Orthopedic

Hammond, La.-based North Oaks Health System has added fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon Tyler Scott, MD, to its North Oaks Orthopedic Specialty Center, according to an Aug. 4 report by The Daily Star.  A Hammond native, Dr. Scott specializes in hip and…

Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health has opened an orthopedic walk-in injury clinic inside HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center, also in Green Bay, offering same-day care for sports, recreation and work-related injuries, according to an Aug.4 system news release.  The…

Of the top 50 hospitals ranked for orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report, 21 are in the Northeast. Here are the top hospitals for orthopedics in the Northeast and their rankings. 1. Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City) 2.…

Joe Congeni, MD, a leader in the pediatric sports medicine field, retired Aug. 1. Dr. Congeni practiced for more than four decades, including nearly 40 years as director of sports medicine at Akron Children’s Hospital, according to a July 19…

Frisco, Colo.-based Vail Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery sent a notice of a recent security incident. On Aug. 6, 2024, the practice learned of suspicious activity in its email environment, prompting an investigation which determined that an unauthorized third party accessed…

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine has presented the $10,000 Frank and JoAnne Noyes Award of Excellence to honor collaborative research that advances the health, fitness and injury prevention of female athletes.  The award will recognize projects involving physician-scientist…

There are recent changes to medical school training that have one orthopedic surgeon worried about the potential future of the orthopedic and musculoskeletal fields.  Schools moving away from cadaver labs, the overflow of research publications on residency applications and the…

Brian Badman, MD, a board-certified, fellowship-trained shoulder surgeon at Muncie-based Central Indiana Orthopedics, has performed Indiana’s first augmented reality-assisted shoulder replacement using the ARVIS shoulder system. The procedure was completed July 28 at the practice’s outpatient surgery center in Fishers,…

Here are three recent spine and orthopedic technology acquisitions and transactions totaling nearly $200 million, as reported by Becker’s since July 14:

Every orthopedic surgeon has a unique way of providing care, shaped by their clinical knowledge  and expertise.  With the integration of AI into orthopedics, surgeons can benefit from AI’s data analysis capabilities to examine millions of data points and create…