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Introduction - Highlighting the Achievements of the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand (AFSH) (Symposium 1) - 2012 Annual Meeting
Faculty: Richard H. Gelberman, MD
Upon completion of this session the attendee will be to:
- Discuss recent developments in the high impact areas of radius fracture, tendon injury, nerve injury, basal joint arthritis and spinal cord injury.
- Describe how a research career evolves from the early stages of seed grants and pilot studies to the established stage of seminal accomplishments supported by extramural research.
- Evaluate how five investigators have found a focus in a specific area of importance and how they have advanced their fields with sequential series of well-designed experimental studies.
Description
This symposium provides a unique perspective on career accomplishments
in the areas of radius fractures, tendon and nerve injury, basal joint
instability and arthritis, and the effects of spinal cord injury. Each
presenter, telling a story of the evolution of his/her research over
time, provides the clinical impact of their work and how their
continuing research will lead to improvements in the care of hand
surgery patients.