J. Todd Walker is a dual board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist based in Austin, Texas, practicing with Texas Orthopedics Sports and Rehabilitation Associates. A former college athlete and type 1 diabetic who underwent open heart surgery as a child, Walker brings a rare personal perspective to patient care.
He is the cofounder of TurnKey AI Practice, a physician-built AI platform that has raised more than $1 million from fellow physicians to restore autonomy and eliminate burnout in medicine. He is also cofounder of Morning Rounds Coffee, a physician-owned company that gives back to doctors. Built by surgeons, for physicians.
Walker's research spans orthopedic sports medicine, regenerative medicine, and clinical practice innovation, with work appearing in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, and the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. A representative sample includes "Strategies to Identify Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Minimally Manipulated Human Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate Lack Consensus," "What Was the Change in Telehealth Usage and Proportion of No-show Visits for an Orthopaedic Trauma Clinic During the COVID-19 Pandemic?," and "Minimalist shoes: Risks and benefits for runners."
He is married to Ashleigh Porter, MD, an oncologist, and together they are raising their son, Hudson Samson Walker. Learn more at his website, and connect with him on Instagram and LinkedIn.
My colleague had a vision. Not the kind that comes from a business school classroom or a venture capital pitch competition, but the kind that comes from years of practicing medicine and watching colleagues slowly lose the thing that brought them into this field in the first place. Autonomy. Joy. The feeling that you are actually helping someone, not just generating documentation.
The three of us, my CEO colleague and two …
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