Orthopedic

Neal ElAttrache, MD, is set to perform an elbow procedure on Dustin May, a pitcher for MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers, on July 18 in Los Angeles. 

From wrestlers to football players, here are 15 famous athletes who have undergone joint replacements during or after their careers: 

Alan Beyer, MD, executive medical director of Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, Calif., connected with Becker's to discuss his advice for up-and-coming orthopedic surgeons.

Five esteemed orthopedic surgeons have died in the first half of 2023, including the founder of Steadman Clinic and the former Baltimore Orioles head physician. 

Alan Reznik, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Connecticut Orthopaedics in Hamden, connected with Becker's to discuss how ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence programs will evolve in healthcare.

David Homesley, MD, chair of the orthopedic department at Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, is set to complete his 1,000th robotic-assisted knee replacement procedure using Stryker's Mako robot, according to a June 29 email sent to Becker's. 

Healthgrades has named the top 100 hospitals for orthopedic surgery in 2023, including four hospitals in South Carolina. 

About 3 percent of physician assistants are currently practicing in orthopedics, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physician Assistant Compensation" report, down from 10 percent last year. 

Charles Silberstein, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who served as the head physician for the Baltimore Orioles MLB team from 1978 to 2009, has died at age 90, according to a June 29 report from The Baltimore Sun.

Orthofix haslaunched its new TrueLok Phantom and Tornado Hinges for complex limb reconstruction and deformity correction procedures.