Orthopedic Spine Surgeon Alex Vaccaro - Medical Murmurs - Medical Student Edition - S01E22

Dr. Alex Vaccaro is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in spine surgery including traumatic spinal injuries. He is the Chair of Orthopedic Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and the President of Rothman Orthopedics, one of the leading orthopedic institutions in the United States.

In this Medical Student Edition of Medical Murmurs, Dr. Vaccaro talks about both the sacrifices and the satisfactions of orthopedics. The long commitment in training, the satisfaction of definitive fixes and the thank you letters which come with those. He talks about differentiating yourself as a residency applicant. And what it takes to build a satisfying and sustainable career. "You have to have a purpose. You have to have the ability to master that purpose and you have to have autonomy."

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