The Upper Hand: Chuck & Chris Talk Hand Surgery

Season 3, Episode 50.  Chuck and Chris welcome Michael Galvez from Valley Childrens Hospital to discuss DE&I in hand surgery.  Michael co-edited, with Kevin Chung, the latest edition of Hand Clinics …

Season 3, Episode 49.  Chuck and Chris  continue with this 4 part segment on radial nerve injuries.  In this podcast, Macy joins us to discuss her role in patient assessment and her perspective on bo…

Season 3, Episode 48.  Chuck and Chris  continue with this 4 part segment on radial nerve injuries.  In this podcast, we discuss tendon transfers as treatment for the radial nerve injury.  We discuss…

Season 3, Episode 46.  Chuck and Chris  begin the first of a 4 part segment on radial nerve palsy.  In this podcast, we discuss diagnosis, evaluation, and initial management of patients with radial n…

Season 3, Episode 45.  Chuck and Chris  talk about a new HBR article by Bill Taylor, "Your Competitors Aren’t Always Who You Think They Are".  We explore what this means in healthcare and how we can …

Season 3, Episode 44.  Chuck and Chris  talk international 'mission' trips with Chuck's trip to St Vincent with the World Pediatric Project just finished.  Grateful to supporters including the Touchi…

Season 3, Episode 43.  Chuck and Chris  discuss their current strategies in treating Dupuytrens disease.  In an update from our previous Charlie Eaton interview , we describe our indications, treatme…

Season 3, Episode 42.  Chuck and Chris  talk about two topics, completely unrelated!  First, we discuss an important reader- submitted comment regarding fellowship interviews.  And second, we discuss…

Season 3, Episode 39.  Chuck and Chris  talk about Chris' favorite topic, NERVE!  Today we discuss the common peroneal nerve. We discusse how patients come to us, how we assess preoperatively includi…

Season 3, Episode 40.  Chuck and Chris host a live podcast in Boston during the ASSH Annual meeting.  This is our second live podcast and, we hope, a step forward in quality and content after our ina…

Season 3, Episode 39.  Chuck and Chris host a live podcast in Boston during the ASSH Annual meeting.  This is our second live podcast and, we hope, a step forward in quality and content after our ina…

Season 3, Episode 38.  Chuck and Chris welcome Pete Carter back for his story of the founding of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.  Pete shared this story years ago at the annual meeting …

Season 3, Episode 37.  Chuck and Chris welcome Pete Carter to discuss and introduce the next episode.  In this episode, we introduce Pete and discuss some his personal story and how his interest in t…

Season 3, Episode 36.  Chuck and Chris follow- up last week's discussion with Jen Barna from the DocWorking Podcast with more talk about coaching and why it makes sense for many of us.   We also talk…

Season 3, Episode 35.  Chuck and Chris are joined by DocWorking Podcast host Jen Barna to discuss her podcast and services, discussing  key themes in including coaching, burnout, definitions of succe…

Season 3, Episode 34.  Chuck and Chris discuss nuances of the presentation of CMC arthritis with attention paid to hyperextension of the thumb MCP joint.

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Season 3, Episode 33.  Chuck and Chris catch up and review an interesting case with severe elbow arthritis and ulnar nerve pathology.  We discuss the role of the AIN transfer includes Chris' techniqu…

Season 3, Episode 32.  Chuck and Chris discuss a case of central slip laceration before diving into cubital tunnel syndrome including decision- making for decompression vs transposition and technique…

Season 3, Episode 31.  Chuck and Chris share exciting podcast milestone and announce a new giveaway to celebrate.  And then, we get down to a new topic- capitellar OCD, osteochondral defect, aka oste…