Orthopedic

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Bethesda, Md.-based The Center for Advanced Orthopaedics is the latest physician group to launch a musculoskeletal management services organization, which large orthopedic practices view as a significant growth opportunity.

Hospitals and health systems are investing in orthopedic care through new facilities and partnerships.

Mark Getelman, MD, completed his term as 2021-22 president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America. He shared his thoughts looking back at that term in a June 9 news release.

More than 150 physicians affiliated with Bethesda, Md.-based the Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics have come together to launch MedVanta, the largest physician-owned musculoskeletal management services organization in the U.S.

Katherine Coyner, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and professor at Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health, was named as a fellow for the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program for women.

The National Institutes of Health awarded a prestigious orthopedic training and research grant to Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health's orthopedic surgery and biomedical engineering departments.

FX Solutions' FX V135 shoulder system received FDA approval. 

Smith+Nephew's Ri.Hip Modeler and Ri.Hip Navigation tools for hip replacement were debuted at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, N.C.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health on June 7 broke ground on a $161 million orthopedic hospital that spans 205,000 square feet, according to Sioux Falls Business.