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Tag: charity

Four Distinct Qualities

By Gabriel Merlin, MD Being a hand surgeon is a privilege and an honor that is shared by every one of us. Our predecessors encouraged us to join the field by demonstrating the qualities that we aim to project ourselves. These important qualities include creativity, versatility, family, and the desire to give back. These four important traits […]

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Fun and Fulfillment in Community Service

By Barry J. Gainor, MD As physicians, our focus is dedication to serving our patients, but we all have gifts or talents that can be shared with our community. Doctors can mentor youngsters at risk, advocate for political or legislative change, staff a summer camp for special needs kids, participate in outreach clinics for the underserved, volunteer at […]

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The Environment May Have Recognized You but You Didn’t Recognize It

By Michael G. Galvez, MD We must consider the environment in our field of hand and upper extremity. Why? Believing that the United States has unlimited resources is a contributing factor to why our healthcare system is broken. A broken healthcare system that prioritizes patients with health insurance results in delayed care for many patients. […]

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Global Conservation

By Cary Tanner, MD Dr. Lutsky posed the above question for consideration in ASSH Perspectives. Anyone can correct me if I am wrong, but I propose that the best model for conservation is one in which the human spirit is unfettered with regulation, government survey standards, the specter of liability, and where financial support is […]

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Man’s Search for Meaning

By Gary D. Salomon, MD I am writing this while on a surgical mission with Rotaplast in Firozabad, India.  I find the work I do on these missions to be extremely meaningful, as I do with my work at home. The book that comes immediately to mind is Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl. […]

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