor sharing the inspiring story of Dr. Basamania, tracing a career that runs from Rochester, New York, through the U.S. Army, and into some of orthopedics’ most important innovations!

In this episode:

• What put him on the path to medicine
• Military service and lessons from Fort Bragg
• His time with Delta Force
• Training with Dr. Rockwood
• The story behind the first U.S. reverse shoulder
• Robotics in the Shoulder
• Advice for Surgeon KOL's
• Clavicle fractures....Plate, pin, or leave it alone?
• "The only guarantee in surgery is a scar and a bill"
• .....and SO MUCH MORE!!

Again, Device Nation salutes Dr. Basamania for his service to our country and to our industry!

Join us at AAHKS: The 3rd Annual Surgeon/Rep Town Hall Breakfast is Friday, November 6, 6:30–8:30 AM, in Gaylord One, look forward to seeing you there!

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Device Nation sits down for a most inspiring conversation with two leaders I so respect in our space!

Independent Distributor Kris Jones "opens the room" for us as we talk about his life, his career as a scrub tech, why he likes to fix all things, the family medical device business, how to run a successful independent shop (should you even do it in the first place) and so much more!

We finish with one of my c-suite heroes, Ashesh Shah, MBA!

Ashesh Shah is President & CEO of Maxx Orthopedics, a global orthopedic implant company he co-founded in 2006. With operations in 75+ countries including the US, India, Germany, Brazil and China, Mr. Shah built the team that developed commercial value of Maxx’s IP, led M&A activities, secured growth funding, and grew the global distribution and supply chain organizations.

We talk about the new PEEK knee, robotics, the Freedom Knee, gold knees and so much more....so many pearls of wisdom in this episode, you will want to take some notes!

Follow Ashesh Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashesh-shah-382241/

Connect with Farzin Khaghani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farzin-khaghani-b204b32/

Follow Kris Jones: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kriswjones/

Maxx Orthopedics: https://maxxortho.com/

Meril Life Sciences: https://www.merillife.com/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24115515723&gbraid=0AAAAADFUKNCOPaHN70YgOnI7kL5dAVxai&gclid=CjwKCAjw_KjVBhAHEiwAnC0N9GsrL7UyYHFHWuGU7G9Hdj5HcGajtTP2IKYUlhYX95l6j9T28H92uhoCjjoQAvD_BwE

Peek: https://maxxortho.com/maxx-orthopedics-in-partnership-with-invibio-biomaterial-solutions-secures-us-ide-approval-for-peek-optima-total-knee-arthroplasty-study/