The podcast "Behind the Breakthrough" features Dr. Hance Clarke, an anesthesiologist and director of
pain services at Toronto's University Health Network, discussing the challenges of managing pain after
surgery. Dive into the consequences of the lack of a protocol and the scope and scale of addiction in
Canada as a result of post-surgery pain.
Dr. Clarke discusses the need for a balance between patient comfort and preventing addiction, and how
his research protocols are used to achieve this balance. The opioid crisis has led to a focus on pain as a
part of the process, and how to support patients through the hospital system
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