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The Leadership Journey with Steve Frick

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Chuck and Chris welcome Steve Frick to discuss leadership. Steve is an exemplary leader who was Chief of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery and Vice Chair at Stanford. He is now headed back to Atrium Health/ OrthoCarolina in a leadership role. We sat down with Steve at the annual leadership meeting of the AOA- American Orthopedic Association […]

JBJS What's New in Hand Surgery, part 2

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Chuck and Chris talk through the 2024 JBJS 'What's New in Hand Surgery' written by Deb Bohn. We discuss a number of interesting hand surgery topics including: wrist and hand arthritis, distal radius fracture, scaphoid fractures, metacarpal fractures, pediatric injuries, among other topics. Great review of an important review of the literature from 2023. Subscribe […]

What's New in Hand Surgery 2024, part 1

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Chuck and Chris talk through the 2024 JBJS 'What's New in Hand Surgery' written by Deb Bohn. We discuss only two topics in our part 1- trigger finger and carpal tunnel release. A few key citations from some really interesting topics: 1. Bookman J, Rocks M, Noh K, Ayalon O, Hacquebord J, Catalano L, Glickel […]

Mission Trips and Cases

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Chuck and Chris catch up on life, travels and cases. We discuss Chuck's recent mission trip with World Pediatrics and pivot to discuss a few cases including care of the phalanx enchondroma and pain at the pisiform. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career […]

Medical Marketing 101 with special Guest

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Chuck and Chris welcome Amanda Lovelace who is the Marketing Director for our large orthopedic department. We share a fantastic first discussion including marketing directions, the importance of personal relationships, how social can be considered, among many other topics. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job […]

Ray Resections and Clinical Practice Management

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Chuck and Chris begin this episode with a discussion of ray resection and then pivot to discuss practice management and payer mix in our practices as well as the benefits and challenges of workers compensation. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See […]

Hand Therapy for Finger Fractures with Macy

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Chuck and Chris are joined by special guest Macy Stonner who brings her therapy expertise to the topic of finger fractures. This episode will revisit common fractures and the therapist perspective to outstanding outcomes. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com […]

Finger Fractures

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Chuck and Chris answer a few listener- submitted questions and then take a deep dive into their approach to finger fractures with a specific focus on Kirshner wires, k-wires. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about […]

What can hand specialists learn from a total joint surgeon?

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Chuck and Chris welcome Ryan Nunley to the Podcast. Ryan is a total joint surgeon who has an amazingly busy clinical practice. We discuss practice efficiency, handling VIPs, and share updates on computer navigation and robotic surgery. There is so much we can learn! Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from […]

Executive Presence- What does it mean and why is it important in 2024?

February 25, 2024

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Chuck and Chris discuss patients with dupuytrens disease (in office and in the OR) including our protocols for care after formal surgery. We also discuss some challenges with needle procedures in the office. We touch on our trial of AI for clinic note generation and look forward to listener comments. And finally, we touch on […]

Volar Approach to the Scaphoid: Technical considerations

February 11, 2024

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Chuck and Chris catch up on with listener submitted questions and then discuss the volar approach to the scaphoid for scaphoid nonunions. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well […]

Listener Mailbag: CMC and UNT

January 28, 2024

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Chuck and Chris catch up on with listener submitted questions on technical aspects of two procedures: a deep dive on CMC arthroplasty with suture tape suspension and the indications for subcutaneous vs submuscular ulnar nerve transposition. We close with a brief discussion of medial epicondyle fractures with ulnar nerve pathology. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD […]

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