Cutting Edge Fall 2012
A Quest for an Arm Turns Wondrous
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Aided by biomedical engineer Robert Armiger, Johnny Matheny practices tactile motions with his advanced prosthetic arm.
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Aided by biomedical engineer Robert Armiger, Johnny Matheny practices tactile motions with his advanced prosthetic arm.
Articles in this Issue
Cover
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After losing his arm to cancer in 2008, Johnny Matheny set out on a quest for the finest prosthetic arm, and wound up at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he turned out to be an excellent candidate for a technique known as targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR).
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With Targeted Muscle Reinnervation, Technology + Persistence = Success
Perspectives
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With the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, there's no shortage of opinions about the fate of health care and where we go from here.
Teams at Work: Melanoma Program
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital's melanoma program members come from an across the hospital; surgeons, experts in dermatology, medical oncology and nursing are all part of the team.
Let's Meet
Changing Lives Through Research
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With so much focus today on improving patient safety and quality of care, more physicians are studying the clinical outcomes of surgical procedures.
On the Job
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Jackie Martin, Johns Hopkins Hospital Director of Perioperative Services, discusses his anesthesiology background and new position leading perioperative services.
Those Who Give
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After a successful kidney transplant, the Hartman's have directed more than $2.4 million to the Department of Surgery.

