Being an orthopedic surgeon is no easy task.
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Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic has launched an orthopedic surgery residency program.
Neal ElAttrache, MD, performed shoulder surgery on Matt McLain, an infielder for the Cincinnati Reds.
Orthopedic physicians saw the highest sum of industry payments from medical device companies compared to others over nine years, according to a March 28 study in JAMA.
Sports medicine surgeon Thomas Graham, MD, has treated numerous professional athletes and approaches their care through a three-pronged lens.
Insurance criteria for microdiscectomy sometimes varies from the North American Spine Society's qualifications for medical necessity, according to a study in the International Journal Spine Surgery.
Doug Freedberg, MD, performed knee surgery on Miguel Andujar, a player for the Oakland Athletics.
Bettendorf, Iowa-based ORA Orthopedics plans to build a $50 million facility in the same city.
Spine surgeon Adam Schell, MD, joined Omaha-based Nebraska Spine + Pain Center.
Alvin Crawford, MD, who founded Crawford Spine Center at Cincinnati Children’s, published an autobiography called The Bone Doctor's Concerto, the hospital said March 27.