Orthopedic

JustDisc, a spine care clinic offering nonsurgical treatment for chronic neck and low back pain, opened Dec. 22 in St. Augustine, Fla.  The clinic emphasizes evidence-based care plans designed to restore function and reduce reliance on surgery or long-term pain…

Durham, N.C.-based EmergeOrtho added Steve Lucey, MD, according to a Dec. 22 LinkedIn post. Dr. Lucey is an orthopedic surgeon with more than 20 years of experience. He specializes in knee care, sports medicine and outpatient joint replacement. He is…

Orthopedic surgeons focusing on providing top-level care while also continuing to improve not-so-great aspects of the healthcare system are reasons for optimism in 2026.  David Bernstein, MD, PhD, chief resident of Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, recently connected with Becker’s…

The Great Plains Health Care Foundation in North Platte, Neb., received a $100,000 gift from Medica Insurance Co. to support an orthopedic care expansion project. The project will expand Great Plains Health Orthopaedics to 29,300 square feet. The clinic will…

Endurance athletes rarely walk into a clinic with a single, obvious problem to fix. More often, they arrive with pain that defies imaging, symptoms that recur despite rest and a singular frustration: they can’t train the way they want to.…

For many orthopedic surgeons, staffing challenges are no longer theoretical. They crop up daily in crowded clinics, operating rooms running at full capacity, and inpatient floors where documentation, throughput and patient experience are tightly intertwined. For David Kalainov, MD, medical…

Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center played a role in a new FDA decision that allows bone mineral density, measured through noninvasive imaging, to serve as a qualified endpoint in clinical trials for osteoporosis treatments. Previously,  to prove effectiveness, drugmakers…

Orthopedic surgeon Lyle Micheli, MD, director emeritus of Boston Children’s sports medicine division, died, the hospital said in a Dec. 17 announcement. Dr. Micheli co-founded the nation’s first sports medicine clinic for young athletes at Boston Children’s, and that be…

OrthoConnecticut Coastal Orthopedics has moved its Norwalk, Conn., practice to a new office in Wilton as of Dec. 22, according to a Dec. 21 WestFair Online report. The relocation is part of the group’s ongoing partnership with Healthcare Outcomes Performance…

Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, has spent decades inside operating rooms, lecture halls and executive meetings. As 2026 approaches, his focus is shifting toward who will shape what orthopedics becomes. As professor and chair of orthopedic surgery at Thomas Jefferson University…