Editorial 2025

The Sherpa Model of Training and the Future of Surgical Mentoring

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Journal · Vol. 156 · Issue 3 · pp. 349-355
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Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Funding & Acknowledgements
National Institutes of Health, USNIH
Dr. Chung receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and book royalties from Wolters Kluwer and Elsevier, and has received research funding from Sonex to study carpal tunnel surgery outcomes. The other authors have no financial interests to declare. No funding was received for this work.
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