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Tag: volunteerism

Building Homes for Those in Need

By John G. Lunt, MD My bucket list has included a number of realistic and an equal number of outlandish items. Learning Italian so I can order in the native tongue a pie in Positano is perhaps real and outlandish at the same time, but I’ve always wanted to see the splendors in Antarctica, hear […]

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Just Do It

By Julie A. Melchior, MD I’ve been practicing hand surgery for 23 years since finishing my fellowship, in two different states. Being clinical faculty at a university working with residents and medical students, and teaching hand therapists at regional courses, has been a great learning experience for me and hopefully educational and helpful for them. […]

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My Next Journey

By Mark Yuhas, MD Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of taking care of patients of all ages and with a variety of hand and upper extremity conditions here in my own community.  The variety of challenges has created a personal satisfaction and accomplishment that inspires me to want to continue to pursue […]

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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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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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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 […]

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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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Hand Surgery Practice In Retirement

By Robert L. Horner, MD Doors have been opened because I choose to be a Hand Surgeon. There had been a limit for membership to 100 in the American Society for Surgery of the Hand –but, just in time for me, that arbitrary number was upped to 125, and I was elected to membership in […]

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