More than eight in 10 of us have had or will have back pain, but far fewer will have surgery for it. Those who do have surgery enter a realm of innovation like few other areas of medicine. That’s what drew Dr. Isaac Moss into the specialty, yet he says there’s still so much we don’t know. Dr. Moss, renowned spine surgeon and the chair of UConn Health’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, joins Dr. Anthony Alessi to discuss the advances in spine surgery, its promising future, and the importance of academic medicine, and offers his first-hand perspective on the health care systems in the U.S. and Canada.
I’ve got to justify my decisions to a very smart orthopedic resident or spine surgery fellow every day, which actually makes me a better doctor I think, and makes me give better care to our patients. — Dr. Isaac Moss
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