Dr. Joshua John-Ram SchacterDr. Joshua Schacter, DO FAAOS, is America’s Holistic Orthopedic Surgeon, with nearly two decades of surgical expertise.

I would never treat a patient as just a number

25 Dec 2024 · 0 min

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A short YouTube video clip by Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter emphasizing personalized care in orthopedic practice. He contrasts high-volume specialty clinics ("we'll see 50 patients a day") with his practice at Pinnacle ("maybe 10 or 15 patients a day") to explain that spending more time lets clinicians understand patients' lives and metabolism and offer tailored treatments for joint pain.

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50 patients a day.

Maybe 10 or 15 patients a day.

I would never treat a patient as just a number. So many people come to their doctor and they feel like they're cattle. They're just getting run through this doctor's office. It's especially a problem in specialty care because a lot of times in orthopedic surgery, we'll see 50 patients a day. Now here at Pinnacle, we maybe see 10 or 15 patients a day. And that's because we want to spend the time with each patient to get to know them, to understand deeply what's going on in their lives and what's going on in their metabolism, so we can help them with their joint pain in a lot of different ways.