Orthopedic

E.J. Ledesma is the new CEO of Sarasota, Fla.-based 360 Orthopedics, according to the Business Observer.

Olean, N.Y.-based Upper Allegheny Health System recently elected four board members, including orthopedic surgeon Shabir Bhayani, MD, Tap Into reports.

San Antonio-based TSAOG Orthopaedics lost 90 percent of its surgical volume and half its office visits from mid-March through April, the San Antonio Business Journal reports.

Medical investment company AngelMD recently recruited orthopedic surgeon Mark Froimson, MD, as executive director of clinician engagement, News Anyway reports.

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With out-of-state patients representing about 50 percent of his caseload, Richard Berger, MD, has revamped protocols "to ensure safety and limit exposure."

Sports medicine surgeon Brian Cole, MD, was installed as president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America for the 2020-21 term, according to a May 18 announcement.

Kamaljeet Singh Banga, MD, is the latest orthopedic surgeon to join Oswego (N.Y.) Health's medical staff, according to NNY 360.

The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board recently appointed Michael Russonella, DO, as a boxing physician, Tap Into reports.

A recent study published in the British Journal of Surgery has projected that the COVID-19 pandemic will cancel or postpone more than 28.4 million elective surgeries worldwide in 2020, according to U.S. News & World Report.