Orthopedic

Meet the leaders of five of thelargest orthopedic groups in the U.S.: 

Rockport, Maine-based Pen Bay Medical Center has added Minal Cordeiro, MD, an anterior hip replacement specialist, to its team, according to a Nov. 9 report from the Courier-Gazette.

An orthopedic surgery team including Ignacio Garcia Fleury, MD, Maria Bozoghlian, MD, Joseph Buckwalter, MD, PhD, and Benjamin Miller, MD, performed the first carpal tunnel release procedure at the Iowa City Free Medical & Dental Clinic. 

Here are 42 orthopedic surgeons who recently joined new practices or added to their titles, as reported by Becker's since Oct. 2:

A federal judge has reduced a $111 million jury award in a malpractice verdict against Sartell, Minn.-based St. Cloud Orthopedic Associates to $10 million, calling the original "shockingly excessive," according to a Nov. 8 report from the StarTribune.

Medical device company Orthofix recorded $184 million in net sales during the third quarter, according to a Nov. 8 news release from the company.

There are 10 states in the U.S. that currently have fewer than three orthopedic surgeons for every 100,000 residents, and those shortages are only expected to increase over the coming years. 

William Baione, MD, performed hip replacements on a man and his daughter on the same day, according to a Nov. 7 feature from Hackensack Meridian Health.

Kevin Garvin, MD, has been named president-elect of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. 

Neal ElAttrache, MD, performed shoulder surgery on Clayton Kershaw, who pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers last season.