Spinal Cord Injury - Highlighting the Achievements of the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand (AFSH) (Symposium 1)

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Spinal Cord Injury - Highlighting the Achievements of the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand (AFSH) (Symposium 1) - 2012 Annual Meeting

Faculty: Scott H. Kozin, 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.

Duration: 6:30

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.