5:15 a.m.: It was just another April morning for Maj. Andrew Sheean, M.D., USAF. He went to sit down at a local Starbucks in San Antonio with his coffee in hand when his cell phone rang. On the other side of the receiver was none other than Dr. Denver Stanfield, previous Chair of AANA’s Fellowship […]
Read MoreBeing introduced and welcomed into the AANA Traveling Fellowship family was highly rewarding for Michael Amini, M.D., as he feels this was his most noteworthy experience of his AANA career thus far. While Dr. Amini learned a variety of new surgical skills and techniques during the three different site visits he traveled to on his […]
Read MoreLessons learned, and plenty of pearls to bring back home. For Fernando Hernandez-Perez, M.D., the AANA Traveling Fellowship was perhaps one of the most unique learning experiences of his career in orthopaedic surgery.Dr. Hernandez-Perez was the only Traveling Fellow who resides outside the United States – San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to be exact. Dr. Hernandez-Perez […]
Read MoreA memorable and fantastic experience, both inside and outside the operating room. That’s how Aravind Athiviraham, M.D., would describe his AANA Traveling Fellowship journey that he embarked on this past April. Dr. Athiviraham felt the days he spent inside the operating room were great successes through all the new arthroscopic skills and techniques he learned […]
Read MoreThe relationship between innovation and the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) is evident, from its cadaver lab courses and live meetings that bring advanced techniques to its attendees to its expansive membership that delivers the latest resources that help improve patient outcomes. The inception of the AANA Innovation Exchange would therefore come as no […]
Read MoreCollaboration. Teamwork. These terms characterized what was a year of many achievements for AANA in 2018, which were essentially the building blocks for continued successes. Consider the collaboration that was poured into AANA’s education last year alone: Partnerships with medical companies such as VirtaMed assisted with AANA’s ability to offer state-of-the-art arthroscopic education via virtual […]
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