It was 2014. I was overworked and underpaid as a foot and ankle surgeon. Patient overload, insurance headaches, a wife and two kids at home, and a real fear I'd let them down. I was that close to walking away.
Then, at a conference, I saw the tiny portal MIFAS surgeons were using to do incredible percutaneous work. I couldn't ignore what was clearly the future of foot surgery.
I poured my life into it. I traveled to my surgical mentors over 40 times in 2 years, learning beside MIS pioneer Dr. Stephen Isham. I invested over $185,000 learning how to build a practice around it.
Today my practice is hybrid-concierge. About 3.5 days a week, 8 to 10 patients a day, no insurance-network hassle. And most of my time goes to one thing: making sure other surgeons don't stall the way so many do.
Since then I've spent my years teaching this. At the International MIFAS conference I host, in cadaver labs where I guide every hand, and every Thursday with the surgeons in this room. More than 1,200 of them since 2017.
Because no surgeon should have to carry a bone case alone. I did, for years. That's the one thing I want to change for you.