The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City was recently ranked as the best hospital for orthopedic surgery by Newsweek.

Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare has added Michal Klek, MD, to its medical staff, Delaware Business Times reported Nov. 15

Shriners Children’s Shreveport (La.) opened a new sports medicine facility, according to a Nov. 14 report from ABC affiliate KSLA.

Three major investors in Smith+Nephew have encouraged the company to consider breaking up parts of its business and spinning off its orthopedics division, according to a Nov. 15 report from Mass Device.

In August, Chris Larson, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Golden Valley, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics and head team physician for the Minnesota Vikings, performed knee surgery on Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy. 

Bethlehem, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute has added sports medicine surgeon Leighann Krasney, DO, to its Mountain Valley Orthopedics team. 

A patient was awarded $3.16 million in a medical malpractice case involving a spinal surgery from September 2015 that resulted in irreversible nerve damage, according to a Nov. 13 report from the law firm Mintz & Geftic.

In July, U.S. News & World Report named New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery the top orthopedic hospital in the U.S. for the 15th consecutive year. 

Johnson & Johnson MedTech has entered into an exclusive commercial distribution agreement with Responsive Arthroscopy, a medical device company specializing in sports soft tissue repair solutions. 

Former professional tennis player Fernando Perez has undergone two hip replacements at Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute. 

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Michal Klek, MD, has joined Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare to provide orthopedic surgery. 

A class action lawsuit against Exeter, N.H.-based Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics for a data breach that impacted nearly 90,000 patients has been dropped, according to a Nov. 13 report from Bloomberg Law.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Christian Wood has developed soreness in his left knee in preparing for the season, which is expected to complicate his recovery from multiple surgeries, according to a Nov. 12 report from Hoops Rumors.

Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute has named Hafiz Kassam, MD, as its inaugural director of its shoulder reconstruction program. 

Newport News, Va.-based surgeon Bryanna Vesely, DPM, performed the first minimally invasive Haglund's repair surgery on the Virginia Peninsula using the Arthrex MIS FiberTak Achilles SpeedBridge Implant Repair System.

Orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Ken Saer, MD, passed away at age 94.

Robert Cuttica, MD, a former orthopedic surgeon at Youngstown (Ohio) Orthopedic Associates, has died at 82, according to a Nov. 8 report from ABC affiliate WKBN.

Researchers at Morgantown-based West Virginia University are exploring ways to reduce infection rates in open bone fractures using nanotechnology, according to a Nov. 11 feature from the university. 

Caribou, Maine-based Pines Orthopedics and Sports Medicine added John Gluscic, MD, to its staff, according to a Nov. 8 report by The County.