The University of Alabama Medical Center's program in Birmingham was the orthopedic surgery residency program with the most Freida database interest in 2022, according to a March 9 report from the American Medical Association.

Four orthopedic surgeons suing their former employer are now working with Trinity Health, MiBiz reported March 30.

Armodios Hatzidakis, MD, surgeon at Denver-based Western Orthopedics, Denver Surgery Center and Rose Medical Center, has completed the first U.S. clinical case using Stryker's Tornier pyrocarbon humeral head for shoulder hemiarthroplasty. 

Steven Struhl, MD, operated on Broadway actor Ben Bogen, according to a March 30 news release.

Richard Berger, MD, reached a milestone 25,000 hip and knee replacements, he said March 29.

Derek Jenkins, MD, an adult reconstruction surgeon at East Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics, has become the first surgeon in New England to use Depuy Synthes' Emphasys system for a total hip replacement surgery. 

Below is a list of 10 orthopedic surgeons who have made a positive impact on their organizations and the profession. 

From a Major League Baseball surgeon to a university chair, here are four orthopedic surgeons who retired or stepped down from their roles in the first quarter of the year: 

Sage Transparency, a healthcare transparency database from the Employee's Forum of Indiana, has named the ASCs charging the highest percentage above Medicare payments to commercial insurers in every state based on the facility's Medicare reimbursement rate. 

Geisinger's plans for a $180 million orthopedic center were called off, The Daily Item reported March 28.

Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital has earned The Joint Commission's Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Knee Replacement, according to a March 28 email sent to Becker's. 

Orthopedic surgeon Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, MD, is retiring as the 39th surgeon general of the U.S. Navy.

Timothy Kremchek, MD, founding partner of Beacon Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Cincinnati, is stepping down as the head team physician and chief orthopedic surgeon for the Cincinnati Reds Major League Baseball team following a 27-year tenure. 

Two former Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System orthopedic surgeons — Julie Adams, MD, and Scott Steinmann, MD — and former CIO Stephen Adams, MD, have filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the system alleging Medicaid fraud, according to a March 27 report from the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Healthcare Outcome Performance Company has partnered with Luna, a physical therapy company.

The Orlando (Fla.) Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute welcomed the first patients to its new downtown complex March 27. 

Operation Walk Chicago, a volunteer team of 40 orthopedic surgeons, physicians, nurses, technicians and physical therapists, is traveling to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to perform free joint replacements and provide education for local orthopedic staff, according to a March 24 submitted article published by the Daily Herald.

Coventus Flower Orthopedics named Jeff Culhane as COO, the devicemaker said March 27.

Castle Connolly, a medical publication known for its Top Doctors list, has designated 26 practices as Centers of Excellence. 

Leslie Sisco-Wise, MD, became the first female president of the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association.