Aug 14, 2015 | AAHKS Leadership, In the News, Residents
The AAHKS delegate to the AMA, Christopher J. Dangles, MD, recently took part in the AMA Wire’s “Shadow Me” Specialty Series that offers a glimpse to medical students about what a physician’s life is like in their specialty. Dr. Dangles talks about what a typical week...
Aug 7, 2015 | In the News, Research
MD Magazine reported on a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, “Impact of total knee arthroplasty using patient reported pain and health-related quality of life indices: Rheumatoid arthritis versus osteoarthritis.” The study included data from 18,897...
Jul 31, 2015 | In the News
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looks at data on patient access to health care. Using the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey data from 2012-2015, researchers examined insurance coverage, access to primary care,...
Jul 24, 2015 | In the News, Membership
Orthopedics Today published an interview with four orthopaedists, including AAHKS past president John J. Callaghan, MD, on the challenges and benefits of pursuing academic medicine. They explore topics of balancing clinical practice, research, education and...
Jul 24, 2015 | In the News
A week after ProPublica put its “surgeon scorecard” online for public use, HealthLeaders Media published a commentary on its flaws. The database uses Medicare billing records on death and complication rates of common surgeries to rate individual surgeons....
Jul 24, 2015 | In the News, Research
The online news source AsiaOne reported on a study of the molecular structure of squid beaks and how the same material might be ideal for joint implants. The study was published in Nature Chemical Biology last month by Ali Miserez, Assistant Professor at Nanyang...
