Alan H. Daniels, MD
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 30 Jan
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Doing research is just a blast.
You feel like you're really helping the field move forward.
And so to basically be able to pair those advantages together of private practice and academics is really a gift.
Well, I'm an eternal optimist.
I'm completely optimistic.
I think despite the challenges of modern health care, there are patients who will need their spines and orthopedic problems taken care of forever.
And so the world needs us.
And despite some recent news that, oh, maybe robots will be replacing surgeons, that just is not the case.
we will be needed by society to help take care of people.
And to do so is a true honor and it's fun and it's exciting and the field continues to move quickly.
And so I'm completely optimistic about spine.
I think
There are many challenges that we'll all face that I'm sure we'll talk about today, but our job is just to figure out how to navigate them, to figure out how to advocate for our specialty and for medicine and for our patients in general, and to just figure out how to take the best care of patients we can in the system that we were dealt.
I think the primary headwind that we all have to face is really reimbursement.
And it's a little disappointing because
inflation is obviously a problem in society as a whole, but to see Medicare reimbursement dropping paired with the fact that private payers tend to tie their reimbursement rates to Medicare, it is concerning.
Now, again, I'm glass half full.
We're going to find ways to continue to deliver care.
We're going to find ways to be financially viable, but we have to run a business.
That's the thing about private practice is that
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