Zayd Shariff - Orthopedic Surgery


Orthopedic Surgery

Zayd Shariff 


Orthopedic surgery focuses on the musculoskeletal system which includes your bones, joints, and ligaments among other things. It is a key part of medicine that helps individuals stay fit, mobile, and active leading people to live a healthy lifestyle. It encompasses conditions such as arthritis, sports injuries, and spinal problems. Despite its importance throughout the world, access to the speciality remains unequal across the globe.

In affluent countries such as the United States orthopedic surgery continues to rapidly improve. Innovations include techniques that utilize robotic assistance, procedures that are minimally invasive, and patient personalized medicine. As a result patients recover in shorter times and stay healthier for longer periods of time. While these improvements are obviously beneficial, in less developed countries the most basic forms of orthopedic surgery are out of reach. For example, a fractured femur can be treated within hours in the US, while that same treatment could take weeks or even months in a country in Southeast Asia or the Sub-saharan in Africa. 

One of the greatest challenges is the limited number of orthopedic surgeons. According to the Lancet Commision on Global Surgery five billion people don’t have access to safe and affordable surgery options. In order to help solve this problem we need global healthcare associations and organizations to partner with local communities to help bridge the disparity. Expanding access is not only just about healing bones and closing wounds, it's about making sure that every human is granted their human right to healthcare. 


Meet the Author:

Hi! My name is Zayd and I’m a senior at East Brunswick High School. I’ve always been interested in medicine and my dream is to become a doctor. I’m interested in multiple specialties including orthopedics, anesthesiology, and dermatology, and can’t wait to explore them more as I become closer to my dream. 

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