Podcast

Ethics Talk: Medical Device Representatives in the Surgical Suite

Description

Editorial fellow Dr Ariel Wampler describes what few know about material and device regulation, and Dr Adriane Fugh-Berman explains why we should ask more questions about device representatives’ intraoperative roles during implantations.

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Ariel Wampler, MD is a plastic and reconstructive surgery resident physician at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD is a professor of pharmacology and physiology at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC.

Recorded May 28, 2021

 

Conflict of Interest
Interviewees had no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.