This episode, featuring Robert Orfaly, MD, MBA, FAAOS, and Amy Ladd, MD, FAAOS, explores what it means to innovate as an orthopaedic surgeon. Dr. Ladd, an internationally-renowned researcher and holder of numerous patents, Dr. Ladd explains how being intellectually curious enables you to find unique answers to long-standing clinical problems, why it's important to dabble and explore different creative opportunities until you find your calling, and the importance of surrounding yourself with others who share your passion for invention.
If you have ever wondered whether your great idea is the next game-changing orthopaedic product, this episode is for you. You'll learn how to take your concept beyond that cocktail napkin drawing, including how to patent it and the potential pros and cons of collaborating with an academic instution or industry partner to develop it.
Guest: Amy Ladd, MD, FAAOS, Chief of Stanford's Chase Hand & Upper Limb Center; Chief of the Children’s Hand Clinic at Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford; and the Elsbach-Richards Professor of Surgery and Professor, by courtesy, of Medicine (Immunology & Rheumatology) and Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery), at Stanford University Medical Center
Host: Robert Orfaly, MD, MBA, FAAOS, Editor-in-Chief, AAOS Now
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