Orthopedic

Thirty-two orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine physicians that have joined new practices or received new appointments in 2020:

Healthcare providers across the country are being redeployed and rewriting their job descriptions to address the COVID-19 pandemic, which has risen to 869,006 confirmed cases and 49,958 deaths in the U.S. as of 7:25 a.m. CDT April 24.

Ambulatory practice visits were down nearly 60 percent in mid-March for more than 50,000 provider clients of Phreesia, a healthcare technology company, The Commonwealth Fund reported based on new research.

Orthopedic surgeon Aenor Sawyer, MD, is serving as medical director for a University of California San Francisco project that will test the entire town of Bolinas, Calif., for COVID-19.

Here are seven orthopedic surgeons making the news this week:

Exclusively focusing on urgent medical needs during the COVID-19 pandemic could spawn a "secondary healthcare crisis," according to Benjamin Domb, MD, whose opinion was published by the Daily Herald.

Telemedicine is helping small clinics stay in business during the COVID-19 pandemic, orthopedic surgeon Roger Componovo, MD, said in an interview with FOX56 WOLF.

An orthopedic surgeon has come out of retirement to oversee operations at the Atlantic City (N.J.) Convention Center, which completed its transition into a field hospital on April 21, The Press of Atlantic City reports.

Orthopedic surgeon Steve Madey, MD, is working with helmet manufacturer WaveCel to develop face shields for healthcare workers at Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health, The Bend Bulletin reports.

Retired hip and knee replacement surgeon Darioush Nasseri, MD, died April 11 of COVID-19-related complications, according to The Baltimore Sun.