George Vetrovec

Apr 15, 2024 | opmed.doximity.com | Nishant Pandya |Jennifer Boyle |George Vetrovec

“Can’t we heal him faster?”I was sitting across from a teenage soccer player and his mother. His ankle was not fractured. It was swollen after an opponent stepped on him. As I discussed conservative management centered around rest, the sullen 15-year-old nodded attentively. His mother shook her head, barely hiding her frustration. “He just recovered from a knee sprain and a pulled hamstring. He has a soccer tournament this weekend.

Apr 15, 2024 | opmed.doximity.com | Jennifer Boyle |Nishant Pandya |George Vetrovec

Disclosure: Researching and writing about this topic has served as a kind of therapy for me. I found myself in need of such therapy because recently I realized that I was tip-toeing closer and closer toward a bad place. This bad place is the mental state where you start to bristle at the thought of checklists and huddles and time-outs and debriefs — and here’s a secret, they’re all checklists by different names. I even found myself wondering if safety culture could ever make things less safe.

Mar 13, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | George Vetrovec |Amgad Nihad Makaryus |Leila Haghighat |M Eugene Sherman

Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. Live meetings are back! In-person meetings have been in recovery mode over the last 18 months. Last year, the ACC 2022 meeting was remarkable in the tangible joy so many showed in seeing old friends and colleagues after the COVID-19 hiatus. This year, there were still reacquaintances occurring, but there were fewer of them.

Mar 13, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | M Eugene Sherman |Amgad Nihad Makaryus |Leila Haghighat |George Vetrovec

Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. ACC 2023/WCC was a well-attended international meeting in New Orleans, March 4-6, 2023.

Mar 13, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Leila Haghighat |Amgad Nihad Makaryus |M Eugene Sherman |George Vetrovec

Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members.