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Associated Press
04-08-2025
- Health
- Associated Press
'Hail and Farewell' Ceremony Honors Incoming Fellows and Graduating Class of 2024–25 at Steadman Philippon Research Institute and The Steadman Clinic
VAIL, Colo., Aug. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Each July, Steadman Philippon Research Institute (SPRI) and The Steadman Clinic pause to honor a time-honored tradition—celebrating the accomplishments of outgoing fellows while embracing the arrival of a new class of aspiring surgeons. This year's 'Hail and Farewell' ceremony, held on July 31 at Donovan Pavilion, marked a meaningful milestone in the journey of surgical fellows who have dedicated a year to intensive subspecialty training. The event brought together colleagues, mentors and staff to recognize the achievements of the departing 2024–25 fellows and welcome the incoming 2025–26 cohort. Ten new surgical fellows were welcomed to SPRI and The Steadman Clinic, embarking on a 12-month training program under the mentorship of internationally renowned surgeons, scientists and researchers. The fellowship programs include the ACGME-accredited Sports Medicine Fellowship, AOFAS-accredited Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship and the Spine Fellowship, welcoming its first fellow this year. As the new fellows began their journey, 10 graduating fellows concluded theirs—each stepping into advanced roles at some of the nation's leading clinics and hospitals. Their time at SPRI and The Steadman Clinic reflects not only technical excellence but a deep engagement with collaborative care and pioneering research. 'Over the past two decades, our fellows' program has produced some of the country's most distinguished orthopaedic surgeons,' said Marc J. Philippon, M.D., Managing Partner of The Steadman Clinic, Chairman of SPRI, and Co-Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship and Hip Preservation & Reconstruction Fellowship. 'Their impact is evident not only across the field but right here at home—nine members of our current surgical team first joined us as fellows.' Fellows receive hands-on clinical training while also contributing to the future of orthopaedics through original research. Each fellow is responsible for authoring peer-reviewed projects and presenting their findings to the SPRI Research Faculty and Scientific Advisory Board prior to graduation. 'What sets our program apart is the depth of mentorship and the collaborative spirit that infuses both SPRI and The Steadman Clinic,' said Matthew T. Provencher, M.D., M.B.A., Co-Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship. 'Fellows are integrated fully into patient care and research efforts. The relationships they build here—with staff, patients and each other—form a lasting foundation.' The program is guided by a group of esteemed faculty: Incoming fellows also benefit from close collaboration with Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Johnny Huard and his team at SPRI, whose research into biologic treatments and healthy aging is making a significant impact on orthopaedic clinical care. SPRI's departments also include Biomedical Engineering, which includes Robotics, Biomotion and Surgical Skills Laboratories and clinical outcomes research. Through the clinical fellowships, SPRI and The Steadman Clinic are committed to training the orthopaedic leaders of tomorrow in surgical excellence, patient care and the importance of research integration within clinical practice. The 10 physicians that form the incoming 2025-26 class of fellows are listed below, followed by the place of their medical residencies: Sports Medicine Monica Arney, M.D., University of Virginia Mikalyn DeFoor, M.D., CAPT, U.S.A.F., M.C., San Antonio Military Medical Center/Brooke Army Medical Center (Texas) Shane Korber, M.D., University of Southern California Devin Leland, M.D., Mayo Clinic (Minn.) Charles Lin, M.S., M.D., New York University Langone Health Lucy Meyer, M.D., Duke University (N.C.) Brendon Mitchell, M.A., M.D., University of California San Diego Colby Wollenman, M.D, Vanderbilt University (Tenn.) Foot & Ankle Elise Grzeskiewicz, M.D., Vanderbilt University (Tenn.) Spine Patrick Young, M.D., University of South Alabama The outgoing fellows from the Class of 2024-25, followed by their new professional positions: Sports Medicine Neil Blanchard, M.D., Penn State Health (Pa.) Joseph Featherall, M.D., University of Utah Samuel Huntley, M.D., M.P.H., Orthopedic Centers of Colorado Jason Long, M.D., M.B.A., Nebraska Orthopedic Center Colin Murphy, M.D., Southeast Orthopedic Specialists (Fla). Benjamin Rothrauff, M.D., Ph.D., Atrium Health (N.C.) Jordan Teel, M.D, United Regional Health Group (Texas) Tyler Uppstrom, M.D., Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (Mass.) Foot & Ankle Chase Matthew Romere, M.D., Texas Orthopedics Hip Mazen Mohamed Ibrahim, MBBCh, M.D., Ph.D., Children's Bone and Spine, (Nev.) For further information, contact Lynda Sampson, ( [email protected], 970/479-1563) Lynda Sampson Steadman Philippon Research Institute 970-479-1563 [email protected]
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Why walking your dog on a long leash can help you avoid back pain
For all its benefits, dog walking can have at least one major health disadvantage: back trouble. On the one hand, a four-legged friend ensures the owner goes for regular walks, which helps strengthen the small of the back, where the spin curves in. On the other, eager dogs can often pull on the owner's back and cause injury, says orthopaedic surgeon Reinhard Schneiderhan. That's why it's important to make sure the dog's leash is long enough to avoid strain. For anyone with back problems it's also important that the dog stays by your side, rather than racing ahead and forcing you to pull them back. If that doesn't work, a professional training can help. Despite the risk of back trouble, pet owners can go ahead and count the walks they do with their pooches as their exercise, says Schneiderhan. A person can even add stretching and strengthening exercises during the walk, like lunges or a quick round of push ups against a park bench. Leash training It's not only your back that will benefit from good leash etiquette, but also your hand and wrists. Research shows these are among the most common parts of the body to be injured by leash-pulling. Walking the dog also becomes a far less relaxing pastime when your pet is always pulling on the leash or dashing off in every direction. Training your dog to have good manners on the leash makes everyone's life easier and takes only a little time and patience. Look where you're going: Dogs follow human's eyes and body language. If you keep turning your head towards the dog while walking, the animal will be slowed down. Let the dog know where you're going by turning your body and head in the same direction. Give proper praise: If the dog is walking well on the leash, then there's nothing wrong with rewarding the behaviour with a little treat. However, owners shouldn't hold the treat in front of the dog's nose so that it walks beside them - this encourages the dog to focus only on the treat in front of it, instead of on its master. No yanking: If your dog smells something and suddenly stops, don't yank on the leash. By doing so, the dog forms negative associations towards the line. The better move is to stop, directly address the dog and lure it back into moving in the desired direction with you.
Times
21-06-2025
- Health
- Times
I know my public sector pension is great, but I can't afford it
M ohamed Habad has a workplace pension that millions of workers can only dream of. As a foundation doctor at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, he was automatically enrolled in the NHS pension scheme. He was contributing 9.8 per cent of his salary and his employer was paying in an enormous 23.7 per cent. So why has he opted out of this generous savings scheme — along with many more of his NHS colleagues? Habad, 28, graduated from medical school last summer but it could be nine years until he completes his training to become an orthopaedic surgeon. He pays £800 a month to rent his room in hospital accommodation, £600 to help his family cover his empty room in their London council flat, about £300 a month on groceries and £200 on gas and electricity.
Daily Mail
09-06-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Cambridge University professor, 64, accused of deliberately flunking IQ and memory tests in bid for £1million NHS compensation claim
A University of Cambridge professor has been accused of deliberately flunking IQ and memory tests in a bid to boost a £1million brain damage compensation claim over botched treatment for a stroke. Dr Mohamed Atef Hakmi, a renowned orthopaedic surgeon and Cambridge school of medicine lecturer, was left with permanent disabilities and had to give up surgery after suffering a stroke at home in November 2016. The 64-year-old claimed that a failure to promptly diagnose his stroke meant he missed out on vital treatment, leading to brain damage and physical disabilities. The educator is now suing the NHS for more than £1million in damages. However, during a hearing at London 's High Court, Dr Hakmi was forced to deny claims he had exaggerated his health complications in a bid to up his compensation. It comes after he scored a 'very bad' 84 on a pre-trial IQ test as part of the case - putting him well below the UK average, despite continuing to teach at one of the world's most prestigious universities. Dr Hakmi, who specialises in foot and ankle surgery, as well as lecturing in the UK and abroad, has been forced to deny deliberately throwing the tests to boost his claim. The Hertfordshire-based medic is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and an affiliated assistant professor at Cambridge, where he performs a teaching role, the court heard. He first suffered a stroke in September 2016, but was given clot-busting thrombolysis treatment and made a good recovery, returning to the operating theatre within weeks. But his barrister, Robert Kellar KC, told Judge David Pittaway KC the surgeon suffered a second stroke two months later, first spotting the symptoms while he worked late at night on paperwork. When the symptoms returned again in the early hours, he went to Lister Hospital, in Stevenage, calling ahead and telling staff he was having a stroke, said the barrister. However, he was not given the same treatment as before after being examined by an A&E doctor and then having spoken to a stroke specialist on the phone in line with the NHS' remote stroke treatment system. He says he was told he would not be offered thrombolysis because he was 'not having a stroke,' with the remote doctor suggesting it could be simply a migraine or epilepsy. It was not until 9am that day that his stroke was diagnosed at the hospital, at which point it was too late to be treated with the same drugs as before. Dr Hakmi accuses the NHS of 'cumulative and inter-related' failings, including a 'cursory and sub-standard examination' in A&E and the fact he was only able to speak to the remote stroke specialist on the phone due to the NHS' Telemedicine system malfunctioning. Mr Kellar said Dr Hakmi had been left permanently disabled by the stroke, but that the worst of the injuries could have been avoided but for the negligence of staff at Lister and on the remote stroke line. As well as a limp and reduced sensation in his fingers and toes, he suffers from fatigue in his right arm, hand and grip, which prevents him performing complex tasks for long periods. He was also left with a brain injury, resulting in short-term memory impairment, difficulty with concentration, reduced processing speed and 'executive deficits.' 'His confidence is low, and he is experiencing significant depressive symptoms due to physical, cognitive, speech, and language issues resulting from his second stroke, which are negatively affecting important aspects of his life,' he said. 'Thus, Dr Hakmi presents with cognitive deterioration, including intellectual functioning, memory, the speed at which he is processing information and executive functioning. 'At the time of the index incident, he was undertaking full-time NHS employment and had a busy private practice. 'He no longer has any private practice. He has returned to his NHS employment but is undertaking restricted duties because of the issues arising from his second stroke. 'He no longer does any surgery. But for the breach of duty, the claimant is likely to have made a good recovery. He would have been able to return to all types of surgery that did not require a high degree of manual dexterity.' But NHS barrister John de Bono KC denied Dr Hakmi is due any compensation and accused him of hamming up his symptoms while being assessed by experts before the trial. As well as the 'very bad' IQ score, he had scored at the very bottom of the range in memory tests, the barrister told the court. He said Dr Hakmi had scored only 84 on an IQ test, putting him below 86 per cent of the general population, adding: 'That's very bad - it suggests it would be hard to function as a surgeon or as an educator at that level.' He had also been assessed by two neuropsychologists, who had performed memory tests, with 'very surprising' and sometimes 'astonishing' results which he said raised a 'serious concern about whether he was putting forward his best effort' in the tests. Dr Hakmi was unable to recall more than four single digit numbers in a row during one examination and scored so low in the tests that in some respects he was below 99 per cent of the population, despite continuing to work as a university 'educator'. 'You scored astonishingly badly for someone operating at the level you are describing this morning,' he said, referencing the fact Dr Hakmi had spoken with pride in the witness box of his work with Cambridge. 'I understand you feel very strongly that you have suffered greatly as a result of this second stroke,' he continued. 'I understand that you feel the reason you have suffered as badly as you have is because of mistakes or negligence. I understand it must make you angry.' He went on to suggest Dr Hakmi's 'sense of injustice' may have led to a desire to make sure that 'people fully understand the impact this has had on you.' 'Is it possible when you went to be tested that you performed worse than you should have done because you were trying to demonstrate to them just how big the impact had been? 'One possibility which I put to you is that you were deliberately underperforming.' But Dr Hakmi denied playing up for the medics who assessed him pre-trial, telling the court he had found the tests 'exhausting.' He denied being dishonest with the doctors, telling the judge, 'it was an exhausting environment when the tests were done in a lengthy and not organised manner. 'Anybody can fail a test but they must be given the best chance,' he continued. 'I definitely have a memory problem, slow effort. I have done everything to mitigate my losses. I know definitely I'm not as before I had the stroke.' Mr de Bono pressed on, referring to a 'memory and malingering' test which had resulted in a score 'very nearly at chance level,' telling Mr Hakmi: 'Someone giving random answers would nearly have scored as badly as you.' Accusing him of 'not being straightforward' with those who assessed him pre-trial, he said: 'There is a pattern emerging. In any given situation, you will try and say whatever you think is going to help you most to achieve whatever your aim is.' But Dr Hakmi hit back: 'I have been straightforward in everything in my life. I have aimed to be a surgeon again, but I have failed.' The damages claim is against the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, which runs the Lister Hospital, and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where the remote stroke doctor who spoke to Dr Hakmi was based. The trusts both deny blame, saying he was 'at all times treated with reasonable care and skill by highly competent clinicians.' He was assessed as being unsuitable for thrombolysis treatment because his symptoms were not serious enough and it was too late after the onset of his symptoms. Such treatment can also be risky, carrying a significant risk of brain haemorrhage and death, said the NHS barrister, and even if he had been given it the outcome would probably have been the same. The trial continues.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Johnson & Johnson MedTech introduces automated system for surgical efficiency
Johnson & Johnson MedTech has introduced the KINCISE 2 Surgical Automated System, intended for use in knee and hip revision procedures, enhancing surgical efficiency. This tool aims to minimise the physical strain on surgeons during the procedures. It is designed to offer control and alleviate the load associated with manual impaction in primary and revision hip surgeries, as well as revision knee replacement surgeries. The company noted that surgeons in the field of orthopaedics are increasingly confronted with complex challenges in the operating room such as longer procedures, the physical demands of surgery, and higher case volumes. KINCISE 2 aims to address the issues of monotonous, high-force tasks, including repeated mallet strikes, which have been associated with overuse injuries, with the majority of surgeons reporting musculoskeletal pain, especially in their hands, neck, and lower back. Building on the company's first-generation KINCISE System, the new system features design elements such as increased reverse energy to aid in broach removal and push-to-lock adaptors to facilitate secure connections. According to the company, the Acetabular Cup Extraction addition positions the system as the first and only automated surgical impactor approved for the removal of well-fixed acetabular components, thereby widening its utility in complex hip revisions. Currently available for commercial use in the US, the system is equipped with a compact design and several grip options. Johnson & Johnson MedTech Orthopaedics company group chair Aldo Denti said: 'The KINCISE 2 System exemplifies the needs-based innovation we're bringing to orthopaedics this year. 'As more patients undergo joint replacements earlier in life, the demand for revision surgeries is rising. The KINCISE System has demonstrated the ability to help surgeons manage those complex cases by reducing operating time and providing procedural control - ultimately supporting better outcomes for patients.' Last month, the company launched the Soundstar Crystal ultrasound catheter in the US, which is intended for use in intracardiac echocardiography imaging during cardiac ablation procedures. "Johnson & Johnson MedTech introduces automated system for surgical efficiency" was originally created and published by Medical Device Network, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.
