Vivian Chang, MD, an orthopedic surgeon based in Hawaii, has been hired as an interim orthopedic surgeon at Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville, N.Y., according to a Watertown Daily Times report.
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A new study examining the impact of fatigue on orthopedic residents found that residents in the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program had increased risk of error due to a lack of sleep, according to a report in the Archives of…
Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance and Vanderbilt Medical Group, both in Nashville, have partnered with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee on a bundled payment system for total knee and hip replacements, according to a report from The Tennesseean.
Steven Shin, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, performed hand surgery on Los Angeles Angels outfielder Vernon Wells, according to an SB Nation report.
Neel Anand, MD, and Eli M. Baron, MD, both spine surgeons at the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles recently published a study in the European Spine Journal on their findings regarding minimally invasive spine deformity correction.
In a session at the Becker’s Hospital Review annual meeting in Chicago on May 18, Les Jebson, executive director of University of Florida Health System and formerly executive director of University of Florida Orthopedic and Sports Medicine, discussed observations about…
The Collaborative Spine Research Foundation was created in November of 2011 by a partnership between the American Association of Neurosurgeons/Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation to promote clinical research and unity among all spine…
Hospitals are hiring physicians in larger numbers and across broader specialties than ever before. According to the American Hospital Association, hospitals employed roughly 211,500 physicians in 2010, up 34 percent since 2000. In total, 25 percent of all active physicians…
Kevin McGaharan, MD, has joined Sarasota (Fla.) Pain Management as a board-certified pain physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Fentanyl sublingual spray is safe for long-term use for cancer pain, according to a study reported in Monthly Prescribing Reference.