Orthopedic

Munster-based Orthopedic Specialists of Northwest Indiana has been voted "best of the region" for orthopedics as part of The Times of Northwest Indiana's annual Best of the Region Health Care series.

Michelle Caird, MD, became the chair of orthopedic surgery at Michigan Medicine in May, and she brings to the role a unique perspective, being one of few female orthopedic surgeons in the U.S.

Over the past month, Becker's has reported on four female orthopedic surgeons who have been elected to leadership roles:

The Orthopaedic Center of Excellence designation from accreditation body DNV GL Healthcare can now be used to obtain a Blue Distinction Specialty Care designation.

An increasing demand for orthopedic care has led Wallowa Memorial Hospital in Enterprise, Ore., to hire an orthopedic surgeon for the first time in 10 years, according to the Wallowa County Chieftain.

April Armstrong, MD, was named chair of the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine, according to a May 27 release. 

In orthopedics and musculoskeletal medicine, a patient’s most frequent symptom is pain. Building a diagnosis from this symptom poses certain problems: first, pain is not the best indicator of serious injury. Injuries that initially are extremely painful may feel fine…

Chad Mathis, MD, former HHS senior advisor during the Trump administration, has become a distinguished fellow at the Alabama Policy Institute, a nonprofit conservative think tank, according to the Alabama Political Reporter.

Michigan Medicine's new orthopedic surgery chair and nine more surgeons to know:

Independent orthopedic surgeons generally saw more patients than hospital-employed orthopedists in 2020, according to the MGMA DataDive Provider Compensation Survey released May 26.