Orthopedic

Azalea Orthopedics in Tyler, Texas, recently added Gary Goodfried, MD, to its practice, according to the Tyler Morning Telegraph.

Researchers from Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago highlighted the significance of timing in knee replacement procedures in a Jan. 15 paper published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Glendive (Mont.) Medical Center recently onboarded Mark Rangitsch, MD, its second orthopedic surgeon, according to the Sidney Herald.

Orthopedic physicians ranked No. 27 out of 29 specialties surveyed in a Medscape survey examining physician burnout and suicide in 2020.

Orthopedic surgeon Shaun Kink, MD, was arrested Jan. 15 as part of a sexual assault and abuse investigation involving an adult victim, according to local NBC affiliate 25 News.

Here are three orthopedic surgeons making the news this week.

This year is ramping up to be a big year for the U.S. healthcare and political landscapes. 

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.