Orthopedic

Todd Blumberg, MD, helped build a program at Seattle Children's Hospital aimed at children and adults with hip conditions.

A jury on Feb. 22 awarded $35 million to the family of a man who died hours after undergoing orthopedic surgery at Springhill Medical Center in Mobile, Ala., more than seven years ago.

Amid TikTok dances, Twitter memes and Instagram selfies, spine and orthopedic surgeons are carving out their own spaces in social media.

Creating efficiencies and foraging partnerships with physicians could help hospitals slow outpatient migration, two orthopedic surgeons told Becker's.

The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania received the most funds from the National Institutes of Health in 2021, according to data from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.

An orthopedic surgeon and an internal medicine specialist in Tennessee have been charged in federal court with illegally distributing thousands of opioids across the state line, Clarksville Now reported Feb. 22.

Residents in Warsaw, N.Y., are petitioning Wyoming County Community Hospital to reinstate a terminated orthopedic surgeon, Livingston County News reported Feb. 19.

Here are 10 physicians performing orthopedic surgery:

Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, are the most expensive cities in the U.S. to undergo total hip replacement surgery, according to Healthcare Bluebook, a patient resource for finding affordable care. 

Deepak Nath, PhD, will replace Roland Diggelmann as CEO of Smith+Nephew, the devicemaker said Feb. 22.