1 hr 11 min

episode 16: Adam Starr- gunslinger, surgeon, inventor & mentor orthohub see one do one

    • Medicine

This was a fun conversation with Dr Adam Starr, with whom Pete Bates did an orthopaedic trauma fellowship way back when!

Dr Starr is the Hansjörg Wyss Distinguished Professor in Orthopaedic Trauma at UT Southwestern Medical Center and serves as Medical Director for Orthopaedic Surgery at Parkland Hospital. He specialises in treating trauma, fractures, and post-traumatic orthopaedic conditions. 

In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss:
life in Dallas vs life in Norwich we solve the JFK conspiracy (spoilers!)guns and gun safetytraining fellows and mentoring seniors trainees as they bloomwhat it's like to invent, design, make and then use a surgical devicethe differences in making physical devices vs digital appswhat it's like to be challenged by the orthopaedic communityconflicting surgical practice vs "the norm" and taking on dogmathe role of damage-control orthopaedics vs early total care and how to quantify that decision robots, navigation and intra-operative imagingthe rising prevalence of fragility fracturesthe psychological impact of traumaand why you should never touch the image intensifier in Parkland operating theatres!
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You can also find us on YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
and at www.orthohub.xyz

Twitter:
@orthohubxyz
@kashakhtar
@petebates

This was a fun conversation with Dr Adam Starr, with whom Pete Bates did an orthopaedic trauma fellowship way back when!

Dr Starr is the Hansjörg Wyss Distinguished Professor in Orthopaedic Trauma at UT Southwestern Medical Center and serves as Medical Director for Orthopaedic Surgery at Parkland Hospital. He specialises in treating trauma, fractures, and post-traumatic orthopaedic conditions. 

In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss:
life in Dallas vs life in Norwich we solve the JFK conspiracy (spoilers!)guns and gun safetytraining fellows and mentoring seniors trainees as they bloomwhat it's like to invent, design, make and then use a surgical devicethe differences in making physical devices vs digital appswhat it's like to be challenged by the orthopaedic communityconflicting surgical practice vs "the norm" and taking on dogmathe role of damage-control orthopaedics vs early total care and how to quantify that decision robots, navigation and intra-operative imagingthe rising prevalence of fragility fracturesthe psychological impact of traumaand why you should never touch the image intensifier in Parkland operating theatres!
Please subscribe on your podcast player and leave us a rating and a review!

You can also find us on YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
and at www.orthohub.xyz

Twitter:
@orthohubxyz
@kashakhtar
@petebates

1 hr 11 min