Orthopedic

Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center in Shenandoah, Texas, is on track to complete a $250 million expansion that will bolster orthopedics and other specialty services, Community Impact Newspaper reports.

From a surgeon's company suing a big orthopedic device company to a new sports medicine chief at a California practice, here are the latest orthopedists making the news:

OrthoBethesda named Emil Engels, MD, as its CEO, according to a Jan. 13 news release.

Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center's Helena Theurer Pavilion, the state's largest healthcare expansion project, reached its structural completion Jan. 11, according to a news release.

Modernizing Medicine, a software company based in Boca Raton, Fla., has acquired orthopedic EHR provider Exscribe.

Mercy Health plans to build a medical complex that will feature a 60-bed hospital in Mason, Ohio, cincinnati.com reports.

Salem (Ohio) Regional Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission "Gold Seal of Approval" for the third consecutive year, local news outlet WKBN reports.

Five orthopedic surgeons who joined new practices or were promoted to new roles in the past week:

Orthopedic procedures performed at ASCs result in a relatively low percentage of patients seeking additional care within 24 hours after surgery, according to a study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences' Center of Excellence for Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation in Rio Rancho, N.M., will be complete by the beginning of 2022, local news affiliate KRQE reports.