The following female surgeons lead orthopedic surgery departments at hospitals ranked among the top 50 for orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report for 2025-26. Each is among a small but growing group of women heading academic orthopedic programs nationwide.…
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Brian Donley, MD, executive vice president and COO of New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian, will succeed President and CEO Steven Corwin, MD, the hospital announced Oct. 23. Dr. Donley, an orthopedic surgeon, joined NewYork-Presbyterian in 2023 as an executive vice president…
Hafiz Kassam, MD, has earned the the Charles S. Neer Award for Clinical Science by the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. Dr. Kassam received the award for work as lead author and principal investigator of a Level I randomized controlled…
Winchester (Va.) Orthopaedic Associates, part of Bethesda, Md.-based The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, added Michael Seem, MD, according to an Oct. 23 news release. Dr. Seem specializes in hip and knee replacement surgery, and he has expertise in robot-assisted surgery.…
When Claude Moorman, MD, looks at the future of orthopedics, he doesn’t see replacement — he sees regeneration. “Sports medicine has been a sort-of ‘space program’ for orthopedics,” said Dr. Moorman, president of the Musculoskeletal Institute and chair of orthopedic…
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Nicholas Sgaglione, MD, has spent his career watching orthopedics evolve through one upheaval after another — from the rise of bundled payments to the shift to outpatient surgery. But if there’s one thing he’s learned, it’s that progress only sticks…
Houston, Texas-based Baylor Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has opened a new clinic in Sugar Land. The site offers treatment for general orthopedic conditions, sports injuries, and foot and ankle disorders. The care team includes orthopedic surgeons Michael Maier, MD,…
When Benjamin Ma, MD, looks at the future of orthopedics, he doesn’t see AI replacing the surgeon. Far from it; he sees the ultimate goal of AI in orthopedics as making the physician “care smarter.”. “We’re pretty fortunate being in…
When Leesa Galatz, MD, thinks about the future of orthopedics, she doesn’t start with robotics or reimbursement models. She starts with people. “At the end of the day, we operate on people, not on X-rays,” said Dr. Galatz, chair of…
Whittier, Calif.-based PIH Health has integrated Zimmer Biomet’s OrthoGrid Hip AI program. OrthoGrid Hip AI is a surgeon-operated, non-invasive technology that provides surgeons with real-time data during hip surgeries, according to an Oct. 21 news release from PIH Health. The…