The fellowship is off to a great start! We had mostly smooth travels to Brazil (no missed connections or lost luggage). After a late dinner last night, we were all a little tired at the beginning of the day. Fortunately, there were lots of interesting cases and strong coffee waiting for us at State University of Sao Paulo (Dr. Rui Maciel host). All our hosts provided a stimulating morning that included pre-op case conference and a busy clinic with challenging pathology including bilateral PFFD, Larsen’s syndrome, metaphyseal dysplasia, arthrogryposis, SCFE and AVN. Also included were tours of the orthopaedic hospital and the beautiful medical school buildings. The afternoon included our talks on DDH, complications of SCFE and angiogenesis in bone repair. The hosts provided thoughtful and insightful questions and comments and shared from their research and experiences, which are considerable. All total it was a terrific day of interchange of ideas.
In case friends and family are wondering, they are also feeding us well (too well). Traditional barbecue restaurant for lunch today (meat anyone?) and a great pizza place tonight. In case our wives are reading, nevermind this paragraph, we’ve been eating celery and hitting the treadmill at the hotel gym.
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