“I’d probably be a quadriplegic,” Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, an interventional cardiologist, said when asked what would have happened if two top neurosurgeons at his hospital hadn’t rushed him to the operating room (OR) for a cervical decompression in February this year. Dr. Kereiakes had orthopedic problems for years due to the heavy lead aprons he wore in the cath lab. He regularly dosed himself with steroids for disc pain so he could stand up straight and continue to do procedures.