Orthopedic

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.

Over the past month, Becker's Spine Review has reported on three spine and orthopedic surgeons who have beat the virus and are doing their part to help their communities. 

Scott Smith, MD, a 54-year-old orthopedic surgeon, returned to work at Texas Orthopedics days after being discharged from a hospital for intensive COVID-19 treatment, according to local news outlets.

Sanjeev Kakar, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, is seeing an increase in hand injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic, KIMT3 reports.