Surgical site infections (SSIs) continue to ail today’s physicians, despite centuries of advancement in aseptic technique. Patients are constantly cautioned about the risks of hospital-acquired infe...
Global surgery is an area of study, research, practice, and advocacy that seeks to improve health outcomes and achieve health equity for all people who require surgical care, with a special emphasis o...
For years now, our regional trauma system has performed scheduled drills of potential mass casualty events: an airplane crash, a stadium event, a nightclub shooting, etc. Our team is prepared to care ...
Growing up I never idolized traditional movie stars and celebrities; my heroes came in the form of Hillary Clinton, Mia Hamm and Kerri Strug, women who through hard work persevered and succeeded in th...
The Hungarian obstetrician and a father of modern antiseptic techniques, Ignaz Semmelweis, risked his reputation when he took to stage at the Vienna Medical Society’s meeting on May 15, 1850. He was...
