Author: Alan Condon

Seven orthopedic surgeons making headlines this week:

Jasper, Ind.-based Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center has added orthopedic surgeon Christine Stairs, MD, to its staff, Dubois County Free Press reports.

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute has become the orthopedic partner of WFAN, the official radio station of the New York Yankees, according to an Aug. 19 announcement.

Lawson, Mo.-based spine surgeon Jason Montone, DO, and distributor John Balzer of Lenexa, Kan., have agreed to plead guilty to charges of conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks and obstructing the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into that kickback scheme.

Michael Schulder, MD, vice chair of neurosurgery at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., performed a novel robotic procedure Aug. 6 to remove a brain tumor from a 60-year-old patient, The Island Now reports.

Orthopedic surgeon Al Gross, MD, won the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator for Alaska Aug. 18, receiving 74.9 percent of the vote, according to The New York Times.

Covington, La.-based Avala hospital has four surgical robots, which it has used to perform more than 1,000 surgeries in less than two years.

Pittsburgh Penguins team physician Dharmesh Vyas, MD, PhD, has performed elbow surgery on Evgeni Malkin and shoulder surgery on Zach Aston-Reese, NHL reported Aug. 17.

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences campus in Rio Rancho broke ground Aug. 18 on the UNM Center of Excellence for Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, NPR affiliate KWRG reports.

Here are four spinal cord injury rehabilitation hospitals opened or announced so far this year: