Surgeon

Clark Gamblin, MD, MS, MBA, ran “on the moon” in Antarctica, under hang gliders in South Africa, and next to a starlit ocean in Australia.

Leading dermatology organizations called on the U.S. surgeon general to continue its call to action to prevent skin cancer, the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association announced in a press release.

Female surgeons had fewer surgical and total complications in elective and acute care cholecystectomies but longer operating times compared with male surgeons, according to data in JAMA Surgery.

According to published results, a two-surgeon model allows inexperienced surgeons to achieve consistent and reproducible operative performance when treating adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

I never wanted to be a family physician. I wanted to be a surgeon.

Kinesiology tape improves a surgeon’s posture while preforming surgery and decreases long-term strain and risk for musculoskeletal injury, according to a poster presented at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery annual meeting.

Surveyed female medical students indicated they were more interested in nonsurgical specialties than their male counterparts, according to research presented at the Women in Medicine Summit.

Surgeon charges and payments are not increasing at the same rate as hospital charges and payments for total hip arthroplasty, even with stable patient comorbidity rates and a decreasing length of stay, according to study results.

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — At the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium, Purnima S. Patel, MD, discusses how the annual meeting provides professional development and innovative content for clinicians, surgeons and industry leaders.