Orthopedic

Caribou, Maine-based Pines Orthopedics and Sports Medicine added John Gluscic, MD, to its staff, according to a Nov. 8 report by The County.

Tyrone Taylor, an outfielder for the New York Mets, recently underwent two separate procedures, according to a Nov. 8 report by espn.com.

The Miami Orthopaedic Society has appointed Michele D'Apuzzo, MD, as its next president.

As more workers from Generation Z, individuals born between 1997 and 2012, begin entering the workforce, employers have to prepare for different employee expectations, goals and wants.

A shareholder has filed a class action lawsuit against Orthofix for allegedly misleading investors amidst its acquisition of SeaSpine Holdings. 

Here are five FDA alerts and recalls from 2024 for orthopedic and spine specialists to know: 

Physicians are feeling increasingly burdened by prior authorization requirements, according to a recent Medscape report. This places significant pressure on independent practices, which often lack the resources of large health systems to manage the administrative burden.

Total joint arthroplasty procedures are the most common cause of malpractice claims within orthopedic surgery, according to a September study published in The Journal of Arthroplasty.

American Joint Replacement Registry, published by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, logged more than 4 million hip and knee replacements as of March, according to a Nov. 7 news release.

Naitive Technologies and Parvizi Surgical Innovation partnered to advance the development and deployment of OsteoSight, an artificial intelligence tool for the early identification of low bone mineral density.