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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 […]
By Ronit Wollstein, MD I have a very distinct memory of my husband and I sitting in a completely packed-up house waiting for the movers to come and looking at each other thinking, are we really sure we want to do this? We were preparing to move to a new location after fellowship. For the […]
By Cesar J. Bravo, MD Diversity is often defined as the presence of differences within a given setting, and Equity is frequently defined as the process of ensuring that processes and programs are impartial and fair. Finally, Inclusion is often defined as the practice of ensuring that people feel a sense of belonging in the […]
By Sonia Chaudhry, MD, FAAOS We have all had the experience of asking a colleague about a difficult case and receiving prompt advice. Most often we get technical pearls, but just as importantly, one can point out differential diagnoses to consider, crucial diagnostic workups, equipment to have available, or postoperative considerations, to name a few. If […]
By Cheng-Yu Yin, MD It is my pleasure to share my experience with the members of ASSH, and I, as a young hand surgeon from a small island, am very grateful for having the opportunity to write ASSH Perspectives. Although it may depend on different cultures for specialty preference of orthopedics, hand surgery is not […]
By Rodrigo Guerra Sabongi, MD My first memories of orthopedic practice come in a cloudy way. When I was eight years old, during a long car trip to visit my grandparents’ house in the country side of Sao Paulo state, I was deeply distracted with a radiographic film left in the car. During the long […]
By Koji Moriya, MD I am honored to contribute to ASSH Perspectives. Here, I would like to introduce my mentor and discuss our challenge to the conventional view of primary flexor tendon repair. Professor Tatsuya Tajima, the legendary Japanese hand surgeon, had trained many hand surgeons in Japan. My mentor, Dr. Takae Yoshizu, is one […]
By Paul Zidel, MD “What is your greatest strength as a hand surgeon, and how could you improve?” That was the topic assigned to me. How can I answer in an interesting, insightful, and meaningful way? To paraphrase The Princess Bride movie, prepare for disappointment. At first, I was intrigued when asked to expound upon […]
By Takaya Mizuseki, MD Professor Kenya Tsuge was a world-renowned hand surgeon who reported many new ideas and techniques in the field of hand surgery. He was a great man not only in the academic career but also in private life. I am privileged to have worked with him since he assumed a position as a Director […]
By Takehiko Takagi, MD, PhD About 20 years ago, during one summer vacation as a medical student in Japan, I visited Dr. Arnold-Peter Weiss at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, in Providence, RI, and took part in the clinical clerkship to learn the basics of hand surgery. This marked the beginning of my career as […]