1st Edition

The Little Ortho Book The Bare Bones of Orthopedics

By Antonia Chen Copyright 2013
136 Pages
by CRC Press

136 Pages
by CRC Press

The Little Ortho Book: The Bare Bones of Orthopedics is a pocket-sized, easy-to-understand introduction into the field of orthopedics. Written with the non-physician in mind, The Little Ortho Book provides the basics of orthopedics for residents, medical students, front office staff, and industry sales force. Dr. Antonia Chen takes complicated orthopedic terms and conditions and explains... Read more
Dedication

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Preface

Chapter 1Bones, Bones, Bones

Chapter 2Help! I Pulled a Muscle!

Chapter 3Joint Commission

Chapter 4Back to the Basics

Chapter 5Skin and Bones

Chapter 6Dry Bones

Chapter 7Bad to the Bone

Chapter 8Little Bones

Chapter 9Bones and Groans

Chapter 10Bone to Pick

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA received her bachelor of science degree from Yale University. She then received her medical degree from UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson, where she graduated with Distinction in Research and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Antonia also received her master of business administration degree from Rutgers Business School and graduated as a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society. She is currently an orthopedic resident at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to clinical duties, her research interests are in arthroplasty and periprosthetic joint infections; she has delivered many podium presentations and posters on the national stage. Antonia has also received numerous awards during residency, including research awards and the Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award. She has served as a resident liaison for the membership committee in the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. Antonia hopes to pursue a rewarding career as an academic arthroplasty surgeon.