---
title: 'From Fort Bragg To The First Reverse In The US: Device Nation Salutes The Extraordinary Career Of Dr. Carl Basamania!'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/from-fort-bragg-to-the-first-reverse-in-the-us-device-nation-salutes-the-extraordinary-career-of-dr-carl-basamania'
show: 'Device Nation'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/device-nation'
published: '2026-10-10'
audio: 'https://www.buzzsprout.com/786629/episodes/19939616-from-fort-bragg-to-the-first-reverse-in-the-us-device-nation-salutes-the-extraordinary-career-of-dr-carl-basamania.mp3'
---

# From Fort Bragg To The First Reverse In The US: Device Nation Salutes The Extraordinary Career Of Dr. Carl Basamania!

The reverse total shoulder is on OR schedules every day now, but someone had to do the first one in the United States. In 2003, in OR Room 36 at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC, that someone was Dr. Carl Basamania! What an honor sharing the inspiring story of Dr. Basamania, tracing a career t

## Summary

The reverse total shoulder is on OR schedules every day now, but someone had to do the first one in the United States. In 2003, in OR Room 36 at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC, that someone was Dr. Carl Basamania!

What an honor sharing the inspiring story of Dr. Basamania, tracing a career that runs from Rochester, New York, through the U.S. Army, and into some of orthopedics’ most important innovations!

**In this episode:**

- What put him on the path to medicine

- Military service and lessons from Fort Bragg

- His time with Delta Force

- Training with Dr. Rockwood

- The story behind the first U.S. reverse shoulder

- Robotics in the Shoulder

- Advice for Surgeon KOL's

- Clavicle fractures....Plate, pin, or leave it alone?

- "The only guarantee in surgery is a scar and a bill"

- .....and SO MUCH MORE!!

Again, Device Nation salutes Dr. Basamania for his service to our country and to our industry!

**Join us at AAHKS:** The 3rd Annual Surgeon/Rep Town Hall Breakfast is Friday, November 6, 6:30–8:30 AM, in Gaylord One, look forward to seeing you there!

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