Orthopedic

Orthopedic surgeons have remained a top-earning specialty across 29 specialties surveyed by Medscape. Although its ranking has fluctuated over the last four years, the average salary for orthopedic surgeons has grown.

Three orthopedic surgeons were honored by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the organization announced Sept. 2.

Members of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons will have greater access to an imaging system that helps track a patient's recovery.

A former orthopedic surgeon who worked in Tacoma, Wash., was sanctioned after telling authorities he had inappropriate relationships with about 10 patients during his practice, Tacoma News Tribune reported Sept. 2.

A jury on Aug. 31 awarded a Texas orthopedic surgeon $7.8M after his business partner locked him out of a stem cell clinic they jointly owned and siphoned off assets to a competing clinic established at the same site.

From easier affordability to more advanced technology, joint replacements involving surgical robots will improve dramatically over the next decade, these four surgeons predict.

An appellate court on Aug. 30 overturned a lower court's decision to permanently throw out a surgeon's lawsuit alleging that the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery blocked him from working at New Jersey hospitals, according to a court opinion posted…

A surgeon from Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics was cleared of allegations of negligence after a patient contracted a postsurgery infection that caused him to lose part of his foot, according to Law.com.

A Florida sports medicine specialist and practice founder was honored by his community, News4Jax reported Aug. 27.

Michael Khazzam, MD, has performed almost 30 augmented reality-assisted shoulder replacements in the last four months.