Orthopedic

Atrium Health opened its first orthopedic urgent care facility in the greater Charlotte, N.C., market, according to a Sept. 9 news release.

Medical technology company Enovis has appointed Tim Czartoski as its president of U.S. surgical and global product and enabling technologies. 

Norton Leatherman Spine added two spine surgeons who started working at the Louisville, Ky.-based practice Sept. 1.

Dr. Simon Kelley was named chief of orthopedic surgery and sports medicine at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. 

Chad Amato, MD, a hand and upper-extremity surgeon, has joined Orthopedic Associates of Port Huron (Mich.). 

In August, Miami-based Badia Hand to Shoulder Center added its first associate, orthopedic surgeon Joel Peterson, MD. 

The highest paid orthopedic surgeon in Washington, D.C., earns $1,172,700, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $378,250 orthopedic surgeons make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Inflation is putting pressure on operations at hospitals and ASCs alike –– and orthopedics are no different. 

While the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons do not have hard body-mass index cutoffs for operating on patients, many providers have their own self-imposed cutoffs, according to a Sept. 4 report…

Three orthopedic leaders shared their biggest concerns in the industry over the next decade with Becker's: