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Dr. Jeffrey L. Gum, Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgeon at the Norton Leatherman Spine Center and Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, explains his group’s study investigating this problem. He discusses the important factors that trainees should prioritize, the pitfalls and common mistakes and misperceptions that trainees have when looking for that first job, and how to do it right.

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Dr. Fernando Vilella-Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Miami and Chief Medical Officer for Orthopaedics at Jackson Memorial Hospital discusses the management of distal femoral fractures in the elderly. ORIF vs distal femoral replacement, technical considerations for distal femoral replacement, what the current literature teaches us, and challenges when managing these injuries are discussed.

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Joshua Pahys, MD from Shriners Hospitals for Children – Philadelphia and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Jefferson University discusses prevention of infection after spine surgery. Although uncommon, postoperative deep infections can be devastating and require extensive treatment to overcome. He gives his top 5 tips to prevent infection, describes the current evidence behind topical antibiotics like vancomycin, the biggest challenges we continue to face, and what researchers are currently investigating to improve our abilities to prevent infections.

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Dr. Sommer Hammoud, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Associate Residency Director at Jefferson University Hospitals and the Rothman Institute, Head Team Physician for Saint Joseph’s University, Bryn Athyn College, Cairn University, and the Philadelphia Phoenix, and Head Orthopaedic Surgeon for Jefferson University discusses the management of collegiate athletes. She gives her top 5 tips for success in this field, the biggest challenges facing physicians who care for collegiate athletes, and upcoming changes that team physicians should anticipate and prepare for.

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Dr. Ryan Schreiter, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, co-head Team Physician of Temple Football, Team Physician for Temple Athletics addresses issues related to conflicts of interest (COI) that team physicians face. Why should there be team doctors rather than just having athletes go and see their own physicians for all of their care? How is the physician/patient relationship different when the doctor is the team doctor? How should the team doctor establish the trust of both the team and the athletes? How are COI issues managed and resolved?

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Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA, Patty and Jay Baker Endowed Chair in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical College discusses his top 5 tips for success in the treatment of patients with these methods. He also discusses how he developed his interest in this field, what residents should consider as they go through their training, and how to continually improve as a surgeon.

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Surena Namdari MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Director of Shoulder & Elbow Research at Rothman Institute and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals discusses c acnes (formerly p acnes) and the challenges this organism presents in shoulder surgery. Often found without clinical infection, it nonetheless is prevalent in shoulder revision surgery and presents diagnostic challenges. Dr. Namdari discusses the clinical problems, the current literature, his own tips and approaches to these patients, and what research is hoping to improve for us in the future.

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Harold van Bosse, MD, Attending at Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, and Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at both Temple and Jefferson Medical Schools discusses the principles of management of arthrogryposis. He explains the basics about arthrogryposis, the treatment principles for success, the main challenges facing surgeons who manage these patients, and potential future developments in the field.

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John Fowler, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Assistant Dean for Medical Student Research at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses the evolution of ultrasound both for diagnostic and therapeutic applications in hand surgery. He explains why this is an important technique to learn, what the evidence shows regarding its benefit, how he uses it in his own busy hand surgery practice, and the challenges and obstacles for those who are considering adding this to their practices.

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Jeffrey M. Smith, MD, orthopaedic traumatologist, surgeon coach, and founder of SurgeonMasters.com discusses the importance of surgeon coaching. What are the problems that surgeons don’t even realize they can improve? Why is coaching emerging in healthcare professions now? Does coaching work? And what are the challenges with surgeon coaching?

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