When a two and a half year-old cat loses its back two legs in a combine harvester accident, a British neuro-orthopedic surgeon comes to the rescue by installing new prosthetic paws. It is hoped his new paws further technology for prosthetic limbs for humans.
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Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.
