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This visual abstract from the October 2019 issue of JHS depicts “Early Practice Patterns of Hand Surgeons: An American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Database Study”. The Editor's Choice article was written by Tobias R. Mann, MD, MS, Michelle A. James, MD, John Harrast, PhD, and F. Thomas D. Kaplan, MD. October 2019: Volume 44, Issue 10, Pages 819–828.e17

CHICAGO — The American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), a nonprofit organization to the care of the hand and upper extremity, and its governing council is pleased to announce Martin I. Boyer, MD, FRCS(C) as its new president.  Dr. Boyer was initiated as the 74^th president of ASSH at their 2019 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This visual abstract from the September 2019 issue of JHS depicts "The Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Triage and Regional Transfer After Upper-Extremity Trauma.” The Editor's Choice article was written by Charles A. Daly, MD, Brian H. Cho, MD, Sameer Desale, MS, Oluseyi Aliu, MD, MS, Mihriye Mete, PhD, and Aviram M. Giladi, MD, MS. September 2019: Volume 44, Issue 9, Pages 720–727.

Your talents and energy are needed to shape the future of orthopaedics and the subspecialty of hand surgery! Several of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) committee leadership positions are open now.

The ASSH is requesting applications for Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Hand Surgery (JHS).  This position receives a stipend from ASSH with a five-year term beginning on January 1, 2021.  The Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of JHS is responsible for soliciting, reviewing and selecting articles for publication, serving as the head of the Editorial Board and working with the Journal Advisory Group (JAG) to carry out the editorial vision.

August 2019’s IFSSH Ezine includes a special feature on extreme skepticism regarding the existence of Sudeck's atrophy, also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) or complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), as well as an article on outcome measurement in hand surgery. The issue also features an acceptance speech from the 19^th President of the IFSSH and images from the IFSSH/IFSHT Congress in Berlin held this past June.

This visual abstract from the August 2019 issue of JHS depicts "Minimal Clinically Important Differences for PROMIS Physical Function, Upper Extremity, and Pain Interference in Carpal Tunnel Release Using Region- and Condition-Specific PROM Tools.” The Editor's Choice article was written by David N. Bernstein, MBA, MA, Jeff R. Houck, PhD, Bilal Mahmood, MD, and Warren C. Hammert, MD. August 2019: Volume 44, Issue 8, Pages 635-640.

This visual abstract from the July 2019 issue of JHS depicts "Patient Satisfaction in the Hand Surgery Clinic: An Analysis of Factors That Impact the Press Ganey Survey.” The Editor's Choice article was written by Ajinkya A. Rane, MD, Andrew R. Tyser, MD, Angela P. Presson, PhD, Chong Zhang, MS, and Nikolas H. Kazmers, MD, MSE. July 2019: Volume 44, Issue 7, Pages 539–547.e1.

This visual abstract from the June 2019 issue of JHS depicts “An In-Depth Review of Physician Reimbursement for Digit and Thumb Replantation”. The Editor's Choice article was written by Rachel C. Hooper, MD, Jennifer M. Sterbenz, BS, Lin Zhong, MPH, MD, and Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS. June 2019: Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 443–453.

May 2019’s IFSSH Ezine features “Father of Hand Surgery” Guy de Chauliac’s famous description of the qualities of a surgeon, an article on improving thumb MCP joint stability with a simple lightweight splint, and special feature “WALANT for Safer, Better, More Affordable Hand Surgery” by Donald H. Lalonde, MD.