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Category: May 2019

May is National Military Appreciation Month (NMAM). We reached out to several ASSH members who have served or who are currently serving in the armed forces and asked, “How has being a member of the military shaped your perspective as a hand surgeon?”

On the Shoulders of Giants

** This is the author’s opinion and does not represent the military or U.S. government. ** By Sean Moroze, MD, Capt, USAF MC We have all heard the phrase before: “on the shoulders of giants.” Usually it describes a certain feeling of acknowledgement and gratitude for those who have come before us — paving the […]

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Development of a Military Hand Surgeon

** This is the author’s opinion and does not represent the military or U.S. government. ** By LTC (P) Leon J. Nesti, MD, PhD My military experience has allowed me to gain a great appreciation for the sincere need for subspecialty training for surgery of the hand and has demonstrated the importance of maintaining and […]

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Humbled

** This is the author’s opinion and does not represent the military or U.S. government. ** By Fred P. O’Brien, MD I am an active duty orthopedic surgeon in the US Army, and I completed my orthopaedic and hand surgery training through military GME programs.  We have the privilege of caring for service members, their […]

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Where to Begin?

** This is the author’s opinion and does not represent the military or U.S. government. ** By Colonel Patrick Pollock, MD The clinic patients, challenges with an EHR, and time in the operating rooms are similar to civilian experiences. The differences that I have experienced that make the military medical profession unique relate to the […]

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Lessons I’ve Learned

By Col. Matthew D. Putnam, MD ** This is the author’s opinion and does not represent the military or U.S. government. ** ALCON, I am writing in response to an ASSH request that those of us who’ve served in the Military describe their Military Service. 100 words or less? Not possible. When terrorists flew passenger […]

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Guiding How We Approach Medicine

By Genevieve M. Rambau, MD ** This is the author’s opinion and does not represent the military or U.S. government. ** Although I cannot call myself a full “military hand surgeon” quite yet, as I am only about to finish residency and begin my hand fellowship this fall, I have already been struck by how […]

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Perspective

By Kenneth F. Taylor, MD ** This is the author’s opinion and does not represent the military or U.S. government. ** It’s been seven years since I took off my uniform for the last time and almost twelve years since I left Baghdad. Yet it’s still a big part of who I am. It doesn’t […]

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To Serve a Greater Purpose

By Leah Triolo, MD, MC, LTC ** This is the author’s opinion and does not represent the military or U.S. government. ** Homo chirurgimanus militum – To Serve a Greater Purpose Memorial Day is a time to remember those who have served and paid the ultimate sacrifice. One of last Army Rangers to storm the […]

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