Orthopedic

Timothy Dooley, MD, of Reno, Nev.,-based Great Basin Orthopaedics, became the first surgeon in Northern Nevada to perform a joint replacement procedure using the Touch CMC 1 prosthesis. The procedure is a treatment option for patients with arthritis at the…

For the past few years, much of the orthopedic conversation about GLP-1 medications has centered on one practical question: When should patients stop taking them before surgery.? That question now has a clearer answer.  The drugs are changing who arrives…

Jacques Hacquebord, MD, works in some of orthopedic surgery’s most technologically ambitious territory. He treats severe nerve and limb injuries and works in bionic reconstruction, where advanced surgery can be coupled with increasingly sophisticated prosthetic technology to restore function. Yet…

Spine surgery has been operating under significant pressure for decades, and in today’s environment, those forces continue to accelerate.  Rising administrative demands, expanding prior authorization hurdles, increasing operating costs, and persistent reimbursement decline have created a landscape where surgeons are…

Here are more than 60 orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine specialists who joined new health systems and practices, or entered into new leadership roles in the third quarter of 2026, as reported by Becker’s.  Note: This list is not exhaustive.

Partner practices King of Prussia, Pa.-based Premier Orthopaedics and Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center added Liam Kane, MD, to their medical staff. Dr. Kane is an orthopaedic surgeon with a focus in upper extremities, elbow and shoulder, according to a…

Henry Toczylowski Jr., MD, an orthopedic surgeon who spent 32 years of his career at Boston- based New England Baptist Hospital, died Sept. 27 at age 80. Dr. Toczylowski specialized in sports medicine and worked with the Boston Red Sox…

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Chancellor C. Lowry Barnes, MD, was invested in the Harry P. Ward Chancellor’s Distinguished Chair during a Sept. 29 ceremony. Dr. Barnes, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee joint reconstruction…

On Sept. 24, The Economist published a leader titled “Back and Shoulder Surgery Is Often Worse than Useless.” Its subtitle was blunter: “Millions of operations should be scrapped.” It placed lumbar decompression among six common procedures it described as “no…

Hasani Swindell, MD, has treated professional athletes whose livelihoods depend on getting back on the field. Now, he practices in Brooklyn, N.Y., where many of his patients have a different reason they cannot afford to stay sidelined: Their livelihoods depend…