Written by Bloom Magazine
Amar D. Rajadhyaksha, MD is a Board Certified, Fellowship-Trained Orthopedic Surgeon in Spine Surgery and Revisions at Miami Institute for Joint Reconstruction
We had the opportunity to speak to the very well known Dr. Amar D. Rajadhyaksha. And were able to get a peek into his life and learn more about his journey into medicine.
However, his story begins back in 1971 when his parents came to America from India. Prior to moving to the states his parents met in medical school in India and went through many battles to be together because they both were a part of different cultures and arranged marriages were still a thing. Against all odds they decided to get married, his mother’s father didn’t even attend the wedding.
To begin a new life after their schooling his parents took their first flight ever from Bombay to Boston. They only had five dollars in their pocket and landed with only three dollars. Why is that? Well back then if you wanted to watch a movie on the plane you needed to pay for the headset and it was one dollar a piece and they decided well if they only have five dollars what’s going to be the difference if we only have three. The experience of the flight was more important to them.
Once they arrived in Boston they completed their residences and training while living in a friend’s basement at the time. It was there where they had Dr. Amar and his brother and started their family. His parents' journey inspired him to pursue his education and work hard for his goals.
Since he was little he grew up around physicians so he always saw himself as a doctor, however, there was one thing he loved just as much and that is— baseball. He saw himself becoming a professional baseball player but later realized that it wasn’t the path for him but knew he wanted to get into sports medicine. One time at a Red Sox baseball game he saw the team's sports doctor and realized that he also worked at the same hospital as his mother. He got to watch the team doctor do his work and knew he would love to do that.
As time went on Dr. Amar evolved from sports medicine into becoming an orthopaedic surgeon to then specializing in the spine. He studied medicine at the New York Medical College, completed his fellowship at NYU hospital, conducted research at John Hopkins Medical Institutions, and completed additional training at Cornell University. He is now board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Fast forward to today, Dr. Amar has two beautiful kids and a wife. He enjoys spending time with his family and learning more about his kids everyday and how they can grow up in the same environment and be completely different and grow in their own way.
Since the global pandemic has put everyone in quarantine Dr. Amar stated that it has been great for his family to connect and spend more time with each other since he spends so much time away working. At his practice Miami Institute for Joint Reconstruction, they have implemented telemedicine services for their patients to be safe and still get their care. Along with limiting the amount of people they see per day to limit the amount of people in the waiting room.
In regards to workers compensation, he believes in getting the injured worker back to work as soon as safely possible. He tries to manage his work comp patients the same way he would his private patients, however, work comp patients tend to believe that someone is responsible for their injury. Which is understandable to him but the key thing is to find out what the actual injury is because for the spine he can find multiple tears. So the key thing for him when it comes to workers comp patients is finding the missing puzzle piece and identifying the contributing cause.
As time has gone by Dr. Amar has implemented the hard working values he learned from his parents and become the doctor he always wanted to be. His story is one of the most inspiring stories we have gotten to capture and I hope whoever is reading this takes away some valuable information and to remember to never give up on your goals.
