Straight From The Hip
Episodes
Gemma Barber: the lived experience and building support
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of a Patient Leadership Series, where I highlight the voices of individuals who have lived with hip dysplasia and chosen to turn ...
What Every Parent Should Know About Baby Hips!
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special video episode of the podcast meant as a public service announcement to help parents understand what matters for baby hips!
Betsy Miller & the lived and shared experience
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this podcast, I've explore developmental dysplasia of the hip from every angle: the science, the evolution of treatment, the lived experience, ...
Maurizio De Pellegrin: Mythbusting and decoding hip dysplasia
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m joined by Maurizio De Pellegrin from Parma, Italy, and we’re going to do something I enjoy: highlight a set of practical contributions...
Tom Youm: Borderline hip dysplasia and femoroacetabular impingement
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Dr. Thomas Youm from NYU Langone Health a high-volume hip arthroscopist.The focus of the conversation is a niche but common clin...
Recap, December 2025
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This 50th-episode recap of Straight from the Hip brings together some of the most important themes we’ve covered over the past block of conversation...
Dan Sucato: Femoral Head Reduction Osteotomy & Leadership
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m joined by Dan Sucato, Chief of Staff at Texas Scottish Rite for Children, an institution that currently sits at the top of the U.S. News &...
Mike Vitale & Safety in Surgery
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Vitale, Chief of Pediatric Spine Surgery at Columbia, joins me to talk about one thing: how to make surgery safer.We walk through why he becam...
Valerie Parrish & the IHDI 2.0 Symposium
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve listened to this show in the past or our sister show (Hip & Happening), you already know today’s guest: Valerie Parrish, the Directo...
Perry & Jon Schoenecker: Wisdom, innovation & the hip
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is a real privilege. I had the chance to sit down with Perry and Jon Schoenecker, a father and son who represent two distinct but co...
Nick Fletcher and the future of sharing orthopedic knowledge
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is a bit meta, in the best way. We’re talking about podcasting as a medical medium: not just a way to pass time on a commute, bu...
Dror Paley: Innovation, Moral Ambition, and the Future of Orthopedic Surgery
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I have a candid conversation with: Dror Paley, the founder of the Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute in Florida, the Paley Europea...
Emily Dodwell and the fragility of the science in orthopedic surgery
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, I talk with Emily Dodwell of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. We begin discussing her background and how she vie...
Dave Bailey & the intersection of industry and patient care
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I speak with Dave Bailey, the CEO of OrthoPediatrics, an American bioscience company based in Warsaw, Indiana, that designs, develops, manu...
Simon Thomas, 45 year follow ups for hip dysplasia and standardizing treatment
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, I talk with Simon Thomas, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. Trained in both ...
Recap and Ask me Anything (April 2025)
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special recap episode, I revisit highlights from recent episodes of Straight from the Hip, covering topics including social media’s influen...
Simulation in healthcare: Rodrigo Rubio & Carlos Vidal. Magic, Aviation and the future of simulation in healthcare
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I’m talking about simulation in healthcare and medical education. Whether in surgery, anesthesiology, or even hip dysplasia screening, s...
Wesley Theunissen & spontaneous resolution of the majority of stable hip dysplasia
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, I sit down with Wesley Theunissen, an orthopedic surgeon based at the Máxima Medical Center in Veldhoven, Netherlands. He rec...
Evelyn Kuong: The Hong Kong Experience and hip dysplasia in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, I’m joined by Dr. Evelyn Kuong, a consultant in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology and an Honorary Clinical Associ...
Shevaun Doyle & nerve palsies during Pavlik treatment of hip dysplasia
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, I’m joined by Dr. Shevaun Doyle, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon from the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, New York. ...
Harry Kim: Legg-Calvé-Perthes, Perfusion MRI and outcomes
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, I speak with Dr. Harry Kim from Texas Scottish Rite for Children about a condition that I have often said that I love to think ...
Ben Domb: Borderline Hip Dysplasia and Building the American Hip Institute
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, I speak with Dr. Ben Domb, a leading orthopedic surgeon and founder of the American Hip Institute in Chicago, a center dedicated...
Chris Iobst & Overcommitment and Burnout: The importance of saying "no"!
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, I have the privilege of speaking with Dr. Chris Iobst, a world-renowned expert in limb deformity surgery and, more importantly, ...
Joel Wells & the Role of Social Media in Hip dysplasia
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I speak with Joel wells MD associate professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Texas A&M and we discussed the complexities of...
Recap & Ask me anything
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, join me for a recap and 'Ask Me Anything' episode! I've shifted to a bi-weekly or monthly format to better fit your schedules a...
Paul Beaulé: PAO & Hip Arthroscopy
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I speak with Dr. Paul Beaulé, Professor and Chief of the Division of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He has dedi...
Nancy Muir, Shared Decision Making & Ultramarathons
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I speak with Nancy Muir, a pediatric physical therapist based at the University of Colorado Aurora, beyond this, she is an expert on hip dy...
Debbie Eastwood & The Trans Atlantic Divide!
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I talk with Deborah Eastwood of the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital in London, England. The name Debbie Eastwood is synonymous with excel...
Dennis Wenger & the Ligamentum Teres Transfer
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I speak with Dennis Wenger, the director of pediatric orthopedic surgery education emeritus at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, C...
Anders Brekke & Josefine Naili: Acetabular Retroversion, pelvic tilt, femoroacetabular impingement and physical therapy interventions
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I have two guests; I welcome Anders Falk Brekke, who is a registered physical therapist and PhD, affiliated with the Department of Physiot...
Laura Rutterford: Physical Therapy & Help for Hip Dysplasia
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I speak with Laura Rutterford a physical therapist based in the United Kingdom. This is a so-called crossover podcast, as she also has a pod...
Ray Liu: Ancient Bones, Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis & the Cam deformity
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I speak with Raymond Liu, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at University Hospitals, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, and the Vict...
Ken Noonan & The World of Medical Publishing
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I talk with Ken Noonan, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal o...
Ernie Sink, Surgical Dislocation of the Hip and Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI)
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I speak with Ernie Sink from the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York. Dr Sink is a world-renowned expert in hip preservation sur...
Recap and ask me anything 2
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I recap the most recent episodes and answer some audience questions.
Will Morris & the Inefficacy of bracing for residual dysplasia after closed or open reduction for developmental dislocation of the hip
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I speak with William Morris of the Texas Scottish Rite for Children, in Dallas. He recently published two papers questioning the efficacy of...
Blaise Nemeth, MD. NoPo's (Non-operative Orthopedists) and how to optimize an orthopedic practice
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I speak with Blaise Nemeth, a pediatric orthopedist affiliated with the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He is one of the few non-operat...
Stuart Weinstein & The Iowa contribution to hip dysplasia
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, I have the honor of speaking with Dr. Stuart Weinstein, a distinguished figure in pediatric orthopedics and a renowned expert ...
Valerie Parrish, PA-C. Advanced Practice Providers & teamwork
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I had the privilege of conversing with Valerie Parrish, a highly accomplished professional in pediatric hip pathology. Valerie is a certif...
Alex Aarvold: The Pelletoplasty, screening for hip dysplasia in England & radiation concerns
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I speak with Mr. Alexander Aarvold a consultant pediatric orthopedic surgeon in Southampton England. He has published extensively in the f...
Rafael Sierra and the Trident of studies on Hip Dysplasia and the PAO
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I have a conversation with Rafael Sierra, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, who has focused his career ...
Woody Sankar, Open reduction of developmental dislocation of the hip and measuring outcomes of surgery
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I speak with Woody Sankar, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Direct...
Tony Herring & 50 years of contemplating Legg-Calvé-Perthes
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I talk with a true legend in Legg-Calvé-Perthes. Dr Tony Herring from Texas Scottish Rite for Children in Dallas Dr. Herring has had an il...
Dan Perry, Legg-Calvé-Perthes and the BOSS Study
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we are focusing on Legg-Calvé-Perthes, a condition that continues to frustrate patients, parents, and clinicians despite being described o...
Rick Gardner & Global Pathways to Improve Pediatric Orthopedic Care
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk with Rick Gardner, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at SickKids in Toronto. Gardner's rich experience spans various countrie...
Recap & Ask me anything
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week marks the 10th episode in this podcast, and today’s episode is different; I thought this would be a good time to take stock of the first ...
Emily Schaeffer, The Global Hip Registry & the development and implementation of care pathways for DDH around the world
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I speak with Emily Schaefer PhD a researcher with the university of British Columbia in Vancouver. We discuss a paper that she and her ...
Eduardo Novais & Residual Dysplasia after closed or open reduction of developmental dislocation of the hip
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I am speaking with Eduardo Novais, MD. Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical and part of the Orthopedic Center and t...
Kaya Jacobsen, The HUNT study from Trøndelag, Norway and the genetics of hip dysplasia
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I engage in a conversation with Dr. Kaya Kvarme Jacobsen, an MD PhD from the University of Bergen, Norway, about genetic epidemiolo...
Salil Upasani & Residual Dysplasia after successful Pavlik treatment
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I talk with Salil Upasani from Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego We highlight this recent paper that he co-authored: Paranjape CS,...
Estefania Birrer and the Story of the Chilean Screening Programme for DDH
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, I speak with Estefania Birrer from Valdivia, Chile; she coauthored a paper that showed the effectiveness of a screening pr...
Hip Surveillance in Cerebral Palsy
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, I speak with Jason Howard, MD of Nemours / Alfred I Dupont Institute & Ben Shore, MD of Boston Children's Hospital...
Scott Mubarak, The Pavlik Method and Orthopedic History
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak with Scott Mubarak, MD, Chief Emeritus of Orthopedic Surgery at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego. We discuss or...
Chad Price, the IHDI and the Buchelsberger thesis
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me in this week's podcast episode as I chat with a personal hero: the brilliant Dr. Chad Price, the driving force behind the International Hi...
Straight from the hip
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The official podcast of the International Hip Dysplasia Institute In this episode I am talking with Pooya Hosseinzadeh and Scott Rosenfeld about a stu...
Trailer: Straight from the hip
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Straight from the Hip, a podcast about pediatric hip problems sponsored by the International Hip Dysplasia Institute. This podcast is for a...