RT Journal
A1 Gelberman, Richard H.
A1 Samson, David
A1 Mirza, Sohail K.
A1 Callaghan, John J.
A1Pellegrini, Jr. ,Vincent D.
T1 Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Medical Device IndustryThe Threat to Scientific Integrity and the Public Trust
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2010
FD March 1
VO 92
IS 3
SP 765
OP 777
DO 10.2106/JBJS.I.01164
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.I.01164
AB 
The purpose of this article is to relate recent actions by the United States Department of Justice, the Institute of Medicine, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and others to the specific challenges confronting the specialty of orthopaedic surgery. Further, it strives to reconcile the duty and value propositions associated with the orthopaedic surgeon-medical device company relationship, with the persistent risks that are attendant to that relationship, and to develop a new path—one that strives to restore the integrity of scientific investigation and day-to-day clinical decision making, while providing justification for future physician-industry interaction. To consider the topic in perspective, it is interesting to assess the origins of the current model of physician-industry interaction as they relate specifically to the issues currently confronting the specialty of orthopaedic surgery.