Author: Deana Mercer, MD

Hand Surgeon on Call

·April 12, 2017
·Deana Mercer, MD
·2 Comments

Hand microvascular trauma call is uncomfortable. To awaken at 1:23 am, treat hand-saw injuries until 5:08 pm, and then freshen up to start the elective hand practice at 7 am is not easy. It’s particularly difficult when the load of trauma call falls on few. In the typical life of a surgeon who takes call and cares for upper-extremity trauma,…

Diversity

Where are the Women?

·April 15, 2016
·Deana Mercer, MD
·1 Comment

by Deana Mercer, MD and Robert R. Schenck, MD The number of women in orthopedic surgery continues to be a challenge for the specialty. Despite the percentage of women in medical school having increased from 6.9% in 1965 to 47% in 2014, the percentage of women in orthopedic surgery residency programs is less than 15%, the lowest percentage of women…