Florida has 26 hospitals included on Healthgrades’ Top 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery list, the most of any state. The 2026 Specialty Excellence Awards were published Oct. 28. The Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award recognizes hospitals that deliver superior patient…
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As chair of orthopedics at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, Mark Vrahas, MD, has spent his career building programs that balance excellence in education, clinical care and research. Today, he sees the field of orthopedics standing at a pivotal moment —…
Oklahoma City-based OneCore Health received multiple five-star ratings from Healthgrades for outpatient care, including rotator cuff repair and back and neck surgery. Healthgrades, which evaluates hospitals based on patient outcomes such as complication and mortality rates, recognized OneCore Health among…
Continued improvements to robotic-assisted procedures and a new knee replacement technology are two of the emerging techniques that orthopedic surgeons are looking forward to implementing in the near future. These two orthopedic surgeons recently connected with Becker’s to share what…
Durham, N.C.-based EmergeOrtho added two orthopedic practices, expanding its presence in Greensboro, N.C. The organization merged with Murphy Wainer Orthopedic Specialists and Guilford Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center, collectively known as Southeastern Orthopaedic Specialists, according to an Oct. 27 news…
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Zimmer Biomet earned the FDA’s Breakthrough Device Designation for its iodine-treated total hip replacement system, according to an Oct. 28 news release. The iodine technology uses a controlled-release surface treatment into the iTaperloc complete and iG7 hip system to address…
John Fowler, MD, and Dharmesh Vyas, MD, PhD, performed successful surgery on Rickard Rakell, a forward for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The left hand surgery was completed at UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, according to an Oct. 26 news release from…
A property in Temple Terrace, Fla., that houses a Florida Orthopedic Institute location, has been sold for $53.55 million, according to an Oct. 23 report from traded. The 85,000-square-foot property was purchased at a price of $630 per square foot. …
An aging population, new technologies and the rise of outpatient surgery are redefining what it means to be an orthopedic surgeon. Leaders from across the field shared which skills and training they believe will matter most for the next generation.…
When Douglas Dirschl, MD, looks at the shifting landscape of orthopedics, rather than disruption, he sees an opportunity to redefine value in musculoskeletal care. As professor and chairman of the Joseph Barnhart Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor College of…