Orthopedic

Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina partnered with MicroGenDX earlier this year for COVID-19 testing, according to the Charlotte Business Journal.

Matthew Langford, MD, is now a full-time hand surgeon with Zanesville, Ohio-based Genesis Healthcare System, according to the Zanesville Times Recorder.

Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora has appointed Lori Karol, MD, orthopedics chair and Rose Brown Endowed Chair of Pediatric Orthopedics, according to an Aug. 6 news release.

Nashville-based orthopedic trauma surgeon Manni Sethi, MD, was defeated Aug. 8 in the U.S. Senate Republican primary in Tennessee by fellow conservative Bill Hagerty, The Tennessean reports.

Blake Medical Center in Bradenton, Fla., has honored orthopedic surgeon Alan Valadie, MD, with its 2020 Doctor of the Year award for the second time, Sarasota Magazine reported Aug. 7.

The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to settlements to resolve allegations in four cases involving orthopedic surgeons this year:

The American Orthopaedic Association selected Oluwaseun Akinbo, MD, to serve as associate editor of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, according to the Hays Post.

Scenarios like this unfold every day somewhere in America. A harried mother clocks out of work early to take her teenage son to get an MRI at a local orthopedist after he injured his knee in soccer practice.

Here are nine orthopedic surgeons making headlines this week:

The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons has urged CMS to reconsider its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule for 2021, which outlines significant cuts to reimbursement rates for orthopedic surgical services, among other specialties.