Orthopedic

Four men’s and four women’s college basketball teams will face off on April 4 and 5 in the NCAA March Madness tournament. The final four men’s teams include Durham, N.C.-based Duke University, University of Houston, Auburn (Ala.) University and Gainesville-based…

As payer denials and prior authorization hurdles continue to rise, orthopedic surgeons continue to face pressures to getting paid.  Two surgeons connected with Becker’s to share the biggest reimbursement challenges they are currently facing.  Ask Orthopedic Surgeons is a weekly…

A capital funding round has brought in $38 million from new and existing private investors for restor3d.  Restor3d, which manufactures personalized orthopedic implants, will use the investment to launch four 3D-printed orthopedic product lines in 2025 and 2026, according to…

Tallahassee (Fla.) Orthopedic Clinic founding member Doug Henderson, MD, has died at 85, according to an April 3 report from The Palm Beach Post. Dr. Henderson died the morning of April 3.  In addition to founding Tallahassee Orthopedic, he spent…

During the first quarter of 2025, Becker’s reported on five orthopedic surgeons who died. 1. Edward Klein, DO, an orthopedic surgeon with Dartmouth, Mass.-based Hawthorn Medical, died Jan. 2. Dr. Klein practiced at Hawthorn Medical for more than 22 years…

On April 2, Jacksonville (Fla.) Orthopaedic Institute laid off over 300 workers, including practitioners. Two former JOI surgeons, hand and upper-extremity specialist Jennifer Madden, MD, and sports medicine specialist Richard Snyder, MD, have already landed at Jacksonville-based Southeast Orthopedic Specialists,…

There are approximately 14,160 employed orthopedic surgeons in the U.S. right now, excluding pediatric surgeons, according to May 2024 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, published April 2. The most common work setting for orthopedic surgeons is in physicians…

Richland Center, Wis.-based Richland Hospital and Clinics has added Wallace Brucker, MD, to its staff. Dr. Brucker is an orthopedic surgeon with more than 25 years of experience, according to an April 1 news release.  He specializes in operative and…

Here are seven orthopedic surgeons who joined new hospitals, health systems and orthopedic practices, as reported by Becker’s in March.

California is the state with the most orthopedic surgeons in the nation, according to May 2024 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, published April 2. The bureau released updated compensation data to reflect May 2024 information, the latest available.…