Orthopedic

Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center renamed its orthopedic building the Sofija and Jorge O. Galante Orthopedic Building.

With the rising popularity of outpatient procedures and further innovation in orthopedics, the specialty is becoming a more attractive investment opportunity for private equity firms. 

The UPMC Health Plan Services Division, owned and operated by UPMC, created a center of excellence program for hip and knee replacements.

Thomas Fehring, MD, launched the OrthoCarolina Periprosthetic Joint Infection Center in Charlotte, N.C., with four fellow hip and knee surgeons.

Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons making headlines this week.

OrthoAtlanta added Domenic Scalamogna, MD, to its Georgia practices in Fayetteville, Newman and Peachtree City.

Andrew Pearle, MD, is director of the computer assisted surgery center at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City and editor-in-chief of the Orthopedic Journal Techniques in Knee Surgery.

Midland-based MidMichigan Health added James Lewis, DO, to its musculoskeletal team, reports Our Midland.

Watertown, N.Y.-based Samaritan Medical Center added Holden Heitner, MD, to its medical staff, reports Inform NY.

Dwight Kemp, DO, is joining WVU Medicine Orthopedics-Spring Mills in Martinsburg, W.Va., after 25 years in private practice.