Dr. Chris Ahmad, Chief of Sports Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia and team doctor for the New York Yankees, discusses how his own devastating college soccer injury led him to fall in love with orthopedics. Hear him speak about the history of Tommy John surgery, how he learned to perform this corrective procedure from the doctor who designed it and ways in which he has worked to improve its success. Dr. Ahmad also chronicles his endeavors to innovate orthopedic surgery and get athletes back onto the field stronger–both physically and mentally.
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