“Spine Surgeon: A Photo Essay 14 of”
A Surgical Technologist expertly and absentmindedly twirls a tool. I noticed him doing this on several occasions and marveled at how agile his fingers were. It wasn’t until later that I learned that when not in surgery, he is a drummer in a band.
Dr. Todd J. Albert is the president and chief spine surgeon at the Rothman Institute and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. This is a photo essay for Orthopedics This Week about a humble and caring genius who cuts people’s bodies open and works on them as calmly and effectively as if he were carrying out a mundane task.
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