A new study from New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery suggests that a conservative recovery method, known as the “quiet knee” protocol, may improve outcomes after total knee replacement. The retrospective analysis reviewed more than 270 patients who followed…
Author: Sophie Eydis
The following female surgeons lead orthopedic surgery departments at hospitals ranked among the top 50 for orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report for 2025-26. Each is among a small but growing group of women heading academic orthopedic programs nationwide.…
When Claude Moorman, MD, looks at the future of orthopedics, he doesn’t see replacement — he sees regeneration. “Sports medicine has been a sort-of ‘space program’ for orthopedics,” said Dr. Moorman, president of the Musculoskeletal Institute and chair of orthopedic…
Nicholas Sgaglione, MD, has spent his career watching orthopedics evolve through one upheaval after another — from the rise of bundled payments to the shift to outpatient surgery. But if there’s one thing he’s learned, it’s that progress only sticks…
Houston, Texas-based Baylor Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has opened a new clinic in Sugar Land. The site offers treatment for general orthopedic conditions, sports injuries, and foot and ankle disorders. The care team includes orthopedic surgeons Michael Maier, MD,…
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When Benjamin Ma, MD, looks at the future of orthopedics, he doesn’t see AI replacing the surgeon. Far from it; he sees the ultimate goal of AI in orthopedics as making the physician “care smarter.”. “We’re pretty fortunate being in…
When Leesa Galatz, MD, thinks about the future of orthopedics, she doesn’t start with robotics or reimbursement models. She starts with people. “At the end of the day, we operate on people, not on X-rays,” said Dr. Galatz, chair of…
The Orthopedic Center at Easton (Md.) has temporarily closed after a vendor issued a recall affecting the facility’s MRI machine, according to an Oct. 22 Star Democrat report. The center, a partner of University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, shut…
The following surgeons lead departments at hospitals ranked in the top 10 for orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report for 2025-26, following a previous look at the leaders of the top-five programs. UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) U.S.…
The FDA has cleared two magnesium-based bone graft substitutes from Bone Solutions, for pediatric use in patients 6 years and older. The products, Mg Osteocrete and Mg Osteoinject, are designed to treat bone voids or defects resulting from trauma, tumors…