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Dr. Gabriella Ode…

I Just Started Practice and Only Have 1 Surgery This Week – Will I Ever Get Busy?

Gabriella Ode, MD | Milton Little, MD, FAAOS September 13, 2021 Congratulations on the new job! You’ve made it through years of residency and fellowship training to get to this…

Dr. Amiethab Aiyer…

How to Succeed on Away Rotations

Amiethab Aiyer, MD | Matthew Varacallo, MD August 25, 2021 Welcome to away rotation season! This is a great way to showcase your capabilities, demonstrate your sense of team entirely…

Dr. Cara Cipriano…

How to Walk the Line Between Letting the Residents do the Surgery Versus Doing it Yourself as an Early Career Faculty

Cara Cipriano MD, FAAOS | Daniel Osei, MD, MSc, FAAOS August 17, 2021 There are many reasons why orthopedic surgery residents choose to pursue an academic career (Figure 1). Often…

Dr. Daniel Osei…

How Do I Earn the Best Fellowship?

28 Jul 20213 Aug 2021

Milton Little, MD, FAAOS | Daniel Osei, MD, MSc, FAAOS July 28, 2021 Every year during the summer before the fourth year of residency, there’s a level of anxiety that…

Dr. Claire McDaniel…

Manuscript Writing – Top 5 Pearls to Getting Your Manuscript Accepted

Claire McDaniel, MD | Liana Tedesco, MD July 21, 2021 You have done the data collection and analytics for your research project, now what? It is time to write the…

Dr. Amiethab Aiyer…

Menteeship 101: How Can I Be a Great Mentee?

8 Jul 20219 Jul 2021

Matthew Varacallo, MD | Amiethab Aiyer, MD July 8, 2021 “Here I am, ready for you to mentor me!” While on the surface this may sound like the best and…

Dr. Cory Smith…

Research During Medical School – how Do I Navigate?

Elizabeth Dennis, MD | Cory Smith, MD June 16, 2021 There are a few things that strike fear and anxiety in the hearts of medical students universally: Step 1 (up…

Dr. Amiethab Aiyer…

Should I Take a Year Off to do Research?

Amiethab Aiyer, MD | Jonathan Kaplan, MD | Matthew Varacallo, MD June 4, 2021 So you’ve spent some time in the clinic and the operating room and you’ve decided orthopedics…

Amiethab Aiyer…

I’m Scrubbed In and I’m stuck! What Do I Do?

Amiethab Aiyer, MD, FAAOS; William Levine, MD, FAAOS May 19, 2021 You’ve planned and planned. This is the case you’ve been waiting to do and have felt the most ready…

Dr. Cory Smith…

Ugh…My Patient Needs Surgery But I Have Never Done the Procedure…What to Do?

Elizabeth Dennis, MD | Cory Smith, MD May 5, 2021 You walk out and shut the door, exchanging pleasantries on the way. As the door shuts you panic. The patient…

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