Orthopedic

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Aimee S. Klapach, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Sports & Orthopaedic Specialists in Minneapolis.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery developed a mandatory narcotics-prescribing education program, which led to a significant decrease in excessive opioid prescriptions after ambulatory orthopedic surgery, according to an article in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Here are 18 orthopedic surgeons making headlines.

The American Orthopaedic Association's Own the Bone program partnered with Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes to launch the first orthopedic-focused teleECHO program in the U.S.

Tom R. Hackett, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at The Steadman Clinic and Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo.

Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Clinic welcomed Adam Cochran, MD, according to the Gwinnett Citizen.

Adventist Health Lodi (Calif.) Memorial orthopedic surgeon Stephen Howell, MD, was awarded an honorary membership to the German Arthroplasty Society, according to Lodi News-Sentinel.

John A. Abraham, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute in Philadelphia.

Orthopedic surgeons Patrick Hall, MD, and Joel Zamzow, MD, began seeing patients at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital in Grand Rapids, Minn., according to the Duluth News Tribune.