Dr. Nissanoff Introduction

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My name is Jonathan Nissanoff. I’m an orthopedic surgeon. I’ve been practicing 24 years. I specialize in minimally invasive orthopedic surgery. I’ve also done two fellowships, one in complex trauma and one in sports medicine. We have a program where a patient who gets into a car accident or has a sports injury can make this phone call. Let’s say a patient broke their wrist and made this phone call and the doctor is now discussing with the patient their medical history and they’re fairly healthy. They get a video of the actual risk that is broken or injured. This way, they’re actually seen by the specialist on an immediate basis. If at the point of evaluation an hour or two hours later the patient is determined to be a surgical candidate, we have an operating facility fully accredited where we can activate the team and complete the care at that point in time. So the patient, if they needed an operation, would get that operation that evening and then would be on their way to healing.