“The Stories That Aren't in the Book Part 1" With Drs. Beaty, LaVelle, and Calandruccio

Part 1 of 2. Dr. James Beaty, Dr. David LaVelle, and Dr. James Calandruccio have more than 100 combined years at Campbell Clinic. Beaty first walked through the doors in 1975. LaVelle started his residency in 1982 and spent forty years here. Calandruccio first came in 1954 as a child, when his father Rocco joined the staff.

This episode isn't about a single procedure or new technology. It's about getting the stories down before they're lost: the old guard who trained them, what the clinic was like when it was one building downtown, and the stories about Dr. Willis Campbell himself that have been handed down for generations. Along the way, they talk about what's changed in fifty years of orthopaedics, what hasn't, and why they still call it a calling.

Episode recap

00:00 Cold open: "That's where I was standing when they handed me the knife"

00:40 Introduction

02:45 How each of them found orthopaedics and Campbell Clinic

05:00 Out of the match, and a residency offer over the Christmas holidays

07:00 From 13 physicians in a 1919 downtown building to more than 50 across the Mid-South

11:03 Why 500 to 800 applicants compete for residency spots

14:01 Dr. Calandruccio: from 1954 as a child to joining the staff in 1991

15:07 The old guard: Rocco Calandruccio, Lee Milford, Marcus Stewart, Hugh Smith, Al Ingram, and more

22:48 From command and control to physician independence