Strategic Insights Into
The Orthopaedic Industry
April 2010 |
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SIGN surgeon Dr. Larry Hull
wins AAOS Humanitarian Award
March 2010 |
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Dr. Staeheli Back From Haiti
January 2010 |
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Haitian Relief Effort
January 2010 |
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Tri City Herald
Apr. 27, 2009
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Surgeon writes of SIGN experiences.
In her book, A Leg To Stand On, Foltz tells SIGN's story - covering everything from how Dr. Zirkle began the network to the doctors and patients who have benefited from it.
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Orthopaedic
Product
News
January 2009
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SIGN empowers surgeons to provide their patients with renewed mobility. Surgeons in the developing world are aware of modern technology but financial constraints prevent them from having access to adequate equipment to properly treat their patients.
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Argus News
Nov. 11, 2008
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Acumed founder travels to Tanzania
"Patients who received the SIGN nail would be up and mobile in a few days, ready to go home..." Randall Huebner, Acumed founder
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Tri City Herald
Nov. 10, 2008
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"It does change patients' lives and it makes an impact that they're not accustomed to."
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The Hermiston Herald
Oct. 8, 2008
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"It keeps me connected to the media, and SIGN is dedicated to serving people in need," Kane said. "I always considered journalism a public service, and this is public service at a higher level."
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Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader
Oct. 1, 2008
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According to Whitney, "the SIGN IM nail system not only alleviates pain and disability in patients but also prevents poverty among the patient's family. It gets them out of bed and, by returning them to functionality allows them to return to work."
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Tri City Herald
Sep. 18, 2008
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"I have a passion to see the life of my people get better. It makes me proud to be a part of this family of SIGN surgeons." Dr. Patrick Sekimpi, Ugandan surgeon
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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
September 2008
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Richland resident John Yegge lives for service, harmonizes for fun.
"I believe that if a person can do something for someone else, he must, if he's a moral person," Yegge said.
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Orthopaedic Product News
Sep/Oct 2008
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"The Vietnamese surgeons accepted the challenge. They made many suggestions for new instruments to aid in more accurate and efficient location of the distal interlock."
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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
July 2008
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Orthopaedic surgeon makes a world of difference through his SIGN company.
"There are currently 3,500 SIGN surgeons around the world, Zirkle said. And everyone is one big family, grouped together by taking care of people who don't have a chance."
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In Steppe
May 29, 2008
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Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN)
Thursday, May 29, 2008
"Traffic accidents injure or disable between 20 to 50 million people every year and 90 percent are in developing countries. Lucy Luginbill interviews SIGN Founder and President, Dr. Lewis Zirkle and CEO Jeanne Dillner about their mission to bring equality fracture care to the poor in developing countries."
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Providing Fracture Care for the People of Afghanistan
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 7:00pm
The Signature Center at 451 Hills Street, Richland, WA
"During a 15-day trip in January, Dr. Lewis G. Zirkle Jr. and Jeanne Dillner established SIGN programs in Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital and Central ANA Hospital in Kabul by training local trauma surgeons in modern orthopaedic surgical technique. Surgical tools and implants designed and manufactured by SIGN were donated to these hospitals. The delight of these Afghani surgeons in having this new tool gives them hope for changing the future of fracture care in Afghanistan. Come and hear more about the reality of the situation in Kabul and how SIGN is changing lives and inspiring hope in people living in this fractured nation."
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SIGN Story
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View "The SIGN Story," a 3 minute video describing the mission of SIGN.
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Tri-City Herald
February 18, 2008
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Implant Devices Ease Trauma Epidemic
Monday, February 18, 2008
"A 46-year-old man waits in an Afghan hospital for surgeons to repair his feet, which fractured when he fell 60 feet down a well. Surgeons, with the help of SIGN founder Dr. Lewis Zirkle Jr., repaired the man's feet using orthopedic implants the Richland non-profit group supplied."
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North Carolina
Public Radio -
WUNC
November 29, 2007
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A Fix For Broken Bones
Thursday, November 29, 2007
"In the developing world, deaths and injuries from orthopedic trauma now outnumber malaria, TB and AIDS combined."
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PNW Builder
Magazine
Spring 2007
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Orthopaedic
Product News
May / June 2007
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"Poverty clouds the future of 2.6 billion people throughout the developing world, limiting their access to nutrition,
shelter, education, jobs, safe transportation and proper health care."
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The Bulletin
April 9, 2007
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Dr. Carla Smith was on a backpacking trip through China, Tibet and Nepal when she noticed a group of physicians visiting the area to aid those in need of health care.
A recent medical school graduate at the time, Smith said she made a decision to return to the area one day on a trip other than a vacation.
"They had a lot of purpose," she said. "I remember thinking the next time I go back, I'm going to go back like that."
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Tri-City Herald
March 29, 2007
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SIGN of the Times
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Richland physician who developed procedure to more quickly heal broken bones takes his system to war-torn Iraq to help those in need.
Dr. Zirkle treated this Iraqi woman who had a badly broken humerus in her left arm.
He saw more than 40 patients his first day in Iraq with various injuries. Dr. Zirkle said many of the patients he saw were just bystanders. He was working in Erbil, Iraq, the oldest continually inhabited city in the world, built in the 23 century B.C.
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One AAOS Surgeon
Can Change the
World
by Carolyn Rogers
February 2007
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Lewis G. Zirkle, Jr., MD, Founder of SIGN, Receives the 2007 AAOS Humanitarian Award
Dr. Zirkle states, "This award is shared by many people. The SIGN staff under the leadership of Jeanne Dillner has evolved
into a creative productive unit. The SIGN instruments have been steadily improved and new products are being developed at
this time.
There are 3000 SIGN surgeons around the world who do SIGN surgery, report their SIGN surgery into the SIGN surgical
database and suggest innovations for SIGN equipment as well as new techniques. Surgeons from North America, Europe and
from developing countries all train surgeons so new SIGN programs can form. As you can see many people share in the award.
I am humbled by it and thank all of you."
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President's Call to
Service Award
Health Volunteers
Overseas
February 2007
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Lewis G. Zirkle, Jr., MD, along with other orthopaedic
volunteers honored with the President’s Call to Service Award.
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Tri-Cities Tech
Business Update
March 2007
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Lewis G. Zirkle, Jr., MD, receives National Humanitarian Award.
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