I had the opportunity to visit with Dr. Neil Jones, who is a University Professor at the University of California Los Angeles and Past President of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
Jun 27th, 2019
I had the opportunity to visit with Dr. Neil Jones, who is a University Professor at the University of California Los Angeles and Past President of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
I was inspired by listening to this interview between Jennifer Aziz and Billy Jean King, the legend, the social activist tennis champion, founder of the Women’s Team Tennis Association, World Team Tennis and many other organizations.
An excellent article by Atul Gawande on his experience in Boston hospitals and facilities and the steps that work to minimize COVID-19 transmission and impact. Stay safe!
Covid-19 is revealing the reality of significant health care disparities between populations with sever impact on African-American, Latino, the urban and rural poor and medically underserved. This podcast highlights these issues.
Here is an item from an Orthopaedic Surgeon discussing the value of delivering essential musculoskeletal care in a timely fashion. This includes necessary surgery in an Ambulatory Surgery Center setting, along with taking the appropriate precautions.
If you were a San Francisco Bay Area sports enthusiast, and in particular if you were an orthopedic hand and upper extremity specialist, that you were following the progress of one Stephen Curry and his 4th metacarpal fracture injury with great interest.
San Francisco Surgery Center participated in the 3rd Annual Touching Hands Event held in San Francisco, CA. It is one of the four original centers to offer a day of donated medical care for underinsured and uninsured patients in need of upper extremity ca
I had the pleasure of attending the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the premier organization for hand and upper limb patient care in the world, for which I’ve had the privilege of serving on their Board of Directors
I had the great pleasure of attending an event at San Francisco City Hall on July 11th, 2019 commemorating Glady Thatcher’s 90th birthday.
I had some nice opportunities to interact with the UCSF Department of Orthopedic Surgery this year.
I had the pleasure of attending the Bradford Eaton Memorial Lecture and the Scientific Session on April 27th-28th at the Roosevelt Hand to Shoulder Center on Madison Avenue in midtown Manhattan.
Dr. Diao, I am writing to thank you and your team for the expert skill and extra care in repairing my twice fractured index finger several years ago, and to provide you with an update on my fencing adventures.
My friend, Dr. Weber is the first female president of the AAOS.
Recently, Czechoslovakian professional women’s tennis player, Petra Kvitová, has had a resurgence in her career and a very strong comeback for the former number 1 player in the world
I was humbled to be nominated for Volunteer of the Year at the 26th Annual Heart of Marin Awards Luncheon.
This project will give free hand care to 100 patients in 8 U.S. cities, providing life-changing hand surgery, therapy, and resources to restore injured hands to fully-functioning hands. For these patients, access to this care means returning to work, being
The agent for Philadelphia 76ers point guard Markelle Fultz said Tuesday his client was diagnosed with neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS).
Wilson Sonsini Med Tech Conference
One-armed phenom Trashaun Willis broke the internet with one dunk, but there's so much more to his inspiring journey. Plus: Watch Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony link with B/REAL for the surprise of a lifetime.
I attended the Bronx High School of Science and had the pleasure of participating in a local event held in San Francisco in honor of the 80th anniversary of this public New York City high school.
I had the pleasure of being a faculty member once again for this fantastic course that is run by William Seitz and Zong-Ming Li. As a colleague and collaborator with both of them I always enjoy coming to this annual meeting and sharing new insights with co
San Francisco Marin Medicine - Touching Hands Magazine Article
Operation Access Celebrates 25 years! Operation Access held a charity event celebrating 25 years of medical volunteers.
I was invited to speak in the “Our Very Own” speaker series for the members of the club to share their insights.
And then there is Ronnie Lott, who famously had his broken pinkie finger amputated in April 1986 to avoid the long recovery time that would have followed reconstructive surgery.
A rugby player in Australia has decided he’d rather live the rest of his life with nine-and-a-half fingers than miss the start of this season.
On Nov 11, 2017 16 volunteers made a day of free surgery for uninsured patients that were hand, wrist, arm candidates.
This is the eighth year that I have attended the Cutting Edge conference as a faculty member, lecturer and moderator. I have previously served as the Anita Moss keynote lecturer for this meeting.
For the 10th year I lead the Corporate Advisory Council meeting where the leadership of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand meets with representatives of our industry partners to discuss common goals and aspirations regarding hand and upper limb
I attended the 31st annual Bradford H Eaton, M.D. Memorial lecture, held at the Roosevelt hand to Shoulder Center at Ortho Manhattan. This lecture commemorates Brad Eaton and is sponsored by the Roosevelt Hand Service, and the Littler Eaton Glickel Societ
The Wilson Bost Interurban Club features members that are elected and nominated from the California Senior Orthopedic Surgeon Community. There are currently 40 active members. The annual meeting rotates between Northern and Southern California.
The 2017 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery annual meeting was held in San Diego, California. With 30,000 attendees from around the world…
Thanks to the sponsorship of Kaiser Permanente, one of the producers of the Pinch Perfect Film series served as Master of Ceremonies for a line of top collegiate a cappella bands from across the country…and I do mean Across the countries.
I had the opportunity to be one of three faculty members for this annual meeting sponsored by the Stryker Corporation with cadaver dissection and utilization of implants and products for upper extremity reconstruction. Several of us have redesigned...
The evening of election day I took a red-eye and went to Washington, D.C. This was a pretty cathartic trip for me, as it turns out. I got a ticket into the new Smithsonian Museum on History and Culture of African America.
After this contentious election and outcome, I took a red eye flight on election day E2 Washington DC. I went to the new African-American Museum of Culture and History, the newest Museum of the Smithsonian institution.
Bobby Hutcherson was one of the great Jazz players globally, and was a fixture here in Northern California. A Memorial tribute was held at the SF Jazz Center and for 3 hours, we watched a series of photographs of the life of this luminary artist with...
Summer in New York City is an interesting time. Many of the full-time residents escape to the Hamptons, Montauk, or up the Hudson Valley to Columbia County for a summer break. For others, its a great time to visit New York.
The 71st annual meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand took place for the first time in Austin, Texas. This turned out to be a fantastic venue for the meeting. Over 2000 physicians attended this meeting. The variety of educational...
This is the seventh time that I have attended Research Capitol Hill Days, sponsored by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. The focus of this meeting is to support musculoskeletal research funding by visiting Capitol Hill. Here we are to meet...
As Chairman of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Corporate Advisory Council, I was happy to plan and host the biannual meeting that involves corporate leaders, and leaders of the hand Society. We met so that we could discuss our common...
“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco” - Mark Twain. I had the opportunity to sponsor 3 medical students from France. They rotated through my office and other offices here in our building, all affiliated with the San Francisco...
16th Annual Cutting Edge Resident and Fellows Forum. Experts in hand surgery and upper limb research met together for a 2-day session in which we challenged each other and debated the best approach to clinical conditions. This meeting is not for the...
I had the pleasure of going to the opening of the newly expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This is a very impressive addition on many levels. Firstly, the Fisher Collection is to the latter half of the 20th century what the New York Museum...
I had the pleasure and honor of leading the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Corporate Advisory Council meeting on Wednesday, May 25th and Thursday, May 26th, 2016. Our meeting place was the Ritz-Carlton at Laguna Niguel in Southern California...
On April 23rd, 2016 I had the pleasure of participating in a roundtable discussion regarding nerve injuries, nerve repair and nerve regeneration. It took place at the Hyatt Embarcadero and the hosts were Greg Bunke and Bauback Safa from the Bunke...
I had the pleasure of chairing 2 courses, one on upper extremity arthroplasty including elbow, wrist, and finger joints and another on upper extremity trauma at the Miami Anatomical Research Center in Miami Florida. I had the pleasure of having Bernie...
I had the pleasure of participating in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Research Capitol Hill Days, April 13th an 14th, 2016. I brought one of my patients, Orlanda Lopez, who with rheumatoid arthritis has had complex hand reconstruction with...
I had the pleasure of being on the program committee for the Australian Hand Society and American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2016 combined meeting in Sydney, Australia. There was outstanding representation from the US side with 71 registrants...
I had the opportunity to participate in upper extremity training for some of the sales and marketing personnel for the Stryker Corporation on March 10th in Phoenix, Arizona. Being an active member of the speaker’s program I am familiar with many of the...
My practice is committed to reducing the likelihood of prescription pain medicine dependence, which has been shown to lead to addiction and the epidemic of heroin use and fatalities in this country. I am committed to helping my patients have a...
I participated in the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Over 20,000 attendees participated in this week long annual meeting focused on the care and treatment of the musculoskeletal system. My major...
I had the distinct pleasure and honor of being invited as the keynote speaker for the Kyushu Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting in Fukuoka, Japan. Having trained eight surgeons from Fukuoka during my time as Chief of Hand Surgery at the...
I had the opportunity to travel through Taipei, Taiwan and spend the day at New Deantronics, Inc. This 600 employee medical device company produces products for the global healthcare market. It started in California and Taiwan and has been steadily...
Prime UC invited University of California startups to compete for a chance at $300,000 in award money. This event was the first of several competitions that are a part of President Janet Napolitano’s Innovations and Entrepreneurship Initiative.
Nothing says “Thanksgiving” like football, family and the enticing aromas of turkey, stuffing, yams and pumpkin pie. But no matter what’s included in a Thanksgiving spread, one dish nobody anticipates is a hand injury. This holiday season, the American...
I had the honor and privilege to being the Program Chair for the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hands. President Bill Sietz selected me to organize his meeting with a focus on the practice of hand surgery. It was held in...
Enterprise for High School Students (EHSS) was founded in 1969, EHSS is a non-profit organization with a mission to prepare San Francisco high school students for future success in the workplace and higher education. They offer hundreds of opportunities...
I recently had the pleasure of writing a guest editorial for The American Journal of Orthopedics. The article entitled "A Summer Bonanza of Upper Extremity Articles" detailed some of the exciting journal entries tailored to the upper extremity surgeon.
The San Francisco Pride Parade was a special event in 2015. The parade coincided with the Supreme Court ruling that it is legal for all Americans have the right to marry no matter their gender or sexual orientation. In terms of history, SF Pride...
It was an honor to serve as faculty for the 15th Annual New Technology in Upper Extremity Surgery: The Cutting Edge with Advancing Translational Research. The program demonstrated new techniques and instrumentation for shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand...
At 2, Zion Harvey had both his arms and legs amputated due to an infection. Early this month, 8-year-old Zion had received a successful dual hand transplant from a 40-person medical team in Philadelphia. The surgery involving the reconnection of his...
A special benefit for Tenderloin Health Improvement Partnership hosted by Saint Francis Foundation, City Building, Inc., and San Francisco Giants. Tenderloin HIP, founded by St. Francis Foundation, is a cross-sector collective impact initiative that is...
In China, Dr. Tang Juyu and his surgical team saved a man's hand, which had been completely cut off by a spinning blade machine, by attaching it to his leg. This surgery allowed the blood supply, necessary to keep the tissue alive, back in the severed...
A marvelous element of celebrating July 4th is, of course, the beautiful fireworks. They are both wonderful to watch and thrilling to set off. However, danger always follows during the celebration of Independence Day. According to the Consumer Product...
1. Fingernails are modified hairs. 2. Nails need blood to survive. 3. Men’s nails grow faster than women’s nails. 4. The longer the finger is, the faster the nail grows. Furthermore, fingernails grow about four times faster than toenails.
1. The palm cannot be tanned because it contains no melanin, just like the bottom of your foot. In addition, the palm cannot grow hair. 2. There are 27 bones in your hand, compared to the 14 in your face.
I spoke at the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics 55th Annual Postgraduate Seminar in Amelia Island, Florida. It was with great pleasure that I served as faculty for this three day event. My presentations on Current Concepts in Distal Radius...
It was an honor to serve as faculty for the Stryker Elbow to Finger Fracture: a Fellow's Course, in Phoenix Arizona. This 1-1/2 day course utilized didactic and hands-on operating room simulation to educate fellows in training. It included a hands-on...
I had the pleasure of serving as faculty and co-chair for the Stryker Upper Extremity Arthroplasty Course for Surgeons at the ASGE Institute for Training and Technology in Downers Grove, Illinois. This one day skills training course gave surgeons the...
The American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) and the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand (JSSH) held its 6th Combined Meeting in Maui, Hawaii on March 29- April 1, 2015. The 2015 Combined Meeting: Unsolved Problems in Hand Surgery provided...
As a consultant for the Stryker Corporation I am involved in designing and executing surgical education to fellow surgeons on surgical techniques. In this two day meeting, the surgeon consultants in four areas, hand and upper limb, trauma, hip and knee...
Ultrasound has also been as an imaging guide for intra-articular or soft-tissue injections to help improve accuracy. Using ultrasound guidance, a physician can directly visualize an injection needle’s path and the immediate structures around it...
Now that winter is here it is important to try to enjoy the outdoors while trying to stay healthy. Usually in my practice the winter time results in a significant increase in upper extremity injuries. Here are a few tips on how to have fun, stay...
Dr. Diao led the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Biannual Corporate Advisory Council meeting in Chicago, on December 3rd - December 4th. Dr. Diao is the Chairman of the Corporate Advisory Council and the Commercial Support Committee.
Questionnaires received and compiled from the 2-day surgical training course on November 14th and 15th in Houston Texas, chaired by Dr. Diao, received outstanding grades on feedback. A variety of subjects relating to upper extremity orthopaedics...
I had the pleasure of doing surgical training for surgeons from around the country on Friday, November 14th and Saturday, November 15th at the Methodist Institute of Technology, Innovation, and Education in Houston, Texas. This is perhaps the nation's...
Dr. Diao attended Dorsey’s 4D Symposium last week. The Dorsey 4D Symposium addressed four key areas of the Life Sciences Industry: Devices, Diagnostics, Drugs, and Digital Health. Dorsey's 4D Symposium highlighted these core areas by bringing together...
Under the direction of ASSH President Seitz and ASSH CEO Anderson, 15 of the leaders of the ASSH with members of the presidential line, council members past and present, and ley committee chairs spent 2 days at the ASSH headquarters in Chicago on a wide...
Under the direction of ASSH President Seitz and ASSH CEO Anderson, 15 of the leaders of the ASSH with members of the presidential line, council members past and present, and ley committee chairs spent 2 days at the ASSH headquarters in Chicago on a wide...
On September 25, The 2014 Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand Travelling Fellows was hosted here in SF by Dr. Edward Diao. They were on a stop from their tour of the US that included the American Society for Surgery of the Hand 69th Annual Meeting...
The American Society for Surgery of the Hand held its 69th Annual Meeting in Boston on September 18-20, 2014. The ASSH Annual Meeting educational content includes scientific sessions, symposia, forty-five instructional courses, clinical reviews...
Elbow injuries are common in the active population with recreational and occupational activities often contributing to significant soft tissue injuries. Elbow tendonitis is a common problem sustained by tennis players, golfers, keyboard workers...
I had the opportunity for the fourth year to chair the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Corporate Advisory Council meeting. This semiannual meeting involves the entire leadership of the ASSH, key staff personelle and many of our corporate...
“With Dr. Diao I experienced the way that a private hand surgeon works by being his shadow for most activities during busy days. I joined him in clinics and the OR in a few different hospitals/units, which was really valuable. It was extremely..."
On Wednesday, June 4th, the inaugural symposium for the Rosenman Institute at the QB3 innovation center was held at Byers Auditorium, Genentech Hall at the UCSF Mission Bay campus. An assembly of luminaries including medical device entrepreneurs...
I had the pleasure of touring the Port of Oakland shipyard with a group of physicians and administrators. This was for the express purpose of being able to integrate medical services in treating injured workers and efficiently returning them back to work.
I had the opportunity to participate as a faculty member last week for two separate events. One was for a think tank of hand surgeons from around the country to look at the future of hand and upper extremity surgery. This was sponsored by the Biomet...
This is the day of the Boston marathon. One year ago a tragedy befell this hallowed event. My college friend and dormmate Gov Deval Patrick of Massachusetts entertained me the Spring of 2013, a few months before he coined the unforgettable phrase...
The annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons was held in the city of New Orleans. My colleague and great friend from the Harvard Orthopedic residency program days, Joshua Jacobs, was the AAOS President and has done a tremendous job...
It was an exciting week here in San Francisco! Firstly, the Oracle Team USA boat had a historic set of victories to come from behind and clench the America’s Cup! These last few races were incredibly exciting. I hope many of you locally had the chance...
Stryker is one of the major "Big 5" orthopedic companies. Stryker provides education and training courses. They have a philosophy of surgeon education in which didactic lectures and case presentations are offered for the most challenging clinical cases.
Dr. Diao has been identified as a Cigna Care designated physician, effective January 1, 2014. He is recognized by Cigna Care as a physician that provides quality and cost-efficient care in his specialty of Orthopaedics [Surgery] for the Hand and Upper...
“John Paul Fruttero is a successful collegiate and professional tennis player who is a friend of mine. He has unique insights on common injuries that tennis players and other recreational and elite athletes are prone to, based on his own experiences..."
On Friday, July 26th, I had the pleasure of presenting our summer intern, Thant, with his diploma at the graduation ceremonies for the Enterprise for High School Students Career Exploration Program. This fantastic educational program gives high school...
Socorro Medical, Inc. is a medical device venture dedicated to developing transformative endoscopic devices for surgeons to improve patient outcomes. We will share some of the lessons Socorro is learning about the challenges confronting a start up on...
For some of the most common hand conditions I encounter, I often treat with innovative scope-assisted, minimal-incision approaches. Endoscopic carpal tunnel release has been around for 25 years but not every surgeon is comfortable with performing this...
I had the opportunity to attend the OneMedForum Conference in New York City on June 26-27th, 2013. This organization puts the best of emerging companies in health care together with experienced analysts, bankers, financiers, and consultants.
Summer is a fun time for kids and families, and everyone spends more time outdoors in warm weather. While it is important to encourage healthy physical activity such as bike riding and other exercise, parents need to know how to keep their children safe.
