VOICES Center

VOICES is a Health Policy Research Center in the Stanford Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Patient Focused & Patient Driven. Led by @robinkamalmd

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Congratulations to our former medical scholar Thompson Zhuang for matching back at Stanford for hand fellowship!

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Big congrats to our class of 2027-2028 Orthopaedic Surgery & Plastic Surgery Hand Fellowship Match recipients! We are thrilled to welcome this outstanding group & can’t wait to see all they accomplish in the years ahead. The future of hand surgery is bright! 🌟

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The video abstract for our recent @OfficialJAAOS article "Drivers of Delayed Time to Surgery for Hip Fracture Patients: A Multi-Center Qualitative Study" is now live! Click the red "video clip" button to view: https://t.co/5eIFrb8GMT

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Congratulations to our former lab members on a successful match day! Jacie Lemos matched to Stanford Orthopaedic Surgery, Eli Snyder matched to Stanford PM&R, and Samuel Castro matched to Stanford Anestheia. We’re so proud of you & wish you the best in your residency journey!

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NEW: Visual abstract for our recent article "Factors Associated With Time to Surgery of Geriatric Hip Fractures: An Analysis of the American College of Surgeons' Trauma Quality-Improvement Program Database" in @OfficialJAAOS! link here: https://t.co/uL8eExAelB

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Dr. Robin Kamal was recently invited for a visiting professorship at Duke Univeristy, his old stomping ground! His talk was titled “Outside of the Operating Room: How Orthopaedic Practice is Evolving.” Of course, he couldn’t pass up a chance to squeeze in a Blue Devils game!

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@OfficialJAAOS @emilyschultz33 @robinkamalmd The full article can be found here: https://t.co/5eIFrb8GMT

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⚠️Just released: A visual abstract for our latest article in @OfficialJAAOS- "Drivers of Delayed Time to Surgery for Hip Fracture Patients: A Multi-Center Qualitative Study"

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Our medical student Eshan presented his Medical Scholars project at the @HandSurgeryAssn Annual meeting. His project looked at frailty & gait problems among patients with FOOSH injuries. Congratulations Eshan!

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@HandSurgeryAssn Her study found that patients with higher social needs are more likely to delay seeking care & have worse physical function (PROM scores). Congratulations Chidimma!

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Our Master's thesis student, Chidimma, presented her thesis project focusing on health related social needs among hand surgery patients at the @HandSurgeryAssn Annual Meeting.

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Our latest article- assessing the safety of prescription sleep medications for patients undergoing TKA in @OfficialJAAOS Link here: https://t.co/tr1BPyKXMh

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Unveiling the key takeaways from: Metacarpal Fractures: An Evidence Based Review to Guide Treatment. @UCSFOrthosurg @VOICEScenter https://t.co/UjU89S6ubp

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Dr. Kamal will be participating in a @AAOS1 Webinar tomorrow- "Innovations in Hand and Upper Extremity Fracture Care." Link here: https://t.co/yhv1XAEh2L

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Dr. Kamal presented at the @Stanford_Ortho grand rounds this week - “The Changing Payer Playbook- How Ortho Leads the Way”

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@Stanford_Ortho @OfficialJAAOS Thank you to all of our collaborators from the SWIFT Initiative. We are so grateful for your continued engagement in this important work!

Link to the article here: https://t.co/UassOHaAye

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The newest publication from the SWIFT Initiative: Drivers of Delayed Time to Surgery for Hip Fracture Patients: A Multi-Center Qualitative Study.

We conducted a qualitative study of SWIFT Sites to identify drivers of delays in TTS for patients with a hip fracture

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@Stanford_Ortho @OfficialJAAOS We found eight themes of drivers of delayed TTS: (1) patient health; (2) structural drivers of health; (3) care coordination; (4) prioritization; (5) improvement climate; (6) availability; (7) incentive structure; and (8) empowerment.

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Full link to the article here: https://t.co/UllDIvU4on

Thank you to our collaborators from COSECSA for their participation and time!

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Our latest article on global health🌍- we evaluated the
reliability, usability, and face validity of the Capacity Assessment Tool for orthopedic surgery (CAT‐os), designed to facilitate surgical capacity building in low & middle income countries.

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First year medical student Emily Schultz presenting her hip fracture project at the @StanfordMed Medical Student Research Symposium