An assortment of top-flight translator portfolio examples from multinational translators hailing from around the world!

Translator Portfolio Examples

by Cristina Bendek, translated by Robin Myers, Charco Press £11.99 With its contested past, the Colombian island of San Andrés is a cauldron of mixed and often conflicting identities. So, too, is Victoria, born on the island though long an…

Best books of 2022: Fiction in translation

Even The Darkest Night by Javier Cercas, translated by Anne McLean, Maclehose £16.99/Knopf $30 Cercas, the Spanish author of multi-layered and award-winning novels like Soldiers of Salamis, tackles the detective genre in the story of Melchor Marín, a…

Best summer books of 2022: Fiction in translation

Brickmakers by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott, Charco Press £9.99/Graywolf Press $16.99 In a deserted amusement park in Argentina, two men lie dying in the aftermath of a knife-fight. Through masterfully managed flashbacks, Almada…

Best books of 2021: Fiction in translation

The Republic of False Truths
by Alaa al-Aswany, translated by SR Fellowes, Faber £16.99/Knopf $28.95
Banned in the author’s home country, this fictionalised account of 2011’s Egyptian revolution serves up a chorus of voices — a corrupt general, a…

Summer books of 2021: Fiction in translation

The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana, by Maryse Condé, translated by Richard Philcox, World Editions, RRP£12.99, 368 pagesWritten in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, this picaresque romp tracks the journey of twins Ivan…

Best books of 2020: Fiction in translation

Shokoofeh Azar, Europa Editions, RRP£13.99/$18 The first novel in Farsi to be shortlisted for the International Booker Prize brings a touch of magic realism to 1980s Tehran. Banned in Iran (the translator remains anonymous for safety reasons), it…

Summer books of 2020: Fiction in translation

The Society of Reluctant Dreamers, by José Eduardo Agualusa, translated by Daniel Hahn, Harvill Secker, RRP£14.99 When Daniel Benchimol finds a camera containing photos of the woman he has been seeing in his dreams, he sets off on a journey of…

Best books of 2019: Fiction in translation

 Rain: And Other Stories, by Mia Couto, translated by Eric MB Becker, Biblioasis, RRP$14.95 A charming collection of short stories from Mozambique’s master storyteller. Set mostly in the aftermath of his country’s long civil war, the stories capture…

Summer books of 2019: Fiction in translation

The Farm, by Héctor Abad, translated by Anne McLean, World Editions, RRP£12.99/ Archipelago, RRP$20 When his mother’s death brings him back to the family farm in Colombia, Antonio Angel must confront the country’s multi-layered history of violence.…

Best books of 2018: Fiction in translation

My German Brother, by Chico Buarque, translated by Alison Entrekin, Picador, RRP£14.99/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, RRP$25 In an intriguing hybrid of memoir and novel reminiscent of WG Sebald, Brazilian songwriter and author Chico Buarque dramatises his…

Summer books of 2018: Fiction in translation

 Cuban writer José Lezama Lima once remarked that he began to grow old the day his mother died. A similar sentiment haunts the pages of Tomb Song, the novel by Mexican writer Julián Herbert, which is both a visceral lament about his mother’s death…

Tomb Song, by Julián Herbert

Anna, by Niccolò Ammaniti, translated by Jonathan Hunt, Canongate, RRP£10.99 This chilling addition to the canon of post-apocalyptic fiction sees 13-year-old Anna Salemi struggling to survive in a desolate Sicily after a viral epidemic — “the Red…

Best books of 2017: Fiction in translation

“I wanted to talk about a past towards which I felt a special responsibility: what happened could not be forgotten.” In 2016, MacLehose Press published THE RETURN, by Portuguese author Dulce Maria Cardoso, translated by me. A year later, at the time…

THE RETURN: Q&A with Dulce Maria Cardoso

The 7th Function of Language, by Laurent Binet, translated by Sam Taylor, Harvill Secker, RRP£16.99/FSG, RRP$25 As a follow-up to his acclaimed HHhH, about the assassination of Nazi security chief Reinhard Heydrich, Binet has delivered an…

Summer books of 2017: Fiction in translation

The Parable Book, by Per Olov Enquist, translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner, MacLehose Press, RRP£17.99 In this autobiographical tale of longing and loss, an ageing author recalls his encounter, aged 15, with a 51-year-old woman from Stockholm…

Best books of 2016: Fiction in translation

The Happy Marriage, by Tahar Ben Jelloun, translated by André Naffis-Sahely, Melville House, RRP£18.99/$25.95 As he recovers from a stroke, a Moroccan artist reminisces about his decades-long marriage to a jealous wife, and rails against his growing…

Summer reading 2016: Fiction in translation

Edward James' jungle folly in Xilitla, Mexico. (Photo by Ulf Jenninger)From the Winter 2015/16 Issue "Latin America On Life Support?"By Ángel Gurría-Quintana When European explorers first caught sight of the land they would soon call the New World,…

Imagining Eden: Beyond the mirage of Latin American identity

A General Theory of Oblivion, by José Eduardo Agualusa, translated by Daniel Hahn, Harvill Secker, RRP£14.99/Archipelago, RRP$18 On the eve of Angola’s independence from Portugal in 1975, the agoraphobic Ludo bricks herself into an apartment in…

Best books of 2015: Fiction in translation

In 1975, the day before Angola declares its independence from Portugal, Ludovica Fernandes Mano, a Portuguese expatriate, bricks herself into a penthouse apartment in the Angolan capital, Luanda. Ludo (for short) goes on to spend almost 30 years in…

‘A General Theory of Oblivion’, by José Eduardo Agualusa

The Bamboo Stalk, by Saud Alsanousi, translated by Jonathan Wright, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation, RRP£16.99 The second novel by Kuwaiti-born Alsanousi won critical acclaim, including the 2013 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, for engaging with…

Summer reading: Fiction in translation, 2015

This is a collection that contains all your pieces.

This past spring, Children’s Hospital Colorado declared a “state of emergency” in youth mental health. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital system’s pediatric emergency rooms and inpatient units had become increasingly overrun with…

Suicidality among children and adolescents

S. Kent Butler says he’s an elephant in a world built for giraffes. And he is here to shake things up.
This metaphor comes from R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr. and Marjorie L. Woodruff’s book Building a House for Diversity: How a Fable About a Giraffe & an…

Cultivating space for inclusivity

Counselors speak for the least, the lost and the lonely, says American Counseling Association member Bernadine Craft. That advocacy, she believes, should extend beyond office and classroom walls.
Craft has worn many professional “hats,” including…

Counselors as agents of change

It has been 52 years since the Stonewall uprising — a multiday protest that began when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar located in Greenwich Village in New York City, in the early hours of June 28, 1969, and began arresting patrons and…

Listening to voices of color in the LGBTQ+ community

One of the most contentious — indeed, at times, vitriolic — public health debates of the COVID-19 era has revolved around the safety of opening schools for in-person classes. For some politicians, the push to open seemed to be influenced by optics —…

Feeling the strain: The effects of COVID-19 on children and adolescents

Money is the dirty little secret of American society. The unspoken social contract is that, like Voldemort, it shall not be named. We may joke about winning the lottery, but we don’t reveal the strained financial circumstances that underlie that pipe…

Money on the mind

To appropriate a turn of phrase from Queen Elizabeth II, 2020 was our collective annus horribilis (horrible year). The queen was referring to 1992, a year that featured the implosion of three royal marriages, a devastatingly destructive fire at…

Working our way through a pandemic

The climate of intolerance, anger and, to put it plainly, hate, that was encouraged to bloom during the past four years have kept Jessi Eden Brown busy as the professional coach for the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI) and in her private…

No rest for the bullied

COVID-19 has taken away many of our in-person interactions. Office chitchat by the coffee maker. Happy hour with friends. Holiday celebrations. Friends, co-workers, extended family — since the pandemic began, many of us have seen them only virtually.…

Far away, so close: Negotiating relationships during COVID-19

2020: The year that never stopped surprising — and often horrifying — us. Rampant wildfires on the West Coast. A record-breaking hurricane season. The violent police confrontation and resulting death of George Floyd that gave rise to widespread…

Counselors look back on 2020

In 2005, a Welsh psychologist announced that he had created a formula combining factors such as weather, holiday debt, the amount of time elapsed since Christmas and the likelihood of already-abandoned New Year’s resolutions to determine the most…

Facing a winter of discontent

When the outside world looked at Julie Bates-Maves’ client “James,” it saw a 60-something “junkie” who had wasted 20 years of his life shooting up heroin. But in James’ community of people who used heroin, he was a respected man — an authority figure…

Addiction: Paving the way to recovery

Word began to filter out late morning on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the last day that Virginia residents could register to vote in the 2020 general elections. A severed fiber-optic cable had brought down the commonwealth’s voter registration portal. Officials…

Fear and anxiety at the ballot box

The nation is poised at a historic moment in which the American people’s recognition and understanding of the injustices that happen every day in Black and brown communities is at an all-time high, said Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., one of the speakers…

ACA legislative briefing tackles racism, police reform and mental health issues

“School counselor” is a deceptively simple title. In reality, school counselors play many roles, including social and emotional educator, academic adviser, conflict mediator, wellness coach, mental health therapist, student champion, educational…

School counseling in the time of the coronavirus

On a warming planet, some of the most rapid increases in temperature are being experienced in the Circumpolar North — the area within and, in some cases, just below the Arctic Circle. Overall, the average global temperature has increased by 1 degree…

Climate in crisis: Counselors needed

“In some ways, the ‘one-drop rule’ still exists in the minds of society,” says Derrick Paladino, a licensed mental health counselor and professor of counseling at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. “I will always be brown to others, and not…

A quest for identity and connection

Licensed professional counselor (LPC) Laura Brackett’s specialties include counseling LGBTQ+ individuals. A frequent complaint she hears from her clients is that those outside of the LGBTQ+ community — including some mental health practitioners — see…

Affirming all shades of the rainbow

To the uninitiated, a favorable cancer prognosis may appear to follow a challenging yet relatively linear path ending on an upward trajectory: diagnosis, treatment, elimination, champagne.
After all, what’s not to celebrate? Treatment is over! You’re…

Life after cancer

In an increasingly mobile society, it is not unusual for professionals in many fields to relocate for career or personal reasons. For those in professions such as human resources, information technology, publications and numerous other fields, moving…

Interstate compact plan provides hope for licensure portability

I never want this to happen to you. Michael Lewis – the author of Moneyball, The Big Short, The Blind Side, etc – has a terrific podcast called Against the Rules. In a recent episode, Lewis and famous baseball statistician Bill James were discussing…

Moneyball’s Essential Stock Market Lesson

Saving money is a no-brainer. Its benefit is obvious. You have more money! Your bank account grows. Your 401(k) grows. You can retire (potentially early) and do fun things with the savings you’ve built up over time. But there’s a second, hidden…

The Hidden Benefit of Saving Money

You’re seeing Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the news. People are comparing it to the Great Financial Crisis in 2008. What’s going on? Let’s talk about Silicon Valley Bank in simple terms. I’m writing this ~2pm EST on Sunday March 12. I will update…

Silicon Valley Bank 101

Outsiders think they know how something works. You know the type. Those armchair experts opining at the Thanksgiving table. The least experienced are the most confident in their knowledge. Insiders actually know how something works. And that, as the…

Great Investors’ Little Secret

Lawrence recently wrote in: Dear Jesse, My wife is 70 and I’m about to turn 70, and we’ve been retired for 8 years, and even with the tough market in 2022, our portfolio is up 40% from when we retired – from ~$3M to $4.2M. But I can’t bring myself to…

Dying with Millions

The McDonald’s Test is a simple way to ask yourself: am I really enjoying the fruits of my labor? While chatting with a client last year, we discussed a vital financial planning topic: spending their retirement savings. It’s challenging for many…

The McDonald’s Test

Retirement math can be complex. Investment returns, Social Security, spending rates, etc. But we’re keeping it simple today. We’re going to cover a basic concept that will allow you to retire decades early. Imagine a married couple with the following…

How to Retire Decades Early

Rochester is home to a dedicated clutch of platform tennis addicts. And you ask: what is platform tennis? Platform tennis (a.k.a. “paddle tennis” or, most often, just “paddle”) is an outdoor-only cold-weather racket sport, played almost exclusively…

The Negative Arts of Money and Paddle

As of October 2022, stocks were down 25% from their previous high. Bonds were down 15% over the same period. A “balanced” 60/40 portfolio was down 21%. It was, by some measure, the worst investing year in a lifetime. But life goes on. What’s happened…

Portfolios Are Up How Much?!?!

Samuel Bolton Jr. was a successful businessman, brewer, politician, and philanthropist in Troy, NY in the late 1800s. Why, then, did Bolton kill himself by diving into a vat of hot beer? He didn’t understand risk. No, not the risk of diving into…

The Investor Who Died In a Vat of Hot Beer

I wish I could run 5 miles a day without the discomfort, the exertion, and the required hour of time. (Yeah, I’m slow). But there’s no such thing as “passive running.” You either run or you don’t. The same goes for a healthy diet. And reading. And…

Don’t Be A Dummy. Be A Chicken.

What happens when you die? Will your soul travel to an ethereal plane? Does your spirit remain on Earth? Or, more simply, does your body decompose from whence it came? Welcome to The Existential Interest, a new blog where I wax philosophical on the…

Estate Planning 101

Investing is all about risk and reward. When investors take more risk, they demand more reward. One such “risk premium” is the concept of illiquidity. Liquid assets are easily converted to cash. Stocks are liquid. You can buy or sell them five days a…

The Easiest Money That Investors Ignore

For you cave-dwellers, Wordle is a word-guessing game where you have six guesses to correctly find a 5-letter word. After each guess, you learn which letters you’ve guessed correctly and if you placed those letters in the right/wrong spot. There are…

Wordle’s Hidden Financial Lesson

All the following inflation data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Food at home costs are up 12% year-over-year. This affects you! (Unless you’re a mystical no-food yogi…yikes). We all need to eat. But can we make economical food choices to…

The Secret To Beating Inflation

Math can unlock the world for us. But only if we use it accurately. A quick lesson today on investment performance. Apologies if I end up being soap-boxy. But bad math (especially by experts) ruffles my feathers. To start, it’s high time The Best…

Even “Experts” Measure Stupidly

Another quarter in the books! Every three months, I take a look at my personal finances, share recent news from The Best Interest, and show you more dog pictures. Here are my previous quarterly updates: Why share this info? To brag about money?! No…

Net Worth, Projects, and Dogs – Update Q4 2022

On a recent episode of Freakonomics, author Yuval Noah Harari** said: Viruses exist whether we believe in them or not. Even if you don’t accept the stories about viruses, they can still kill you. Yuval Noah Harari 🚨 This is not an article about…

9 Scientific Facts to Improve Your Finances

My wife’s family lives in Clarence, NY, about 10 miles east of downtown Buffalo. We sat in their house for Christmas as 4 feet of snow and consistent 50-70 mph winds snow-globed the world around us. Buffalo got crushed by this storm. But probably NOT…

A Cold Lesson from the Buffalo Blizzard

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost Most people know Robert Frost’s famous poem, The Road Not Taken. Especially the last few lines, written above. And most people…

Two Roads To Financial Independence

It’s only the start of the third week this year, and I’m looking back at a hectic couple of weeks at work, new school for the older one, farewell to the younger one’s crib, the start of potty training, farewell to my wisdom teeth (and all the fun…

Serendipity, Whimsy, and Funhouse mirrors

I spent the last few days reading Glennon Doyle’s Untamed, and as a listener to her podcast We Can Do Hard Things (okay - as part of her Pod Squad), I was catching up on an episode this morning that ended with the most lovely song by her daughter,…

We can do hard things (or, thoughts about last year and this year)

Maya Angelou writes, “In the flush of love’s light we dare be brave And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.” What a beautiful way to capture both how selfish and how selfless the choice…

In the flush of love's light

Photo by Stephen Salpukas from Nruthyarchana, presented two weeks ago. The show’s still up on YouTube if you missed it. This year has been a roller coaster personally, professionally, and artistically. It seems especially apt to pour my swirling…

Reflections

I’m presenting a solo program on Sunday, December 4th at 4 pm Eastern, and I hope you’ll join me for the performance. This is something I’ve been hoping to do for a long time, and seriously working toward for the past year - a show where I get to…

You're Invited - Nruthyarchana

Note: I found this nearly complete draft as I was about to start on a brand new piece, so I’m wrapping this up and posting it. New post to come soon! Yeah, that’s a bit of a clickbait-y title, but really, it also covers what I want to talk about.…

Why I used to hate performing and what *Science* tells me I can do

If I look at the clock, it’s the next day, but in my mind, it’s still Guru Pournami. I’ve had a thought since this morning, and I’m only now able to write it down: It is knowledge that dispels darkness (“gu”, being darkness and “ru” meaning to…

Dispelling Darkness

This year has been moving at a frenetic pace, and I can’t believe it’s nearly June (HELLO trip around the sun #32, you are here FAR too quickly and I’m not ready!) Generally speaking, my favorite approach to cooking is having pots and pans (and the…

Taking a breathe

At the beginning of last year, I wrote this: So, I’m going to dance. I’m going to dance daily. I’m going to be kind to myself as I dance, instead of tearing myself down with harsh self-criticism. But I will not let up, and if it’s a choice between…

Marking the passage of another year

Today is an important day historically. In 1955, Emmett Till, a 14 year old Black boy was lynched and murdered, after being accused of being lewd with a white woman who was selling him candy. (She recanted her testimony decades later). In 1963, on…

Art and Identity: a journey + 2 performances you need to watch

I’m starting a podcast!
I’m starting a podcast with fellow dancer, writer, choreographer, and early aughts music connoisseur Kiran Rajagopalan because he’s awesome and I’m awesome and we want to share our awesomeness with the world.
In all…

An Off the Beat idea

I’m back to talking about rhythm. (Because I can’t not).
During the last couple of months, I had a couple performance experiences that let me revisit my ideas related to it. At the Richmond Dance Festival by Dogtown Dance Theater, my mother was the…

The rippling breath, the beating heart

Photo credit: Bill Sigafoos / Firehouse Theatre
When I was in grad school, in one of my early classes, my professors talked about how the texts tell as that the artist should be like a clear vessel to let the colors of characters through to the…

Fires in the Mirror - A Reflection

For its 18th dance festival, ResiliDance, IDEA harnessed the possibilities of virtual programming by bringing together over 60 speakers and 20 performing groups from India, US, UK & NZ for 24 hours of programming spanning 4 days, as well as 5 films…

ResiliDance - A Review

It’s been a trying few days (weeks? months?) for me, but it’s been art that’s kept me sane and sustained me, and as I look at the crazy few days (weeks? months?) ahead, it’s art, again, that’ll see me through. Sharing that lovely pieces of…

Joyful things

Content warnings: Gun Violence, Murder
Tonight, my heart is aching.
This month, my heart has been aching.
A mass shooting in Atlanta. A mass shooting in Boulder. A car jacking in Washington D.C.. A mass shooting in Virginia Beach. Another shooting in…

Processing the violence.

Last night was closing night of the show The Untethered: Homecoming 2020. A diverse group of alums from across the country - and even internationally! - came together to offer both a performance and their stories, journeys, and wisdom for the…

Empowering Spaces for the Arts

May 7 Fires in the Mirror - A Reflection

When I started writing here, I was at an inflection point in my dance journey. A student of dance and passionate about Kuchipudi for many years, I was trying to convince myself that firstly, I had the satta to be a dancer; secondly, I was trying to…

A statement of intention

I just finished watching Sunday’s lineup for Prakriti Dance’s Festival of Kuchipudi, and my mind is abuzz. First - some context. Kasi Aysola, a dynamic and passionate artist, and codirector of Prakriti Dance, curated the festival. Using a blend of…

Festival of Kuchipudi - A reflection

One year ago. It’s 7 o’clock on a Friday night. There’s a closet full of dresses, racks full of shoes, and trays of sparkling accessories—and you have nowhere to go. Dreaming of a night out in stilettos and winged eyeliner, you fall asleep once again…

Friday Night Fever Dream

Chronic diseases are common and costly. Six in ten adults in the US have a chronic illness, while four in ten adults have two or more. According to the CDC, chronic diseases are conditions that last at least one year, need continuous medical…

How symptom checkers can lower the cost of chronic conditions

In the early spring of 2020, in downtown Toronto, a man was stabbed in the chest. Ambulance bay doors crashed open as paramedics rushed the patient into St. Michael’s Hospital. Within seconds of his arrival, he was inside the trauma bay, unconscious…

Design for Survival: How to Build a Better Trauma Bay

An effective digital front door needs to be much more than just the entry point into the system. Consider the front door of an office building—it is not only an entrance but it also leads to a receptionist to guide visitors and help you complete…

The Insider’s Guide to Implementing Digital Front Doors

Gone are the days of crowded waiting rooms and uncomfortable hospital beds. Here's how health-care workers and institutions are revolutionizing surgery, patient care, cancer treatment—and more.
The Trauma Room Black Box
Emergency-room doctors are not…

10 Life-Saving Medical Innovations Coming to a Hospital Near You

Kirsten Gardner, deputy mayor for South Dundas, teaches a Mental Health First Aid course for the Mental Health Commission of Canada. In this interview, she tells us what motivates her as a mental health ambassador, what comes as the biggest surprise…

Meet the Mental Health First Aid Instructor

Dr. Brittany Wenniserí:iostha Jock, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at McGill University in the Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition & Environment (CINE). With a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Syracuse University, a master’s degree in…

Meet The Epidemiologist

As more physicians take the leap into thought leadership, they are seeing the value of hiring writers to help them rise to the top. Here’s how they can find the right fit for their needs.
If you choose to hire a writer, they’ll serve as an extension…

How Physicians Can Add a Writer to Their Team — And Get it Right the First Time

In February 2020, the first wave of COVID-19 reality washed into my town. I instantly quit my hospital job and never looked back. It was one of the best decisions I’ve made.
One year ago today, my small Canadian town made national headlines when…

When a Quarantine Came to Town

How can physicians become better known as an expert in their field? Here are 8 recommendations to stand out from the crowd — all of them are based on my experience working with top-of-their-game physicians.
Find your niche.
Start by narrowing your…

8 Ways Physicians Can Become Thought Leaders

Thought leadership. As a physician, does that idea make you excited? Or a bit queasy? While some physicians jump at the chance to be seen and heard, others are turned off by the concept — it conjures up images of social media influencers, popularity…

5 Reasons Physicians Should Become Thought Leaders

The paramedics radioed in the details to the rural Ontario hospital: female teenager, intentional overdose, ETA five minutes. The patient’s mother arrived with her, wearing a look I had grown all too familiar with—bewilderment, incredulity, fear.…

The Many Ways We’re Failing Our Children’s Mental Health

As we are confronted by a new global health epidemic in the form of COVID-19, the challenges and opportunities of global data sharing come into sharp focus. Due to significant data collection and sharing issues during the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak,…

Leveraging standardised data in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak

Photo: Courtesy Cynthia Rennie-Faubert
Cynthia Rennie-Faubert, 48, nurse, Cornwall, Ont.
In January 2020, as I watched the news about the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, I kept thinking, ‘This is not good.’ As the situation escalated, I knew it was…

I’m a Canadian ER Nurse—Here’s What It’s Like Fighting Coronavirus on the Front Line

In this article, we hear from physicians presenting at the upcoming Orthopedic Value-Based Care conference as they share their perspectives on the future of ambulatory surgery centers. From regulations to reimbursement, we dive into the opportunities…

Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Creating Value through Outpatient Surgery

Dr. Michael Suk MD, JD, MPH, FACS is chair of the department of Orthopedics and the clinical driving force behind the Geisinger ProvenCare® Acute Orthopaedic Programs. He also has a law degree, a Master in Public Health, and served as a White House…

Creating New Care Models

All progress in medicine depends on innovative thinking. But how can we harness the power of new ideas if healthcare professionals are working in silos? It’s a problem that plays out again and again across our healthcare system as teams struggle to…

The Value of Interdisciplinary Medical Summits

Dr. Arnaldo Valedon is a fellowship-trained anesthesiologist at WellSpan Health and a longtime ASC field surveyor. He will be speaking at the OVBC 2020 conference about how to navigate state and federal regulations and how to prepare for an…

The Challenges of ASC Accreditation

Dr. Scott A. Sigman MD is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon practicing in North Chelmsford, MA. He is also a fierce advocate of opioid-sparing surgery, speaking around the world to shift the culture of pain management. He will be sharing his…

Changing the Paradigm of Postoperative Pain Management

Nine extraordinary stories of kindness, compassion and full-on bravery.She helps care for COVID-19 patientsCynthia Rennie-Faubert, 48, Cornwall, Ont.The speed of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan worried Cynthia Rennie-Faubert. As an emergency room…