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An Interview with Dr. Chima Ohaegbulam, Chief of Spine Section, New England Baptist Hospital
January 18, 2021I’d like to welcome Dr. Chima Ohaegbulam, who is the Section Chief of Spine Surgery at New England Baptist Hospital and a renowned neurosurgeon. Surgimate: Please tell us a little bit about your own personal journey to becoming a neurosurgeon...
An Interview with Stephanie Collins, CEO of Austin Retina Associates
January 18, 2021Surgimate: We’re very excited to have a top-tier CEO join us today. Stephanie Collins is the CEO at Austin Retina in the great state of Texas. It’s a real pleasure to have you join us today. Thank you very much,...
Is There Finally Light At the End of the Tunnel? A History of Vaccinations and the COVID-19 Vaccine
January 4, 2021It seems like there’s a teeny tiny glimmer of light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel. With the roll-out of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines — and the news the UK’s Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been submitted for...
The Case for Centralized Surgical Coordination
November 18, 2020Everyone loves one-on-one attention, but centralized coordination may be the way forward when it comes to surgeries. Having a dedicated coordinator for each case is not necessarily the best way to navigate the system. The surgical coordination process can best...
Is Your Surgical Practice Prepared for a Second Wave
October 12, 2020We’re all getting used to the idea that Corona is here to stay. So as schools reopen around the country and winter creeps in, it’s clear we could be looking at a second surge that could bring our new normal...
Why Surgical Practices Are Merging
October 8, 2020Size doesn’t always matter, but when it comes to surgical practices, more and more practices are joining forces to create larger and more formidable medical entities. And there’s a good reason this has become one of the hottest trends of...
Fears, Finances, and Faces: Seven Trends Emerging in Elective Surgery from COVID-19
September 17, 2020The global pandemic has sent us all on an unpredictable ride, with no real end in sight. Worldwide, we are doing our best to adapt to living with the numerous challenges this brings, while holding our breath and hoping that...
The Cost of Pausing Elective Surgery
September 1, 2020When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. by force in March 2020, elective surgery was paused while doctors and hospitals fought on the frontlines of the battle against coronavirus. While there were hopes that the coronavirus crisis could pass swiftly,...
Healthcare Terms and Their Origins: Making Sense of Doctor Speak
July 30, 2020Doctors have a language all of their own that’s basically Greek to most non-medical folk. Given that the Greeks founded modern medicine — cue the Hippocratic Oath — it’s no surprise that many common medical words actually originate from Greek....