ortho attending AMA

[Frogger27]

Thank you for the thorough reply, one last Q, is hand call also taken by general plastic surgeons spreading the pain a bit? I am currently interested in hand because i really liked some of their procedures but have heard of the lifestyle being tragically bad and the downward trending reimbursment which makes me adamnant on fully commiting myself to it

At my residency program ortho covers hand call 3:1 with plastics. Spine is 2:2 with neurosurgery. This varies greatly from hospital to hospital though

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[OrthoTraumaMD]

Spine in most places is considered its own specialty. The vast majority of hospitals will only grant privileges to those who are ortho spine fellowship trained or NSGY trained with evidence of a certain number of spine cases done in training or in practice.
For hand, most places are the same as above needing fellowship training but not as strict as the “core ortho privileges” often include hand procedures. So some trauma orthos dabble in hand traumas. Most of the places I’ve trained or worked at have hand call separate from the the trauma call.

with that being said, “trauma/fracture” surgeries are done/can be done by regular orthos. The ortho trauma specialists are mostly at the level 1 or referral centers. The ortho trauma docs who don’t work at the referral centers and are in PP do trauma but supplement their practices with joints etc…

Yep that’s it.

 

[OrthoTraumaMD]

Thank you for the thorough reply, one last Q, is hand call also taken by general plastic surgeons spreading the pain a bit? I am currently interested in hand because i really liked some of their procedures but have heard of the lifestyle being tragically bad and the downward trending reimbursment which makes me adamnant on fully commiting myself to it

Yes it does spread the pain.

 

[OrthoTraumaMD]

Yes it does spread the pain.

I am locking the thread. It isn’t really my own AMA as I intended anymore, and has become more of a group chat. Anyone who has questions for me can still PM me if the search function in the thread doesn’t give you an answer.