Dr. Jacques Hacquebord: Hand Surgery in Patient Treatment, Part 1
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Release Date: 02/14/2024
Kate Parkin, Mary Reilly, Angela Stolfi, and Christina Tafurt: Clinical Practice of Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech-Language Pathology, Part 1
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
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Dr. Heidi Fusco, Alaina B. Hammond, Dr. Jessica Rivetz: Traumatic Brain Injury, Part 1
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
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Dr. Darryl Kaelin: Traumatic Brain Injury and its Association with Neurodegenerative Disorders, Part 1
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
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Dr. Julie Silver: Strategies to Address Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Part 1
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Julie Silver is an associate professor and associate chairperson in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School PART 1 Her presentation is a data-driven lecture for individuals who believe in science. A big theme in her work is to focus on tipping points that will drive change faster. An important large study reported in the journal Lancet in 2018 attracted widespread attention. Researchers looked at clinical practice guidelines. They found that the representation of female authors was low, but even lower for female physicians. Looking at PM&R...
info_outlineDr. Jacques Hacquebord is Chief of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery at NYU Langone Health. He also serves as the co-chief of the Hand Surgery service at Bellevue Hospital (a Level 1 trauma and regional replant center) and co-chief of the Center for Amputation Reconstruction. He did his surgical residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Washington and the world-renowned trauma center Harborview Medical Center and did his fellowship in Hand/Microsurgery at the University of California at Irvine with Dr Neil Jones. He then completed two traveling fellowships in reconstructive microsurgery and brachial plexus surgery with the first in China and then the second at Ganga Hospital in India. His principal clinical interest and passion within hand and orthoplastic surgery is the primary management and secondary reconstruction of the traumatized upper extremity. This includes replantation surgery, reconstruction of bone and soft tissues deficits in the upper extremity, and complex nerve reconstruction surgery.
The discussion in Part 1 included the following items: reason for deciding to practice in hand surgery; common health problems that result in patients undergoing hand surgery, influence of gender on the onset of health problems, kinds of health problems children experience, patient expectations of what will result from hand surgery, use of wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet surgery (WALANT), and patients’ level of cooperation in achieving positive surgical outcomes.