Orthopedic

Jaehon Kim, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's Leni & Peter W. May Department of Orthopedics.

Ayman Daouk, MD, filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Orlando (Fla.) Health, claiming he was fired for refusing to comply with the system's standards, which allegedly required him to only operate and make referrals within its network, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Lawyers representing patients in a growing number of medical malpractice lawsuits against Columbia, Mo.-based Mizzou BioJoint Center filed a motion Jan. 7 to consolidate the cases, the Columbia Daily Tribune reports.

Southeastern Orthopedics in Lumberton, N.C., added physician assistant Abby Gaskell to its staff.

Effingham, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital was recently designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, according to Effingham Radio.

Foot and ankle surgeon Aaron Ruter, DPM, was recently elected as a teaching faculty member for The Association of Extremity Nerve Surgeons, reports The Times of Northwest Indiana.

Orthopedic surgeon Marvin Kym, MD, recently joined St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho, reports the Daily Fly.

Orthopedic specialists ranked No. 5 for happiness outside of work in a new Medscape report.

Physicians in the department of orthopedics from Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are encouraging more female medical students to pursue careers in orthopedics.

Here are six orthopedic surgeons making headlines this week.