Orthopedic

Spine surgery has been operating under significant pressure for decades, and in today’s environment, those forces continue to accelerate.  Rising administrative demands, expanding prior authorization hurdles, increasing operating costs, and persistent reimbursement decline have created a landscape where surgeons are…

Here are more than 60 orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine specialists who joined new health systems and practices, or entered into new leadership roles in the third quarter of 2026, as reported by Becker’s.  Note: This list is not exhaustive.

Partner practices King of Prussia, Pa.-based Premier Orthopaedics and Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center added Liam Kane, MD, to their medical staff. Dr. Kane is an orthopaedic surgeon with a focus in upper extremities, elbow and shoulder, according to a…

Henry Toczylowski Jr., MD, an orthopedic surgeon who spent 32 years of his career at Boston- based New England Baptist Hospital, died Sept. 27 at age 80. Dr. Toczylowski specialized in sports medicine and worked with the Boston Red Sox…

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Chancellor C. Lowry Barnes, MD, was invested in the Harry P. Ward Chancellor’s Distinguished Chair during a Sept. 29 ceremony. Dr. Barnes, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee joint reconstruction…

On Sept. 24, The Economist published a leader titled “Back and Shoulder Surgery Is Often Worse than Useless.” Its subtitle was blunter: “Millions of operations should be scrapped.” It placed lumbar decompression among six common procedures it described as “no…

Hasani Swindell, MD, has treated professional athletes whose livelihoods depend on getting back on the field. Now, he practices in Brooklyn, N.Y., where many of his patients have a different reason they cannot afford to stay sidelined: Their livelihoods depend…

Noncompete agreements get most of the attention when physicians consider leaving employment. For Travis Doering, MD, the bigger obstacle was months of waiting for insurers to let him in. Dr. Doering, an Austin, Texas-based hand, upper extremity and peripheral nerve…

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health has named Douglas Lundy, MD, as president of its Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Institute.  As president of the institute, Dr. Lundy will lead more than 180 physicians and advanced practice providers, providing strategic and clinical leadership.…

Independent orthopedic groups say they have spent more than a decade proving they can lower Medicare’s costs. Now they say CMS’ proposed 2027 cuts are penalizing them for it. Leaders from the OrthoForum, a network of independent orthopedic practices, told…