Interview With Michael David Ries, MD, Author of “The Joint Kitchen”
Dr. Michael Ries is an orthopedic surgeon and the Arthroplasty Fellowship Director on the Reno Orthopaedic Clinic. He acquired a BS and MS from MIT, and his medical diploma from Dartmouth Medical School, and has been in observe for greater than 25 years.
Dr. Ries has a observe restricted to hip and knee arthroplasty surgical procedure and remedy of arthritic hip and knee circumstances. He was on the complete time school on the University of California, San Francisco from 1997 to 2013 the place he was Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chief of Arthroplasty. During this time he additionally participated usually in laboratory and scientific analysis. Dr. Ries has printed 210 peer reviewed journal articles and 52 guide chapters on subjects associated to scientific outcomes and biomaterials utilized in hip and knee substitute.
What differentiates D. Ries most from his peer group is that he has helped develop a quantity of hip and knee replacements and is an inventor on 45 US patents for hip and knee substitute gadgets. He can be a father of three energetic youngsters, husband to an attractive Russian spouse, avid skier, and family handyman.
Welcome Michael, and thanks for being with us right this moment! Why do not you begin by telling our readers a bit about your journey to changing into a printed creator?
I’m an orthopaedic surgeon and most of my profession has been in educational medication. That implies that I journey and converse at so much of medical conferences. The subjects introduced and mentioned at these conferences cope with medical points and new hip and knee substitute innovations are typically not included. Over the previous 5 – 6 years it appears, I’ve been requested by some of the youthful surgeons attending these conferences the way to develop concepts for enhancements in hip and knee substitute gadgets. When I responded to those questions I observed that some of the non-medical individuals within the viewers appeared very within the dialogue, and I assumed that perhaps others can be serious about studying a guide about it.
What is The Joint Kitchen about?
This guide is a narrative about the place concepts for innovations come from. It describes how splendidly environment friendly the conventional hip and knee joint actually are, and why we won’t make hip and knee replacements as excellent as the conventional joints we have been born with.
Then a physician who discovered himself simply cleansing the kitchen, making ready meals, opening a wine bottle, unscrewing a jar high, using a chairlift, fishing, snowboarding, or watching snowflakes fall drew related pictures on a paper that became patents for brand new hip and knee replacements. The story means that when our thoughts is in a peaceable state of tranquility the artistic and downside fixing components of our mind can magically join and create a brand new concept.
What impressed you to jot down The Joint Kitchen?
I’ve helped develop a quantity of hip and knee substitute gadgets through the years. I actually did not know why the concepts for these innovations type of popped into my head, however I did know precisely the place I used to be and what I used to be doing when so much of them occurred. It turned out that the place I used to be and what I used to be doing have been instantly associated to pictures that grew to become new hip and knee substitute patents. I by no means actually thought anybody would have an interest on this, however each every now and then somebody would ask me how I bought all these concepts. When I responded with some easy examples, it appeared to make excellent sense to them. I believe that this course of occurs to all of us on varied ranges, and hoped that by writing about my story it could encourage others to develop their concepts.
Such an excellent title – clearly impressed by your revelations within the kitchen! How did on daily basis kitchen/meals objects spark your concepts and when did you notice your kitchen was such a wealth of inspiration?
I’m not a lot of a cook dinner, however simply wind up within the kitchen so much of instances often to repair one thing fast and straightforward to eat for my children or myself sometimes within the morning. It’s considerably of a really peaceable and tranquil time even when what you might want to do this day is within the again of your thoughts. It appears that that is when concepts come to you – if you find yourself not attempting to consider one.
The complete course of of taking an bizarre orange and seeing its potential as half of new hip substitute process, creating and creating the concept via drawings, and so forth., requires nice inventive expression. Tell us a bit about your inventive nature. Did you even take into account your self an artist?
I actually admire and respect artists. I do not take into account myself a lot of one, however I prefer to take photographs principally of landscapes or nature greater than individuals. I’ve additionally sat via so much of medical lectures, and once I see a slide full of phrases on it, my thoughts type of glazes over, however once I see a easy diagram or picture that is smart, I get it. There are so much of footage in The Joint Kitchen.
The subtitle of your guide: “A Handbook for Orthopaedic Inventors and Fraidy Cats Facing a Knee or Hip Replacement” signifies the data is right for medical doctors, inventors and other people in want of a knee or hip substitute. How does your guide cater to such very totally different audiences?
The guide is about how concepts for innovations will be created, however because it particularly describes medical gadgets I believe that well being care professionals within the orthopaedic discipline would have so much in widespread with the story. The Joint Kitchen additionally exhibits how the conventional hip and knee work, and the variations between the conventional joints and changed joints. That is one thing that anybody contemplating a joint substitute, and perhaps their family and friends often need to find out about. There can be an outline of how our thoughts thinks by connecting pictures, which I consider is much like what scientists and students who examine the mind have discovered. I hope that these sensible individuals also can discover The Joint Kitchen helpful to additional perceive how we create concepts.
What was your largest problem writing The Joint Kitchen?
Writing The Joint Kitchen was not too troublesome – I simply put pictures of what I used to be doing often within the kitchen and the corresponding patent drawings aspect by aspect and so they have been just about the identical. The largest problem was overcoming my worry that individuals would not prefer it. I suppose most authors most likely undergo that, so for me the difficulty was whether or not or to not put it on the market for everybody to see.
What do you love to do while you aren’t working, inventing new medical breakthroughs and writing?
I actually treasure each second I’ve with my household. We do so much collectively like ski, hike, and spend time within the outdoor. Some of the most effective instances for us have been travelling on RV journeys to new locations we’ve got by no means been to earlier than. My spouse and youngsters additionally tolerate me going away for every week or so yearly to take a back-country ski, golf or fishing journey with my mates.
What is the most effective recommendation you’ve got ever acquired, about writing, inventing, or about life usually?
When I’m unsure if an concept is worth it to pursue the most effective recommendation I’ve all the time had is to go forward and do it. That’s the one method you will see out.
What recommendation do you could have for aspiring authors and/or inventors?
For inventors, that is what the final two chapters in The Joint Kitchen are about. It describes a strategy to see in case your concept works, defend it, and switch it into actuality. Quite a bit of books have been written concerning the nuts and bolts of the way to file a patent and begin an organization or promote your concept, however mine is extra of a narrative about how to determine your individual path ahead.
For writers, I may not be the most effective to to offer recommendation, since I’m comparatively new at it. There is so much in widespread with publishing and inventing although, and the identical challenges that inventors face additionally occur to writers.
What’s subsequent, do you could have one other venture within the works?
Not but. I need to see how this one goes – up to now so good it appears, however I do have some ideas about one other guide. Writing for me is considerably like getting an concept for a brand new invention – you simply need to let it occur. So we’ll simply have to attend and see.
Where can readers join with you on social media to study extra about The Joint Kitchen?
I’m on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn and a straightforward strategy to begin is the creator web site www.michaelriesmd.com.
What variety of data is on the market in your web site?
There is an outline of the content material in The Joint Kitchen with an excellent little video that exhibits what it is about. There can be some details about me, hyperlinks to my patents, and a few current guide chapters and journal articles I’ve written.
Do you could have anything you’d prefer to share with our readers?
Writing and publishing a guide was not something I ever deliberate to do or anyplace on my bucket checklist, however I’m glad to have completed it. I’ve had so much of good feedback from individuals who have learn it and I’d extremely suggest doing this for anybody contemplating telling their story to others.