Orthopedic

The Joint Commission bestowed its Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Gold Seal of Approval on Santa Barbara (Calif.) Cottage Hospital and Goleta (Calif.) Valley Cottage Hospital, the Santa Barbara Independent reports.

Here are 21 hospitals or health systems that have expanded or added orthopedic services in the past two months.

Glendive (Mont.) Medical Center added board-certified orthopedic surgeon Jean Basta, MD, to its medical staff, reports The Sidney Herald.

Over 300 orthopedic surgeons met with congressional representatives as part of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference.

The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation welcomed Lee Grossman as its new CEO.

Here are four orthopedic surgeons making the news.

The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program certified Saranac Lake, N.Y.-based Adirondack Health's total joint replacement center, the Press-Republican reports.

The global knee arthroplasty market will grow at a compound annual rate of 5 percent through 2024, according to Market Scope's 2019 Knee Arthroplasty Market Report.

Nine orthopedic surgeons joined new practices or received a promotion in the past month.

Orthopedic surgeon Henry Hood, MD, of Lancaster, Ohio, died at age 79, reports Lancaster Eagle-Gazette.