Tyrone Taylor, an outfielder for the New York Mets, recently underwent two separate procedures, according to a Nov. 8 report by espn.com.

The Miami Orthopaedic Society has appointed Michele D'Apuzzo, MD, as its next president.

As more workers from Generation Z, individuals born between 1997 and 2012, begin entering the workforce, employers have to prepare for different employee expectations, goals and wants.

A shareholder has filed a class action lawsuit against Orthofix for allegedly misleading investors amidst its acquisition of SeaSpine Holdings. 

Here are five FDA alerts and recalls from 2024 for orthopedic and spine specialists to know: 

Physicians are feeling increasingly burdened by prior authorization requirements, according to a recent Medscape report. This places significant pressure on independent practices, which often lack the resources of large health systems to manage the administrative burden.

Total joint arthroplasty procedures are the most common cause of malpractice claims within orthopedic surgery, according to a September study published in The Journal of Arthroplasty.

American Joint Replacement Registry, published by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, logged more than 4 million hip and knee replacements as of March, according to a Nov. 7 news release.

Naitive Technologies and Parvizi Surgical Innovation partnered to advance the development and deployment of OsteoSight, an artificial intelligence tool for the early identification of low bone mineral density. 

Utah Jazz forward Taylor Hendricks underwent a successful surgery at the University of Utah Orthopedic Center in Salt Lake City on Nov. 6, according to a Nov. 6 report from AP Sports.

Warsaw, Ind.-based OrthoPediatrics has reported a loss of $7.9 million in its third quarter, according to a Nov. 6 report from CW affiliate WISH.

Providence-based Ortho Rhode Island faced a three-day outage in September following a system hack, according to a Nov. 6 report from ABC affiliate WPRI.

HCA Florida Biscayne Bay Orthopaedics added Michael Mashura, MD, to its staff, according to a Nov. 5 report by South Florida Hospital News.

Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute has been awarded a five-star rating by CMS, based on patient surveys. 

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton in Hamilton Township, N.J., has been reaccredited as an orthopedic center of excellence by The Joint Commission. 

OrthoWorx, an Indiana-based initiative formed in 2009 to support the orthopedic industry, has appointed Ryan Christner as its orthopedic industry retention initiative executive director. 

Fusion Orthopedics has won a patent judgment against Extremity Medical from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 

Neal ElAttrache, MD, operated on Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani's shoulder on Nov. 5, the team said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

John Barrasso, MD, a Republican senator in Wyoming, won his third term, the Associated Press declared Nov. 5.

While female surgeons are underrepresented in orthopedic and spine care overall, they are also underrepresented in the world of professional athletics.