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Tag: preparation

Careful Preparation

By Joseph M. Sherrill, MD I appreciate the opportunity to discuss or share with the ASSH Perspective Audience how I emotionally handle bad treatment outcomes, and how these experiences have shaped me as a surgeon. I am 70 years old and have worked in a busy private practice model since 1980, and more recently in […]

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Making Time to Focus

By Abram Kirschenbaum, MD In a busy hand surgery practice, good communication sometimes depends on being able to do more than one thing at a time. I run very hands-on, small-shop office hours. By this I mean I often draw up my own injections after interviewing and examining a patient, which frees staff members to attend […]

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Leadership Requires Preparation

By Marc E. Walker, MD, MBA When asked to write this piece, I spent a considerable amount of time trying to identify circumstances and common threads when I have either been called to lead or have volunteered for it.  Reflecting on several such situations, I found that leadership for me is more a strategy than […]

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