>> I very much enjoy the interaction with patients.
It doesn't feel like work to me.
So it's hard to retire because it doesn't feel like work, so, but I like the variety.
You might think that because I treat feet that it's going to be just that, but the variety lies
in the types of patients you see, types of problems that they have,
and the kinds of techniques and surgical techniques that we use
to correct those kinds of deformities.
So I'm in the operating room twice a week with 4 or 5 patients during a day.
I work at Young Haven Hospital, a major teaching institution,
and I also work on my own surgery center.
So and I train residents, which is, you know, fun to do.
So, you know, I think it's great profession.
I have... There's not a day that I get up and I'm not excited to go
into the office, and it's been 35 years or so.
Well, the environment today in medicine in general has become much more difficult.
Insurance companies predatory, in my humble opinion, and make it difficult for the doctor
to provide the kinds of care that we know the patient needs without getting permission
from some person who may or may not know that, and so that's a challenge for us.
There's also consolidation in the healthcare industry where practices are being bought
up by institutions, and it looks to me like the private practice
of medicine is going to change significantly.