Below knee amputation is associated with substantial postoperative complications, including short- and long-term mortality risks, according to data presented at the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual Meeting.“This study has its limitations, but it emphasizes the importance of comprehensive counseling and coordinated care for these patients and the surgeries themselves,” Samuel A. Florentino, MD, an orthopedic surgery resident at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, told Healio. “[Below knee amputation] is hard for patients, and we want to be able to identify these risk
Growing up, Naomi Lawrence-Reid, MD, always knew she wanted to be a doctor.Her career as a physician looks different from what she pictured as a medical student, but she said she wouldn’t have it any other way.After medical school, Lawrence-Reid completed a pediatrics residency and then began working in a pediatric emergency medicine department.“I got excellent experience,” Lawrence-Reid told Healio. “You learn to work fast, to work hard, to make decisions quickly about whether a child is sick or not or needs a procedure or intervention. But after about 3 years, I knew that was not my forever
The FDA has issued a final rule that would remove references to animal studies in its drug safety regulations, as part of a larger effort across HHS to reduce what it calls “unnecessary animal testing” in biomedical research.In addition to the new FDA rule, which would take effect Feb. 4, 2027, the NIH simultaneously announced a series of new initiatives intended to develop and promote alternatives to animal testing, including more than $88 million in funding for biomedical infrastructure projects nationwide.“We are moving HHS toward a new era of biomedical research that puts human biology at
CHICAGO — According to WHO, women represent 67% of the global health and social care workforce, providing essential health services to approximately 5 billion people worldwide.However, research has shown that fewer than 30% of women hold senior leadership positions within medicine.“Traditionally, most of the people we have seen in leadership within and outside of medicine have typically been men and, even more specifically, white men,” Mary K. Mulcahey, MD, professor and chief of sports medicine in the department of orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation at Loyola University
CHICAGO — For women physicians, the workday often extends beyond the clinic, with unseen tasks at work and home adding to the demands of practicing medicine, according to a presenter at the Women in Medicine Summit.These unseen tasks, which range from additional professional expectations, such as mentoring and responding to patient messages, to family responsibilities, such as coordinating care for children and running a household, are known as “invisible work,” and may be impacting women’s roles in medicine, according to Gretchen Rickards, MD, MPH, PCC, internal medicine physician at
CHICAGO — Women leaders are still underrepresented in medicine, so now is the perfect time for them to redefine what strong leadership looks like within their communities, according to a speaker at the Women in Medicine Summit.“Leadership is not a narrow ‘command and control’ mindset or individuals whose egos enter the room before they do and who suck all the oxygen out,” Joanne M. Conroy, MD, president and CEO of Dartmouth Health, told Healio. “Leadership is expanding the oxygen in the room and actually creating an opportunity for many people to be a part of your team.”A report from McKinsey &
NASHVILLE — Aqueous tobramycin injections did not decrease infection risk in patients with open extremity fractures compared with IV antibiotics alone, according to results presented here.“There is literature showing that aqueous tobramycin injection works in preventing deep surgical site infection, particularly several retrospective studies,” Arun Aneja, MD, PhD, an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Mass General Brigham, told Healio. “However, when we did the same study in a prospective fashion via randomized control trials, and we used a more specific definition of
CHICAGO — Women working as physicians should not wait to be asked to take on leadership positions at their practices, according to a presenter at the Women in Medicine Summit.“I was just a regular old, middle-of-the-pack person for most of my life,” Christine DeSanno, DO, chief of service in the department of emergency medicine at NYU Langone Health, told Healio. “I did not seek out leadership positions.”However, after working as an emergency medicine physician for several years, DeSanno began to look for professional development opportunities. She applied to be
Results showed extended oral antibiotic therapy may not reduce the risk for subsequent infection after two-stage reimplantation for total knee arthroplasty.“Future studies or the next steps would be to see if there are selective cohorts or patients who are at higher risk who may benefit from antibiotics,” Billy I. Kim, MD, orthopedic surgery resident at Hospital for Special Surgery, told Healio.Kim, along with Andrew J. Sama, MD, and colleagues, retrospectively reviewed data from 2,181 patients with infection who underwent two-stage reimplantation for TKA and categorized patients based on
There is no perfect time to start a family as a busy ophthalmologist. However, motherhood is an important job, and women in medicine should never feel the need to apologize for it.“Someone said to me, ‘There is no good time to have a baby except for when it’s the right time for you.’ It’s always going to be hard at work, and you’re never going to get brownie points for not having a child,” Laura B. Enyedi, MD, of Duke University, said in this episode of Steeped Insights, a video blog series produced by Women in Ophthalmology and Healio. “The important thing is to have your family when it is
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