Here are six orthopedic surgeons making headlines. By Shayna Korol - 3/7/19

Paul Cagle, MD, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, will be among several orthopedic surgeons from Mount Sinai who present at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, March 12 to 16. By Laura Dyrda - 3/7/19

Retired orthopedic surgeon David S. Hungerford, MD, 80, passed away, The Baltimore Sun reports. By Shayna Korol - 3/6/19

Overlapping surgery – including orthopedic and spine surgery – is significantly associated with increased procedure length, according to a study in JAMA. By Shayna Korol - 3/6/19

Albany, N.Y.-based The Bone & Joint Center grew its surgical staff by adding three providers, the timesunion reports. By Eric Oliver - 3/6/19

Around 80 people were evacuated from Eisenhower Health's campus in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a former patient opened fire just outside of the hospital's orthopedic center, according to the Desert Sun. By Laura Dyrda - 3/6/19

Bryan Edwards, MD, senior vice president of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, and David Homesley, MD, chief of total joint replacement at Novant Health, discuss the big trends and opportunities for artificial intelligence and robotics in orthopedics today. By Laura Dyrda - 3/6/19

Intellijoint Surgical appointed Jonathan M. Vigdorchik, MD, to its scientific advisory board. By Shayna Korol - 3/5/19

The Veterans Health Administration is seeking to hire an orthopedic physician in Miami, according to a job posting on Lemon Wire. By Shayna Korol - 3/4/19

A Merritt Hawkins survey examined the proportion of revenue physicians generate for hospitals, finding on average, physicians accounted for $2.3 million in revenue. By Eric Oliver - 3/4/19

Little Falls (Minn.) Orthopedics' Founder Virgil Meyer, MD, will retire July 1 after 36 years in medicine, the Morrison County Record reports. By Eric Oliver - 3/4/19

Here are 16 orthopedic surgeons making headlines. By Shayna Korol - 2/28/19

A New York arbitrator resolved 255 medical malpractice lawsuits against former orthopedic surgeon Spyros Panos, MD, with a collective $140 million award, Medscape reports. By Eric Oliver - 2/28/19

Here are 19 orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine physicians that joined new practices or received new appointments in the past month. By Laura Dyrda - 2/28/19

Optimizing modifiable risk factors such as morbid obesity, tobacco smoking and lower serum albumin level before elective orthopedic surgeries reduces the risk of surgical site infection in geriatric patients, according to a study published in the International Wound Journal. By Shayna Korol - 2/27/19

Casper (Wyo.) Orthopedics surgeon Daniel W. White, MD, is now seeing patients at Buffalo, Wyo.-based Johnson County Memorial Hospital. By Shayna Korol - 2/27/19

Vancouver, Wash.-based Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery added sports medicine specialist James Chesnutt, MD, to its staff. By Eric Oliver - 2/27/19

New York City-based NewYork Presbyterian Queens Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Center earned The Joint Commission's Core Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement. By Eric Oliver - 2/27/19

Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md., appointed orthopedic trauma surgeon Andrew N. Pollak, MD, as Maryland Health Care Commission chair, The Baltimore Sun reports. By Shayna Korol - 2/26/19

Crookston, Minn.-based RiverView Health welcomed orthopedic surgeon Mark Ghaida, MD. By Shayna Korol - 2/26/19