Despite all the advances made in Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) over the last 4 decades, sinus surgery in most of Cuba today is still being performed using open approaches. Because of this...
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Practice Building for the Young Surgeon: Putting the Three A’s into Practice
It is often said that the keys to building a successful new practice are the three A’s: availability, affability, and ability. But what does that actually mean? What are the practical steps a surgeo...
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Defining the Resident Role in the Operating Room
In recent years, expectations and requirements for attending supervision of residents in the operating room has increased. This has led to ambiguity for both residents and attendings as to how and whe...
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A New Year – A New You?
Every year close to half of Americans make New Year’s Resolutions. They commit to losing weight, eating healthy, exercising more, going to bed earlier, and on and on. Many of these types of resoluti...
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Thyroid Cancer Awareness
In my training as a surgical oncologist, I certainly performed my share of thyroidectomies and node excisions for thyroid cancer. My practice quickly focused on breast cancer once in academic practice...