Orthopedic

Missouri saw the largest year-over-year increase in the average annual salary for orthopedic surgeons for the second year in a row, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Across the U.S., the average annual salary for orthopedic surgeons…

Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center has named Harpal Khanuja, MD, chair of orthopedic surgery, according to a May 23 LinkedIn post.  Dr. Khanuja previously served as chief of adult reconstruction and hip and knee replacement surgery at the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins…

John Brady has a clear vision for where orthopedic care is headed, and it runs through the ASC. Mr. Brady, CEO of Geneva, Ill.-based Fox Valley Orthopedics, has made patient access and ASC expansion central to his leadership strategy since…

Fremont, Calif.-based Washington Health has performed 1,000 robotic-assisted knee replacements using the Tmini miniature robotic system from Think Surgical and Zimmer Biomet’s Persona personalized knee system.  The procedures were performed by Alexander Sah, MD, medical co-director of the Institute for…

Zimmer Biomet has secured 510(k) clearance from the FDA for an advanced version of its ROSA Shoulder System.  The upgraded system includes improved robotically assisted glenoid reaming and humeral resection capabilities, and can support robotic total shoulder arthroplasty for anatomic…

Orthopedic medtech company DePuy Synthes has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire selective rights for Gemtrack, a proprietary tracking technology for shoulder, hip and knee surgeries The company is aiming to bring the first-to-market radiofrequency miniature tracker technology across…

Medical students researching orthopedic surgery residencies tallied more than 47,000 views on the American Medical Association’s FREIDA database in 2024, with student interest concentrated in a new set of programs compared to recent years. Here are the 10 most-viewed orthopedic…

Becker’s reported on two lawsuits involving spine and orthopedics in the last seven days. 1. A woman filed a lawsuit against Abbott alleging her Eterna spinal cord stimulator was improperly programmed and led to worsened pain. The lawsuit names Abbott…

The future of orthopedics is being determined not just in the operating room, but in the C-suite. As outpatient migration, reimbursement pressure, consolidation and shifting patient expectations reshape the specialty, the leaders running the country’s largest orthopedic groups are placing…

Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Health is offering a new thumb joint replacement procedure for patients with thumb arthritis.  Nathan Morrell, MD, an associate professor of orthopedics at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, is the first hand…