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The Renaissance Surgeon
The Renaissance person does not limit his or her pursuit of knowledge to one area or even to one discipline. In this space, I share experiences, perspectives and reflections, which the philosopher in all of us might find worth perusal.
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Targeting Inflammation, Not Just Excess Pounds: The Precision Medicine Promise of GLP-1s
Photo by Diana Polekhina via Unsplash What if one class of medication could help you lose excess weight, protect your joints, curb...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Apr 113 min read
The 10-Part Reading Prescription for Lifelong Learning
Reading isn’t just a pastime—it’s a tool for broadening perspective, sharpening thinking, and deepening understanding. But without...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Mar 75 min read
100 Days for Health: Are You In?
2025 is here, bringing fresh opportunities to focus on what matters most: your health. Rather than fleeting resolutions, imagine...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Jan 12 min read
Ten Great Books I read in 2024
I had six reading goals for 2023 . I only notched four of them. I didn’t set any reading goals for 2024, other than to knock off one of...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Jan 17 min read
The Benefit of Self-Coaching
When I was doing my orthopaedic surgery training, I remember one of the joint replacement professors giving us a lecture on prosthetic...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Nov 6, 20243 min read
Key Elements of the Renaissance Life: Mens Sana - 3 Ways to Cultivate a Healthy Mind
Don’t tell me that you are ‘not creative.’ Being creative is a skill that can be cultivated. You don’t have to be creative in what you...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Sep 13, 20243 min read
Key Elements of the Renaissance Life: In corpore sano (in a healthy body)
Principle: Balance the Triangle of Fitness Spurred by our interests and proclivities, we naturally tend to overweight certain areas of...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Jun 21, 20242 min read
THE RENAISSANCE MIND: How You Can Do Anything, Why You Should Do Everything (That You Want to Do)
When you meet someone at a party, he or she may ask you some variation of, “What do you do?” Despite its seemingly generic phrasing, the...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Jun 14, 20244 min read
How Do You Know How Fit You Are?
How do you know if your workouts are working? 1) You have to measure something. 2) You need a benchmark, framework or context for...
The Renaissance Surgeon
May 2, 20245 min read
Building Resilience, Preventing Injury: The Utility of Movement Screening
In the realms of longevity and sports performance, injury can derail the pursuit of optimal physical condition. Athletes, fitness...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Mar 29, 20245 min read
Longevity's Best Biomarker
In the realm of athletic performance and longevity, one metric stands out as a key indicator of cardiovascular fitness and endurance: VO2...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Mar 1, 20244 min read
Get a Grip on Longevity
Do you know your grip strength? I hope to convince you that you should. It is easy and cheap to measure. I bought a hand held...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Feb 14, 20244 min read
The 10 Best Books I Read This Year
As the year draws to a close, one of the areas of my life I like to look back on is my reading life. Reflecting on my 2023 Year in...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Dec 1, 20236 min read
Can Magnet Therapy Really Help Relieve Pain and Improve Healing?
Can a magnet take away pain? Magnet therapy interests me in part because it seems far out. Like it belongs with Bruce Willis’ character...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Oct 11, 20234 min read
What Should Your Maximum Heart Rate Be?
Have you ever finished a workout, looked at your heart rate data and thought with alarm, “Whoa, that seems high!” I have. I was...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Aug 31, 20233 min read
What Will Blood Flow Restriction Therapy Show Us Next?
Blood flow restriction training (BFRT) has been a game changer in orthopaedic surgery rehabilitation. BFRT has been used since the...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Jul 31, 20235 min read
How to Improve Your Mobility and Why It Matters
When you think about improving your health, you probably focus on issues like diet and exercise. While these issues matter, they aren't...
Andrea Needham
Jun 9, 20233 min read
The Discipline of Restraint
I have traditionally had only one strategy for running races: run as fast as I possibly can over the given distance. Kenyan style. ...
The Renaissance Surgeon
May 31, 20233 min read
Embracing the Cold for Health and Performance
We need the cold. If it’s not cold enough to snow, you can’t ski. I fondly remember ski vacations with my family while I was growing up....
The Renaissance Surgeon
Apr 15, 20234 min read
'Why Did You Do Something You Didn't Want to Do?'
My kids are at an age where they are constantly asking for definitions of words and phrases. Answering these questions is sometimes...
The Renaissance Surgeon
Mar 3, 20234 min read
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