-: My name is Mary Elizabeth Tekesky
and I'm a physician assistant, and I specialize
in orthopedics.
One day a week I go in with my orthopedic surgeon
and help his surgical first assist,
so going in and, depending on what those cases are,
we either are replacing a joint
or we're fixing something that is torn or broken.
I generally close all the cases for him,
so do a lot of suturing, which is fun.
Then getting them kind of dressed
and put any braces on that they need,
and then see them post-op to recovery,
talk to the families and make sure that they're aware
of what happened, and kind of what they need to
be expecting in the next couple of days
until they see us for followup.