Perhaps I have been consorting too much with infectious diseases specialists and hospital epidemiologists. My academic focus may be too narrow.
I spent the weekend, as an invited participant, at the AO Trauma / AO Foundation 7th Annual Meeting-Clinical Priority Program (CPP) forum on bone infections. The meeting was held in Washington, DC.
The small, international group of participants (USA, England, Wales, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, and Japan) included orthopedic surgeons, basic scientists, immunologists, an electron microscopist and one infectious diseases specialist (the Blogger).
The discussions focused on leading translational research, to better understand the pathophysiology and further the diagnosis and treatment of complicated bone infections. New perspectives, deeper awareness and novel concepts are best found out of one's typical comfort zone.
Along with VCU Orthopedic Chairman and AO Trauma CPP Chair, Dr. Stephen Kates, I am a co-investigator on a multi-center, international protocol to standardize and implement a surgical site infection risk reduction bundle for open fractures. The study has launched and is collecting data.
More to come.
