Orthopedic

St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, Minn., has become the first hospital in the state to receive DNV's Advanced Orthopedic Center of Excellence designation, according to a Jan. 11 report from the Duluth News Tribune.

Howard Harris, MD, a surgeon at Texas Orthopedic Specialists in Dallas/Forth Worth, has collaborated with arthroplasty innovator FX Shoulder Solutions to debut new shoulder reconstruction technology. 

Here are eight places hiring orthopedic surgeons, using LinkedIn's job search tool:

Hanna "Johnny" Mitias, MD, owner of New Albany, Miss.-based Mitias Orthopaedics, agreed to pay $1.8 million to resolve allegations of submitting false claims to Medicare and Medicaid, The Oxford Eagle reported Jan. 11. 

Martin O'Malley, MD, operated on Lara Spencer, the Good Morning America co-anchor said in a Jan. 3 Instagram post.

St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee is expanding to include a TRIA orthopedics clinic, the hospital said Jan. 10.

New Albany, Ohio-based JIS Orthopedics has specialized in total knee and hip replacements since its founding in 1972. Here are six things to know about the practice: 

Wade Johnson, MD, a sports medicine physician and director of sports medicine at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minn., will serve as the official physician for the U.S. alpine ski team at the c according to a Jan. 10…

Nationwide orthopedic care provider Vori Health has partnered with Allstate Benefits, a leader in health and supplemental insurance, to lower healthcare costs for their businesses and employees. 

The FDA cleared Arthrex's ACL reconstruction implant for pediatric use, the devicemaker said Jan. 10.