Orthopedic

A Bay Area orthopedic surgeon charged in the attempted murder of a social worker was sued by the social worker for injuries she allegedly sustained in a December attack in a Santa Barbara parking lot, according to news website Noozhawk. 

While the orthopedic specialty wasn't as ravaged by COVID-19 as gastroenterology or oral surgery, it experienced a "substantial" drop in utilization and revenue, according to Fair Health's 2020 "Healthcare Professionals and the Impact of COVID-19" report, a comparative study of…

Here are four orthopedic surgeons making the news this week:

Orthopedic surgeon Charles Pesson, MD, joined the medical staff at St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead, Ky., local radio station WMKY reports.

Joseph Assini, MD, was one of six surgeons to develop a new approach to total hip replacement, according to local news station CBS 4.

Ohio officials are urging the governor to halt the potential sale of University of Toledo (Ohio) Medical Center and stop the transfer of its orthopedic services to ProMedica, according to The Toledo Blade. 

Several surgeons from independent practices in Erie County, N.Y., signed hospital agreements while awaiting state clearance to reopen their facilities, according to the Buffalo Business Journal.

The anterior and posterior incision approaches to total hip replacement deliver equivalent outcomes, according to a study of patients treated at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.

Here are eight orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine physicians who joined new practices or received new appointments in May:

Ayman Daouk, MD, has voluntarily dropped a whistleblower lawsuit filed against Orlando (Fla.) Health in January, the Orlando Sentinel reports.