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AHF Podcast

Anterior Hip Foundation

The AHF Podcast features thoughtful conversations about orthopedic surgery, outcomes, and clinical decision-making, with a particular focus on hip surgery and related innovation.Produced by the Anterior Hip Foundation, the podcast brings together surgeons, researchers, and clinical leaders to examine how evidence, experience, and real-world practice intersect. Episodes explore what the data actually shows, where assumptions break down, and how clinicians navigate uncertainty in daily practice.This

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40:26

From Idea to Market: Ep 7 - Beyond Clearance

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2026/04/17

Send us Fan Mail Your device just got FDA clearance. So why isn't anyone using it? In this episode of From Idea to Market, Joe Schwab and a panel of surgeons, engineers, and MedTech leaders explore why regulatory approval is only the beginning — and what it actually takes to earn a place in the operating room. Clearance tells you a device is safe and effective. It doesn't tell you whether a busy surgeon will change their workflow, whether a procurement committee will approve it, or whether a...

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29:44

FITM Extended Interview: Charlie DeCook

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2026/04/14

Send us Fan Mail Charlie DeCook has exited seven medical device companies while performing 1,500 joint replacements a year — all packed into three clinical days per week. In this extended interview, he breaks down exactly how he evaluates new technologies and why he now filters every opportunity through an AI and robotics lens. DeCook traces his entrepreneurial arc from his first venture in surgical impaction — a product that eventually sold to Johnson & Johnson and became Kincise — thro...

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26:43

From Idea to Market: Ep 6 - The Valley Between Idea...

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2026/04/10

Send us Fan Mail What actually happens between building a medical device and getting it approved? In this episode of From Idea to Market, we walk through the regulatory valley that separates a working prototype from a cleared product — and why so many promising innovations stall right here. This is the stage where progress stops being about what you can build and starts being about what you can prove. Joe Schwab breaks down the FDA's device classification system, the critical difference betw...

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43:26

FITM: The Extended Conversation with Doug Fairbanks

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2026/04/07

Send us Fan Mail Doug Fairbanks left a robotics commercialization role at Johnson & Johnson to lead a deep tech startup most surgeons had never heard of. In this conversation, the president and CEO of VISIE Inc. explains why — and what their continuous anatomic auto tracking technology could mean for the future of robotic-assisted surgery. VISIE started as Advanced Scanners, a company founded by optical physicist Aaron Bernstein to solve the problem of brain shift during cranial procedur...

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27:38

From Idea to Market: Ep 5 - Financing the Journey

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2026/04/03

Send us Fan Mail Most MedTech founders think financing is about getting enough money to keep building. But once you take capital, it reshapes your governance, your priorities, and your pace — and some consequences don't surface for years. In this episode of the AHF Podcast's From Idea to Market series, we explore what funding actually buys beyond time and resources, how capital decisions redistribute power within a startup, and which financing consequences only become visible years later. Fou...

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43:58

FITM: The Full Conversation with Robert Cohen

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2026/03/31

Send us Fan Mail Robert Cohen has spent four decades on both sides of the MedTech table — founding companies, selling them, and now evaluating billion-dollar acquisitions as Stryker's VP of Innovation and Technology for Orthopedics. In this conversation, he shares exactly what a global company looks for when it decides whether a startup's technology is worth acquiring. Cohen's career reads like a timeline of modern orthopedic innovation. He co-founded Implex, the company behind trabecular me...

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52:30

The Team Behind the Surgeon: Efficiency Lessons From...

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2026/03/27

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Sebastian Rodriguez-Elizalde built a same-day anterior hip program inside a Canadian public hospital — not a private surgical center. This conversation covers what it actually takes to change your approach, your team culture, and your system all at once. Sebastian trained in posterior approach at HSS and transitioned to anterior approach early in his independent career. In this episode, he talks honestly about the ego hit of relearning something you were already good at,...

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46:10

FITM: The Full Conversation with ForCast Orthopedics

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2026/03/24

Send us Fan Mail This is a deep-dive extended interview with the team behind ForCast Orthopedics — a company working to change how periprosthetic joint infection is treated. It's for orthopedic surgeons, arthroplasty specialists, and anyone interested in how a clinical idea becomes a medical device company. The conversation brings together Dr. Jared Foran (CSO and co-founder), Dr. Leo Whiteside (the surgeon whose intraarticular infusion technique underlies the product), and Peter Noymer (CEO...

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25:31

From Idea to Market: Ep 4 - Choosing the Vehicle

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2026/03/20

Send us Fan Mail This episode is about the moment an idea needs a formal structure to move forward — and why that choice is just as strategic as any technical decision. It's for clinician innovators, med tech founders, and anyone trying to understand how organizational structure shapes what an innovation can realistically become. The episode draws on voices from across the From Idea to Market series — surgeons, engineers, attorneys, and executives — to explore three questions: what determine...

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24:41

From Idea to Market: Ep 3 - Proof of Concept

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2026/03/13

Send a text This episode explores what proof of concept really means in medical device development — and why the hardest problems at this stage are rarely technical. It's for clinician innovators, engineers, and anyone navigating the gap between a promising idea and a product that can survive the real world. The episode draws on perspectives from surgeons, engineers, and founders across multiple active med tech ventures. Together they walk through three questions that define this stage: what ...

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46:50

How AI is Personalizing Hip Replacement Care

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2026/03/06

Send a text Dr. Kristoff Corten built an AI-driven platform called Hip Cloud that predicts patient outcomes after hip replacement — and it's changing the way he practices. If you're an orthopedic surgeon interested in how predictive analytics, personalized care pathways, and clinic efficiency can reshape your workflow, this conversation is for you. In this episode, Joe Schwab sits down with Belgian orthopedic surgeon and entrepreneur Kristoff Corten to explore how he went from feeling bottlen...

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25:56

From Idea to Market: Ep 2 - Shaping the Idea

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2026/02/27

Send a text This episode explores how orthopedic innovators determine whether a clinical problem is worth solving at scale. We examine the transition from recognizing a frustration in practice to building a defensible business case for medical device development. Featuring perspectives from surgeons, CEOs, engineers, and legal experts, this conversation unpacks the critical questions that separate ideas worth pursuing from those destined to fail. We discuss burden arbitrage in periprosthetic...

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24:50

From Idea to Market: Ep 1 - The Spark

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2026/02/20

Send a text This episode explores how medical innovation actually begins—not in labs or boardrooms, but in operating rooms, clinics, and patient encounters where routine practice no longer feels acceptable. We speak with orthopedic surgeons, engineers, and founders who've lived the journey from clinical frustration to real-world solutions. Innovation doesn't start with a breakthrough moment. It starts when someone notices the same problem repeatedly and decides they can't look away. Through c...

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From Idea to Market: A New Series on Innovation

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2026/02/11

Send a text This mini-series explores how medical innovation actually happens in practice—from the first spark of an idea to bringing a product to market. Whether you're a surgeon, engineer, researcher, or trainee with an idea, this series shows you what comes next. We've gathered surgeons, engineers, CEOs, attorneys, and innovators who have navigated this journey firsthand. They share insights on developing medical devices, navigating regulatory pathways, building companies, and translating ...

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20:59

The Anterior Hip Learning Curve Nobody Warns You About

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2026/01/30

Send us a text Learning the anterior approach to total hip arthroplasty doesn't follow a straight line. Dr. Joe Schwab shares what happened when improving his femoral technique unexpectedly made his acetabular work feel worse—and why that unsettling experience taught him more than any single complication. This episode is for orthopedic surgeons and trainees navigating the anterior approach learning curve, especially those who feel like their progress isn't linear. Joe walks through his own jo...

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21:02

Ask Me Anything: LFCN Issues

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2026/01/23

Send us a text An engaging, AMA‑style deep dive into how to actually manage lateral femoral cutaneous nerve problems after anterior approach THA—from “my thigh feels weird” numbness to true neuroma‑level pain that drives patients crazy. In this Ask Me Anything episode, host Joe Schwab answers a real listener question from Dr. Tim Keating: “What is your treatment algorithm for patients with LFCN dysesthesia, neuroma, and other lasting bothersome effects?” Drawing on both the meralgia paresthet...

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Rethinking TFL Injury in Anterior Approach THA

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2026/01/16

Send us a text Protecting the Tensor Fascia Lata in Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty 🎥 Welcome to the AHF Podcast! Join host Joe Schwab as he dives deep into a revealing and award-winning study on tensor fascia lata (TFL) injury during anterior approach total hip arthroplasty with special guest H. John Cooper. Dr. Cooper shares insights from his prospective study presented at the 2025 AHF annual meeting, discussing how often TFL injuries occur, the critical steps to minimize such

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32:01

Operation FUBAR: I Bet You Can't Do That!

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2026/01/09

Send us a text To WATCH this episode on YouTube, go here: https://youtu.be/6uohJmxA-eo In Episode 2 of Operation FUBAR, Dr. Ben Feibel (adult hip & knee reconstruction, Louisiana) walks us through a case that began with a familiar challenge — “I bet you can’t fix that” — and evolved into a humbling sequence of decisions, revisions, and hard-earned lessons. One thing that makes Operation FUBAR different: I don’t see the cases ahead of time. No slides. No roadmap. That’s intentional — so th...

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35:09

Reflections & Insights: AHF 2025 Traveling Fellowship...

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2026/01/02

Send us a text Reflections & Insights: AHF 2025 Traveling Fellowship - Part II The end of the year is a period of reflection for the Anterior Hip Foundation (AHF). In this episode, host Joe Schwab takes a deep dive into the accomplishments of the AHF in 2025 and previews the exciting developments for 2026. Join us for a special two-part interview series with our 2025 AHF Traveling Fellows. Learn what sets the AHF apart and why it feels more like a family than just an organization. Curious...

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37:48

Reflections & Insights: AHF 2025 Traveling Fellowship...

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2025/12/26

Send us a text Reflections & Insights: AHF 2025 Traveling Fellowship - Part I The end of the year is a period of reflection for the Anterior Hip Foundation (AHF). In this episode, host Joe Schwab takes a deep dive into the accomplishments of the AHF in 2025 and previews the exciting developments for 2026. Join us for a special two-part interview series with our 2025 AHF Traveling Fellows. Learn what sets the AHF apart and why it feels more like a family than just an organization. Curious ...

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