Orthopedic

Orthopedic surgeons earn $382,102 per year in Nevada — 19 percent more than the national average — according to career website ZipRecruiter.

Kingsport, Tenn.-based Holston Medical Group has added Cory Knecht, MD, to its team at HMG Orthopedics.

Rockford-based OrthoIllinois has completed its new OrthoIllinois Surgery Center in Elgin, according to a Sept. 18 report from the Daily Herald.

Enovis plans to acquire LimaCorporate in a deal worth more than $700 million.

Keith Meister, MD, performed Tommy John elbow surgery on Riley Greene, an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, on Sept. 20 in Dallas. 

Matthew Tao, MD, of University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, is the first surgeon in the state to use the BEAR implant for ACL surgery, NBC affiliate WOWT reported Sept. 21.

Here are two recent sports medicine partnerships Becker's has reported on since Sept. 14: 

Sports medicine surgeon Matthew Anderson, MD, has joined the Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee, according to a Sept. 21 report by the Williamson Herald.

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based Western Reserve Hospital Physicians, Inc. Orthopedics has added Gordon Bennett, MD, to its team of providers. 

From baseball to football, injuries and professional sports go hand in hand. Here are 12 professional athletes who have undergone orthopedic surgery reported by Becker's since Aug. 2: