Editor’s Note: Joyful moments experienced during training and in practice. I attended medical school at a prestigious medical institution. During one of our lectures, a medical specialist showed us a film of patients who were afflicted with a commonly recognized...
Editor’s Note: The wisdom described here has led to a satisfying career. I was invited to interview at an orthopedic residency program I was very interested in. I sat across the desk from the chairman who had recently been the president of the AAOS. He was known to be...
Editor’s Note: Wonderful examples of reaching out to young women to promote careers in orthopedic surgery. Over two decades ago, while in private practice, I was invited to join a panel of three “strong women” for the benefit of a group of medical students. The...
Editor’s Note: Negative events experienced during an orthopedic chief residency year. It was the beginning of my chief residency year in an inner-city hospital system. Overall, it had been a good summer for me. I performed many surgeries and the patients did...
Editor’s Note: This account reminds us of the bell-shaped curve of human integrity and how staying true to one’s values has its own rewards. As a junior faculty member at a prestigious institution, I had a rude awakening. As one of the authors of a multicenter...
