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AAOS Now, June 2018

Researcher Investigates New Ways to Treat ACL Injuries

Sharon Johnson

In the 1980s, Martha M. Murray, MD, was a graduate student pursuing a degree in materials science and engineering at Stanford University. She learned that a classmate would need surgery and six months of rehabilitation because his torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) wouldn’t—or couldn’t—heal. “Everything else in your body heals fine, I thought. Why doesn’t the ACL? Why can’t we sew it back together and get it to restore itself rather than having to replace it?” Dr.
Physician Happiness Cannot Be Ignored

Jeffrey M. Smith, MD

Earlier this year, Medscape released its Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2018 on lifestyle habits and happiness among physicians and surgeons. Overall, 32 percent of orthopaedic surgeons rated themselves as very or extremely happy at work, and 54 percent rated themselves as very or extremely happy outside of work (Figs. 1 and 2). The natural reaction of many competitive physicians is to compare themselves to those in other specialties.