Codman Shoulder Society

Dear Colleagues: Enclosed is a great LinkedIn Post from Eric Bricker. He is a healthcare economist and offers insight into an analysis done by McKinsey & Company on profit in different healthcare sectors. This is not only interesting, but an example of the great posts Mr. Bricker makes on LinkedIn. I’d recommend you follow him for similar insights. The consulting firm McKinsey & Company published a study analyzing the profit of various sectors within the US healthcare industr

Dear Colleagues: I’d like to bring to your attention a novel meeting which blends innovation with entrepreneurship. The Inaugural Boston Orthopedic Technology Summit will be held May 15-16 at The Cambridge Innovation Center. Here is the official announcement from the organizers: https://tinyurl.com/tdk95weu +++ What happens when the world’s top clinical minds meet the boldest MedTech founders?  From  Harvard Medical School  and  Mass General Hospital  to Silicon Valley —At th

Dear Colleagues: To all of you who don’t know “Buz”, he is one-of-a-kind, and that term might well have been invented for him. In my career he was woven into the fabric of my professional life as he mixed humor with all his wonderful presentations at AAOS and ASES. He is past President of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. What most of you may not know is that he has been the main singer in a band named “Buz and The Medicated Trio” — “The only band that takes Medicare

Dear Colleagues:   I’d like to share with you a recent publication that considers surgeon’s perspective as well as that of industry, on the value of digital technology for shoulder arthroplasty. Many of you may be thinking of “robotics”; however, this study was done before robotics started to become an option in shoulder surgery. That said, remember that the alphabet represents many of the technologies that are being scaled or have not caught hold. For example, VR, AR, MR, AI

Dear Colleagues: I’m happy to share with you article we have just published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Experience & Innovation (JOEI). JOEI is an online journal and while it does not have an impact factor yet, it is a wonderful way to get a message out to those who are interested in cutting edge topics, as it can be shared on many social media platforms. Our article deals with the question of Innovation…what it is, where it is done, and how it relates to creativity. As su

Dear Colleagues: I am sharing with you a webinar that is not to be missed. Even if you can’t attend, I think you can register and there may be a recording you can watch after. Christian Gerber defines “Disruptive Innovation” and along with JD Werthel’s scientific approach, the result is a disruption of the status quo through a creative solution and scientific evidence for optimum management of refractory posterior instability of the shoulder. Please see the QR code to registe

Dear Colleagues: I wanted to make sure you were all aware of a fantastic webinar put on by the San Diego Shoulder Institute. This is not to be missed. Please see the link in the enclosed PDF and here . Kind Regards, Jon “JP” Warner MD President, SDSI Founder, Codman Shoulder Society

Dear Past Fellows and Others interested in a global educational experience:  The ASES 2026 Exchange Fellowship Program is a wonderful program to consider as a catalyst for your career and the network you build that will serve you well over your lifetime.  Please find additional details in the enclosed.  Kind Regards, Jon “JP” Warner MD Founder, CSS Past President of ASES Past ASES Traveling Fellow (Inaugural traveling fellow in 1993)

Dear Colleagues: I wanted to share with you my experience as the first invited guest for the “ Gamechangers ” Program at McMaster University. I am grateful to Dr. Mohit Bhandari, Chair of Orthopedics, for his vision to focus on Innovation and what it can mean to Orthopedic Surgery and Healthcare. I am also appreciative of the time and thoughtful questions offered by Dr. Goran Calic, Chair of Entrepreneurial Leadership in the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University.

If you Google the above term, here is what you get:   As I’m an orthopedic surgeon I wanted to know what Google thought about “innovation...