Orthopedic

Orthopedic surgeons with high surgical volume were found to have better patient outcomes, according to research from Clarify Health Institute.

Dallas-based Methodist Health System partnered with Vox Telehealth for remote patient management and outcomes data collection in orthopedics.

Covina, Calif.-based Emanate Health is the first in the state to be awarded the DNV Orthopedic Center of Excellence designation. 

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., has appointed Jeffrey Goldstein, MD, as its new chair of the department of orthopedic surgery, according to a Jan. 16 report from the Daily Herald. 

The Christus Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Institute's NorthPark campus in Longview, Texas, plans to add six orthopedic operating rooms, according to a Jan. 15 report from the Longview News-Journal. 

Green Bay Packers linebacker Quay Walker was hit with a fine of $13,261 after shoving a physician from the Detroit Lions, espn.com reported Jan. 14. 

Pittsburgh-based UPMC is acquiring the Sports Surgery Clinic in the Dublin suburb of Santry, Ireland, marking its fourth hospital in the country. 

Brian Cohen, MD, joined Rehab Boost, as an adviser, the artificial intelligence physical rehabilitation company said Jan. 17.

Golden Valley, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics opened a bioengineering lab in Eagan, Minn. Jan. 16.

Norman Waldrop, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Andrews Sports Medicine in Birmingham, Ala., performed ankle surgery on retiring World Wrestling Entertainment star Stephanie McMahon, according to a Jan. 13 post on the wrestler's Twitter.