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AAOS Now, July 2016

Taking the Big Bite

Matthew J. Wilson, MBBS (Lond), FRCS (Eng), FRCS (TR&Orth); Derek Amanatullah, MD; Atul F. Kamath, MD; Bharath Loganathan, MBBS, D.Ortho, MS (Ortho), MRCS (Edin)

"If you're going to chew on something for a long time, make sure you take a big bite!" So advised William H. Harris, MD, director emeritus of the Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, during a once-in-a-lifetime lunchtime meeting. This message on how to approach research and career opportunities, rather than simply our sandwiches, was a fitting take-home message for all of us.