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By Gregory G. Gallant MD, MBA I would like to thank ASSH Perspectives for allowing me to give my opinion on “what does it mean to be a great hand surgeon?” First of all, I am never comfortable saying that I am great at anything. I think it goes back to when I first drove […]
By JJ Keyser, MD, FACS, MBA In a strictly legal sense, to be a surgeon you need only a medical license, a patient, and perhaps a decent light source. To be an intelligent, safe surgeon you need, first, to have entered the field of medicine for all the right reasons and have become a good […]
By Thomas G. Stackhouse, MD My first day of medical school, I was sitting in the rear of the dimly lit amphitheater with my new classmates. This hall harkened back to a time 100 years ago. Imagine the painting “The Gross Clinic” by Eakins. The steep seating allowed for a clear view of the lectern […]
By Nicolás Rene Thumm, MD It is not easy to summarize in a few words a topic that can primarily be read as self-referential, even self-centered or narcissistic. On the contrary, I feel that it should be approached from a humble perspective, and focused on our patients, environment, and the society where we live. As […]
By William Van Wyk, MD For me to define what it means to be a great hand surgeon may be a bit presumptive. There are surgeons who are inventors, academics, developers of revolutionary techniques, and those who concentrate on treating patients in their practice. I would say a great hand surgeon is knowledgeable, excellent technically, […]
By Kenneth F. Taylor, MD If you would have asked me a year ago about my bucket list, I am sure I would have thought about family vacations, finding time to read for pleasure, or any of the common things people say reflexively. Well, if you haven’t noticed, this year has been “different.” A worldwide […]
By Jacqueline Corona, MD “Hello, my name is Dr. Jacqueline Corona. Pleasure to meet you. … Yes, that’s right—Corona.” With every greeting to a newly arrived patient, the pandemic is inescapably conjured into my examination room. When I utter the word Corona through my n95 mask, it brings to the foreground of my patient encounters […]
By Jose Couceiro, MD, PhD I currently work in a 900-bed hospital in northern Spain, a government-run facility. The main change for me has been the diminishment of our response capacity. Following the government’s anti-COIVD measures, the number of patients in clinics has been restricted. All surgical cases, except life emergencies, are required to have […]
By Kathlyn J. Drexler, MD At the outset of the pandemic, our hospital scrambled to develop surge plans, and most physicians in other fields and specialties were deployed to new posts within the hospital. But it seemed there was no reasonable way to repurpose an orthopod, so our department was reduced to working half of our […]
By Nathaniel S. Orillaza Jr., MD The early stages of the pandemic closed the doors of so many hospitals to non-COVID-related consults. In anticipation of the surge of cases that will need the facilities and require intensive care, Orthopedics, like most other times, is low priority compared to more life-threatening conditions. It seemed natural to […]