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Clinical & Surgical Practice
Emerging techniques, complications, biologics and non-surgical adjuncts.
On Air · Broadcasting Bi-Weekly
Chicago
TheanklmanPodcast
A foot and ankle surgery podcast dedicated to free, accessible education — breaking down proprietary barriers in medicine.
With Anish R. Kadakia, MD
Lisfranc ORIF vs Primary FusionSyndesmotic FixationTotal Ankle ArthroplastyCharcot ReconstructionAchilles FHL TransferPilon FracturesMIS Bunion CorrectionPeroneal Tendon RepairAdult-Acquired FlatfootRevision Hindfoot FusionThe Business of F&ALisfranc ORIF vs Primary FusionSyndesmotic FixationTotal Ankle ArthroplastyCharcot ReconstructionAchilles FHL TransferPilon FracturesMIS Bunion CorrectionPeroneal Tendon RepairAdult-Acquired FlatfootRevision Hindfoot FusionThe Business of F&ALisfranc ORIF vs Primary FusionSyndesmotic FixationTotal Ankle ArthroplastyCharcot ReconstructionAchilles FHL TransferPilon FracturesMIS Bunion CorrectionPeroneal Tendon RepairAdult-Acquired FlatfootRevision Hindfoot FusionThe Business of F&A
The WhyNo paywalls. No infallibility.
No paywalls. No infallibility.
Just honest, interactive learning to push the field forward.
Real talk on emerging techniques, handling complications, practice management, and physician well-being — built to move beyond the standard didactic and into the conversations that actually change how the work gets done.
Core Topics
Four subjects the show keeps returning to.
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Practice Management
Workflows with PAs and NPs, insurance, the mechanics of running a practice.
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Physician Well-being
Burnout, imposter syndrome, and the work-life balance we don't talk about enough.
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Professional Development
Research teams, industry relations, medical missions, and the long arc of a career.
Latest TransmissionApril 15, 2026
Episode
007
Deep-Dive
Region · Ankle
Runtime · 68 min
When to convert ankle fusion to TAR
with Nora Patel, MD, MD
Conversion of a prior ankle arthrodesis to total ankle replacement — patient selection, the technical pitfalls that still catch experienced surgeons, bone stock, alignment strategy, and the expectations conversation that determines whether the patient is actually better off.
The Editorial Code
How this show gets made.
Technique is honest.
We show what we do, why, and where the evidence is thin.
Cases have imaging.
Every Case Rounds episode ships with de-identified pre-op, intra-op, and post-op imaging.
Papers are named.
Every citation referenced on air lands in the show notes.
Disclosures are plain.
Industry relationships are disclosed at episode open and in the notes.
About the HostFull bio
I'm Anish..
Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Surgeon
I'm an orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon at Northwestern Memorial and on faculty at Feinberg. My practice is reconstruction, sports, trauma, and adult deformity.
I started this podcast because the most useful conversations in foot and ankle surgery usually happen off-mic. This is my attempt to put them on the record.
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