Orthopedic

Robert Hagen, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Lafayette (Ind.) Orthopedic Clinic of Unity Healthcare has won the spring 2019 Franciscan Health Healing Hands Award.

Orthopedic surgeon Anto T.A. Fritz, MD, joined multidisciplinary healthcare organization Healthpointe, reports Virtual Strategy Magazine.

Fellowship-trained podiatric surgeon Jennifer A. D'Amico, DPM, has completed her eight medical volunteering mission through Healing the Children, a charitable organization focused on helping underserved children across the globe.

An Illinois appeals court ruled that orthopedic surgeon Sarmad Elias, MD, did not act in good faith when he agreed to a $25,000 settlement with a patient, reports Law 360.

Spine Injury Solutions posted $56,700 in first quarter 2019 revenues, down 91 percent year over year.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery researchers found that artificial intelligence may help orthopedic surgeons predict how patients will react after joint replacement surgery.

Mark Getelman, MD, of Southern California Orthopedic Institute in Van Nuys, Calif., has been named the second vice president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America, placing him in the succession line to serve as president for 2021-22.

Appointment scheduling is the key to efficient operations for independent practices, according to Jay Crawford, MD, who founded nextDoc Solutions to help facilities prioritize and assign incoming patients.

A research article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons from Boston-based orthopedic surgeon Marilyn Heng, MD, shows that it's quantity of opioids prescribed, rather than the type, that relates to long-term use in patients post-op.

A former Kansas City Spine and Sports Medicine medical assistant is suing several HCA entities, including HCA Midwest Health, after she was allegedly sexually harassed by a surgeon, the Kansas City Star reports.