Reflecting on a career

Janssen awarded lifetime achievement award for his work in spine surgery

Dr. Mike Janssen, owner of Saratoga Resort and Spa, was awarded the Life-time Achievement Award in Spine Surgery for the world by AOSpine in November.

Janssen said he had mixed feelings about the award. At first he was excited, but then he said he was sad, realizing life-time achievement awards sometimes indicate someone is at the end of their life or after they have passed on. "Most people are considered for life-time achievement awards after they have passed on rather than when they are making a difference," Janssen...