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Tag: mentorship

My Career Course

By Luis Bolano, MD A few days ago I ran across this image authored by Tim Urban (1) and saved it to my photos. I thought it was a great perspective and a very useful frame for how we navigate through life. The next day, I was invited by ASSH PERSPECTIVES to submit on the […]

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A Fork in the Road. Followed by a Road Trip.

By Steve Duquette, MD I am extremely fortunate. I love my practice. I love the people I work with. My wife and family are happy here. We weren’t supposed to be here. The Covid-19 pandemic has created turmoil and tragedy across the entire globe over the past 2 years. Personally, it completely changed my career. Once I had matched into […]

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My Final “Fork” in the Road

By Rodger D. Powell, MD When asked to contribute to the newsletter, my topic was what “fork in the road” decided my ultimate career. Two thoughts immediately came to mind. First, it would be abundantly clear that I am not a writer. Secondly, that there was more than one fork that determined my final choice. […]

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Early Mentorship Is Crucial

By Todd A. Rubin, MD In the throes of training, whether medical school, residency, or fellowship, the ever so-called “fork in the road” can sometimes seem more like the glass bridge from the 2021 viral Netflix hit Squid Games. Before matriculating to medical school, I was a promising student at Emory University with goals of […]

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Continued Mentorship

By Simon MacLean, MBChB, FRCS(Tr&Orth), PGDipCE As hand surgeons, we’re always looking to improve results for our patients. Surgery is an art and pushes us as individuals. Success as a surgeon relies not just on technical expertise but also creative thought; problem-solving, generation of ideas, and a multitude of interpersonal and self-analytical skills. Success as […]

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Mentorship

By Omri Ayalon, MD Repetition and focus leads to greater comfort, and generally, better results. In reflecting on the first 5 years of my practice, this is true of the surgical procedures I perform, my ability to effectively communicate with patients, and my ability to run an efficient practice and manage a team. This was […]

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How My Professional Life Has Changed

By Antonia Russomando, MD I thought a lot about this topic.  It’s not easy to talk about all things that a surgeon can learn in this amount of time. I think that, like every surgeon who loves his job, one of my main issues was to get new skills and to improve my technical attitude. […]

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Goals for My Career

By Joo-Yup Lee, MD, PhD As an international member of ASSH, it is my great pleasure to have a chance to look back upon my professional career as an orthopedic and hand surgeon. Since I graduated from medical school 26 years ago, I have pursued the academic career path and now I am working as […]

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Attending Trauma

By Antonio Tufi Neder Filho, MD, PhD Hand Surgery is a fascinating specialty promoting rehabilitation of patients in the main objective. For this, the hand surgeon has at his reach a great variety of procedures that warrant ability and accuracy. During all of my professional career, I consider my major strength as an orthopedist and […]

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How Did I Get Here?

By Lindsey Caldwell, MD When asked “How did you end up in orthopaedic surgery? And why hand surgery?” my answer usually goes something like this: sort of haphazardly. Having grown up in a non-medical family, there were no doctors (much less hand surgeons) to expose me to the field. Going to college I knew I […]

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