Touching Hands Project – ASSH Perspectives

My Journey

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 […]

A Need For Increased Volunteerism

By Charles Ekstein, MD I’ll always be grateful for the training and mentorship that I received during my fellowship year, a formative compendium on hand surgery from some of the most respected surgeons at the Hospital for Special Surgery. From complex wrist reconstructions to total elbow replacements and everything in between, it was one of […]

More International Experience Is Needed

By Yuri C. Lansinger, MD One thing I wish I could have crammed into an already packed year of hand surgery fellowship is an international hand surgery experience, either through a visiting fellowship or a medical mission trip. Some fellowship programs may already incorporate it; others may have sought out such opportunities on their own […]

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My Journey

A Need For Increased Volunteerism

More International Experience Is Needed

My Career Course

A Fork in the Road. Followed by a Road Trip.