orthohub stories: Andy Williams- surgeon to the stars
Welcome to the latest edition of orthohub stories, where we explore the life stories and journeys of remarkable people. In this episode we find out all about what its really like to treat elite professional athletes, celebrities and VIPs.Our distinguished guest is Andy Williams.Andy is an orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in the management of sporting knee injuries. He has developed a unique practice and works with many elite sports teams across English Premier League football, Premiership Rugby and more. He is also an Honorary Reader at Imperial College London where he undertakes research into knee injuries. Andy has published over 150 scientific articles and lectures internationally on knee surgery. He is a member of the prestigious ACL Study Group, the Herodicus Society and was lead editor for the 39th edition of Gray's Anatomy.In this wide-ranging conversation we cover many different aspects of his life and career including:his childhood and how medicine was not even considered an option growing upand how being a builder was his fall-back optionhis initial plans to become a GP (family doctor) and how he ended up in orthopaedic surgery insteadovercoming impostor syndromehow he got into sports knee injuries and treating professional sportspeoplethe pressures and challenges (and joys!) of treating this special group of individualsmanaging stress and complications how he handles pressure and coping mechanismsthe value of pre-operative planning and the power of visualisationhow do athletes differ from your non-elite athlete patientsethical dilemmas in managing professional athleteswhy physiotherapy / physical therapy and rehab is the magic ingredientwhy he commits so much time to research, teaching and lecturingkey mentors who have directly and indirectly shaped his life and careerand poor behaviours he has seen within the medical professionhis work ethic and attention to detailthe impact on his family of his work and careerand what one thing would he change if he could do it all again Please subscribe on your podcast player and please leave us a rating and a review!You can also find us on YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and at www.orthohub.xyzTwitter:@orthohubxyz@kashakhtar@petebates