Orthopedic

Laconia, N.H.-based Lakes Region General Hospital is betting on orthopedics as it considers merging with a large healthcare system, The Laconia Daily Sun reports.

St. Peters, Mo.-based Advanced Bone and Joint recently added Keith Jarman, MD, to its surgical staff.

A study at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery is exploring if a "prehabilitation" program could empower patients undergoing knee replacements and lead to improved outcomes.

A. Rashard Dacus, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at UVA Health in Charlottesville, Va.

Tampa-based Florida Orthopaedic Institute welcomed Kapil Mehrotra, MD, to its group on Nov. 5.

Tamara Chachashvili, MD, died Oct. 27 following a brief illness.

Port Townsend, Wash.-based Jefferson Healthcare added Joseph Meyerson, MD, to its surgical staff in October, reports Peninsula Daily News.

The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons takes issue with several changes in CMS' recently released final rules, according to a statement from AAOS President Kristy L. Weber, MD.

Ted Sousa, MD, whose passion for orthopedics and gait analysis stems from his childhood love of horses, is joining Shriners Hospital for Children-Spokane (Wash.).

Forty-seven healthcare professionals from New York are going to Cuba to perform more than 50 free orthopedic surgeries, The Record reports.