Orthopedic

Walmart plans to launch new services for multiple specialties, including orthopedics, to connect patients with local physicians that the retail giant deems quality providers, according to an article written by Elizabeth Walker of Walmart Corporate Affairs.

Here are 29 orthopedic surgeons who joined new practices or received promotions last month.

Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons making headlines this week.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery appointed Amy Fahrenkopf, MD, as general manager of HSS Health and senior vice president of HSS.

The Arthroscopic Association of North America is opening an orthopedic education facility in Rosemont, Ill., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 4.

Hospital for Special Surgery's David Mayman, MD, performed total hip replacement surgery on Al Roker, a co-host of NBC's TODAY show. TODAY reported the news.

Twin Cities Orthopedics and three other private practices are partnering to form the Infinite Health Collaborative, a group designed to preserve physicians' autonomy in the face of industry consolidation, the StarTribune reports.

The orthopedic clinic of CHI Health's Lakeside Hospital in Omaha was hit with a ransomware attack that locked computer system access, according to a report from Live Well Nebraska.

Scott Steinmann, MD, will lead the orthopedic surgery department at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in Chattanooga.

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health welcomed two new orthopedic surgeons to its medical staff, reports Minot Daily News.