Orthopedic

Dennis Crawford, MD, professor of orthopedics at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Ore., has successfully performed the first patella lift procedure in the U.S. 

Erik McCoy, center for the New Orleans Saints, is scheduled to undergo surgery at Andrews Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Ala., according to a Sept. 25 report from USA Today.

Lancaster and Lebanon, Pa.-based North Pointe Surgery Center has added same-day outpatient shoulder replacements.

Dan Cooper, MD, performed arthroscopic knee surgery on Esteury Ruiz, an outfielder for the Oakland Athletics, at the Carrell Clinic in Dallas.

As the popularity of GLP-1 weight loss medications, including Ozempic and Wegovy, continues to grow nationwide, orthopedic surgeons have had mixed feelings about what it will do to surgical volumes. 

The Terre Haute, Ind.-based Indiana Joint Replacement Institute and the Indianapolis-based Indiana Orthopedic Institute are adding five new orthopedic specialists on Oct. 1, according to a Sept. 24 report from the Current.

While 3.9 million Americans currently have a BMI of 50 or higher, only 11% of surgeons would be willing to perform a joint replacement or spine procedure on patients in that weight bracket. 

Somers Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Group added a neurosurgeon and a total joint surgeon to its team, according to a Sept. 24 news release.

Sartell, Minn.-based St. Cloud Orthopedic Associates settled a lawsuit that was set to go to a second trial and that previously netted a $111 million verdict.

Here are 12 orthopedic surgeons joining new hospitals and health systems that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 9: