Surgeons

Physicians who treat diseases, injuries, and deformities by invasive, minimally-invasive, or non-invasive surgical methods, such as using instruments, appliances, or by manual manipulation.

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

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Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

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Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

Analyze patient's medical history, medication allergies, physical condition, and examination results to verify operation's necessity and to determine best procedure.

Operate on patients to correct deformities, repair injuries, prevent and treat diseases, or improve or restore patients' functions.

Follow established surgical techniques during the operation.

Prescribe preoperative and postoperative treatments and procedures, such as sedatives, diets, antibiotics, or preparation and treatment of the patient's operative area.

Examine patient to obtain information on medical condition and surgical risk.

Diagnose bodily disorders and orthopedic conditions and provide treatments, such as medicines and surgeries, in clinics, hospital wards, or operating rooms.

Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, assistants, specialists, residents, and other medical staff.

Provide consultation and surgical assistance to other physicians and surgeons.

Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioners when necessary.

Examine instruments, equipment, and operating room to ensure sterility.

Manage surgery services, including planning, scheduling and coordination, determination of procedures, or procurement of supplies and equipment.

Conduct research to develop and test surgical techniques that can improve operating procedures and outcomes.

Abdominal retractors

Amputation retractors

Anastomosis clamps

Andrews tables

Argon beam coagulators

Arterial line catheters

Artery forceps

Autologous blood recovery systems

Automated external defibrillators AED

Balloon perfusion catheters

Biopolar cautery equipment

Biopsy forceps

Biopsy punches

Bone chisels

Bone clamps

Bone ronguers

Bone-cutting forceps

Bone-holding forceps

Bowel stapling equipment

Bronchoscopes

Bulldog clamps

Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers

Cardiopulmonary bypass pumps

Cartilage clamps

Catheter forceps

Cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirators CUSA

Ceiling mounted microscopes

Cell savers

Cervical retractors

Cervical spine retractors

Cilia forceps

Clip applying forceps

Colposcopes

Craniotome drills

Cryoprobes

Cryosurgery units

Cystoscopes

Debakey clamps

Dermatomes

Desktop computers

Diagnostic ultrasound equipment

Diathermy equipment

Digital cameras

Dressing forceps

Ear forceps

Ear retractors

Electrocardiography EKG machines

Electrosurgery units

Electrosurgical grounding pads

Endoscope vein harvesting equipment

Endoscopic catheters

Endoscopic insufflators

Endoscopic video cameras

ENT microscopes

Enterotomy scissors

External fixators

Eye forceps

Eye magnets

Flexible fiberoptic endoscopes

Flexible ureteroscopes

Fracture tables

Gall bladder forceps

Gastrointestinal retractors

Harmonic scalpels

Heart and lung machines

Hemodynamic monitors

Hemostatic forceps

Hip arthroplasty robots

Holmium lasers

Hudson drills

Hysterectomy forceps

Hysteroscopes

IMA retractors

Internal defibrillators

Intestinal forceps

Intravenous IV equipment

Irrigation tubing

Laparascopes

Laparascopic graspers

Laser dopplers

Lip retractors

Locking forceps

Lung retractors

Mayfield headrests

Microforceps

Nasal forceps

Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers

Nerve retractors

Obstetrical forceps

Occluding forceps

Operating room smoke evacuators

Ophthalmic retractors

Optical forceps

Optical urethrotomes

Oral retractors

Orthopedic forceps

Orthopedic retractors

Oxygen administration equipment

Padgett dermatomes

Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps

Orhopaedic Surgeon

People telling me that I can’t be a surgeon and I’m not smart enough 

Tracye Lawyer-Robinson

Orhopaedic Surgeon

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Medicine

Sports

Helping People

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Tracye Lawyer-Robinson

Orhopaedic Surgeon

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Medicine

Sports

Helping People

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

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