AHF Podcast
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 podcast is intended for orthopedic surgeons, trainees, and medically literate clinicians who value nuanced discussion, critical thinking, and honest examination of what improves patient care.
Episodes
65 episodes
From Idea to Market: Ep 7 - Beyond Clearance
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 act...
FITM Extended Interview: Charlie DeCook
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 w...
From Idea to Market: Ep 6 - The Valley Between Idea and Approval
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...
FITM: The Extended Conversation with Doug Fairbanks
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 anat...
From Idea to Market: Ep 5 - Financing the Journey
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 ...
FITM: The Full Conversation with Robert Cohen
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 sha...
The Team Behind the Surgeon: Efficiency Lessons From Canada
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 syste...
FITM: The Full Conversation with ForCast Orthopedics
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 ...
From Idea to Market: Ep 4 - Choosing the Vehicle
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 organi...
From Idea to Market: Ep 3 - Proof of Concept
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 promisin...
How AI is Personalizing Hip Replacement Care
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...
From Idea to Market: Ep 2 - Shaping the Idea
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 devel...
From Idea to Market: Ep 1 - The Spark
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...
From Idea to Market: A New Series on Innovation
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 c...
The Anterior Hip Learning Curve Nobody Warns You About
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 experienc...
Ask Me Anything: LFCN Issues
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 A...
Rethinking TFL Injury in Anterior Approach THA
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...
Operation FUBAR: I Bet You Can't Do That!
To WATCH this episode on YouTube, go here: https://youtu.be/6uohJmxA-eoIn Episode 2 of Operation FUBAR, Dr. Ben Feibel (adult hip & knee reconstruction, Louisiana) walks us thr...
Reflections & Insights: AHF 2025 Traveling Fellowship - Part II
Reflections & Insights: AHF 2025 Traveling Fellowship - Part IIThe 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 AH...
Reflections & Insights: AHF 2025 Traveling Fellowship - Part I
Reflections & Insights: AHF 2025 Traveling Fellowship - Part IThe 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...
What Makes a Great Hip Surgeon? Lessons from Michael Solomon
What does it really take to become a great hip surgeon — not just technically excellent, but trusted by patients, teams, and colleagues around the world? 🦴🌍In this episode of the AHF Podcast, host Joe Schwab sits d...
Operation FUBAR: The Case No One Wanted
🎙️ Operation FUBAR: The Case No One Wanted with Dr. John Horberg 🌟 | AHF PodcastWelcome to the AHF Podcast! Join host Joe Schwab as we launch our new mini-series, Operation FUBAR! In this episode, Dr. John Horberg, an expert in anterior...
2025 Great Debates: Every cup deserves a good screw
Great Debate: To Screw or Not to Screw in Hip Arthroplasty🎙️ Join host Joe Schwab for the thrilling finale of the AHF podcast's Great Debates series! In this episode, we're diving into the contentious topic of acetabular fixation wit...
2025 Great Debates: Obesity does not need to be optimized prior to Anterior Approach
Great Debate: Obesity does not need to be optimized prior to Anterior Approach 🚶♂️🦿🩺Welcome to the AHF podcast! In this episode, host Joe Schwab brings us an engaging and humorous debate on a pivotal question: 'Do we really need to ...
2025 Great Debates: The Hip-Spine relationship does not matter for Anterior Approach
Great Debate: Does the Hip-Spine Relationship Matter for Anterior Approach?🎙️ Join Joe Schwab in this intriguing episode of the AHF Podcast, where Dr. Nathaniel Nelms and Dr. Edwin Su debate a hot topic in orthopedics: 'Does the hip-spi...