Volume III, Number 2 | Summer 2024
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT SERIES
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The Orthopedic Surgery Residency at PCOM holds a distinguished position as one of the pioneering Osteopathic Orthopedic Residency programs in the United States.
Established in 1976 by J. Brendan Wynne, DO, FACOS, FAOAO, it set a precedent for osteopathic training in orthopedic surgery. In 1990, Dr. John J. McPhilemy, DO, FAOA, assumed the role of Chairman, succeeding Dr. Wynne, under whose mentorship he had trained. Together with Dr. Maxwell Stepanuk, DO, who took on the role of Program Director, they significantly expanded and enhanced the program, establishing it as one of the largest and most respected in the field. Read more…
Special Interest Article
As I stepped off the plane and into the unknown landscape of Honduras, I was filled with anticipation and a touch of apprehension. My mission was to shadow a team of American orthopedic hand surgeons as they taught local Honduran doctors the latest techniques in their field. Our goal was to live out the saying: Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. What I encountered, however, was a profound lesson in humility and ingenuity, challenging my assumptions and flipping the script on who was truly the teacher and who was the student. Read more…
adult reconstruction
general
hand
Sports Medicine
spine
trauma
The Journal of the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics
Steven J. Heithoff, DO, FAOAO
Editor-in-Chief
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