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K I R K K E R K O R I A N S C H O O L O F M E D I C I N E A T U N LV
THE BARE BONES
ABOUT ORTHOPAEDICS
BY ROBIN BIFFINGER
t first, it may not appear obvious to see the
connection from growing up in a small oshing
town in Alaska to becoming the Optum and Dr.
Tony and Renee Marlon Endowed Chair in the
Department of Orthopaedics at the Kirk Kerkorian
School of Medicine at UNLV and the University
Medical Center of Southern Nevada9s chief of orthopaedic surgery.
But, Erik Kubiak, MD, notes that the two things are inextricably
linked.
ERIK KUBIAK, MD
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