Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons in the news this past week.
Nikhil Verma, MD, and his colleagues at Chicago's Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush are offering international patients a fixed price for knee and shoulder surgery.
Hailey Dizay, DO, is joining the orthopedic, surgical and sports medicine team at Garden Grove, Calif.-based Healthpointe.
Blue Ridge Bone & Joint, a division of EmergeOrtho, has added Jason E. Lang, MD, to its medical team at the Arden, N.C., office.
Nathan Cafferky, MD, of Vail-Summit (Colo.) Orthopaedics, received the 2016 Rising Star Award from Vail (Colo.) Valley Medical Center.
Scott Stephens, MD, joined the staff of Columbus, Ohio-based OrthoNeuro.
Columbus-based the Ohio State University College of Medicine tapped Christophe Iobst, MD, to lead its new Center for Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction.
Samer Attar, MD, shared a story about his volunteer work in Syria with NPR.
Simon Lee, MD, Johnny Lin, MD, and Kamran Hamid, MD, ankle surgeons from Chicago's Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, along with a group of orthopedic residents, physician assistants and medical students, went to Chicago's west side to provide shoes and medical care to the homeless.