Roberto Pareyón: Nine Out Of Ten Don't Make The Cut
from Inside The Shoulder Hosted by Dr. Kenneth Cutbush
To become a specialist in Mexico you sit a national examination. Ninety per cent of candidates do not make the cut. Roberto Pareyón did. Now a shoulder surgeon in Mexico and a former Brisbane fellow, Roberto talks about the road there, including a stretch working as a civilian inside the military, saluting officers while learning the culture from the inside. He describes the Mexican pathway in detail: internship, a compulsory year of social service, then the examination that decides everything. And he explains what the fellowship changed. He says plainly that everything he does now, he learned in Brisbane. He and Ken discuss the boom in shoulder surgery they both lived through, and the relief of finally being told by a supportive group that you will be the shoulder person and will not have to do knees or hips. There is a substantial section on the Australian joint registry, which Roberto says is very highly regarded internationally, and on computer navigation and patient specific planning in shoulder replacement. He also talks about the Latin American shoulder society he helped build with a Colombian colleague. A junior committee giving younger surgeons across Mexico, Colombia and Argentina exposure at meetings, access to research grants and, most importantly, people in their own region facing the same problems. His advice for anyone wanting this career is one word. Obsessed.
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