Killing Hope: A Resident’s Difficult but Necessary Reflection on How to Navigate Patient Expectations

Janice Bonsu, MD, MPH

My hardest consultation to date was for a young girl with a traumatic hand amputation.

Gun Violence Claims the Life of Another Orthopaedic Surgeon

Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA, FAAOS

Regardless of our political views, I hope we can all agree that we can no longer stand by and bear witness to the brutal murders of our colleagues in their places of work.

Mobility Should Be the New Fifth Vital Sign

Michael S. Sridhar, MD, FAAOS; Michael J. Colello, MD

In its 1999 national pain-management strategy, the Veterans Health Administration identified pain as the fifth vital sign to join the classic four of temperature, heart rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure.

Surgeons Explain Effectiveness of Generic Implant Use in Orthopaedic Trauma and Associated Cost Savings

Brian P. Cunningham, MD, FAAOS, FAOA; Stephen A. Doxey, DO

In 2016, an Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) survey reported that the majority (72 percent) of orthopaedic trauma surgeons knew about generic implants, but incorporation across the trauma community was limited.

Collaboration for Success: Fostering Ownership and Teamwork in Residency Programs

Melissa Wheeler, MA; Jeffrey Junko, MD, FAAOS

Orthopaedic residency training is intense and requires a high level of teamwork to achieve success.

From Mentee to Mentor: The Importance of Mentorship in Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Training

Chierika Ukogu, MD

As my third year of residency draws to a close, I, like many other residents, am entering into a period of deep self-reflection and introspection in an effort to craft a statement of purpose that itemizes the reasons why I am passionate about a certain subspecialty and, further, why I should be selected as a program’s future fellow.