Orthopedic

Cincinnati-based OrthoCincy is using a team-based strategy to get elective surgeries restarted after Ohio loosened restrictions on non-urgent procedures, according to Local 12, WKRC-TV.

Neal ElAttrache, MD, joined the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute's board of directors, according to an April 26 announcement.

Orthopedic surgeon Elvis Francois, MD, recently launched his first EP, with all proceeds being donated to healthcare workers on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Post-Bulletin reports.

Physician offices have seen steep drops in patient visits during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Commonwealth Fund reports.

Thirty-two orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine physicians that have joined new practices or received new appointments in 2020:

Healthcare providers across the country are being redeployed and rewriting their job descriptions to address the COVID-19 pandemic, which has risen to 869,006 confirmed cases and 49,958 deaths in the U.S. as of 7:25 a.m. CDT April 24.

Ambulatory practice visits were down nearly 60 percent in mid-March for more than 50,000 provider clients of Phreesia, a healthcare technology company, The Commonwealth Fund reported based on new research.

Orthopedic surgeon Aenor Sawyer, MD, is serving as medical director for a University of California San Francisco project that will test the entire town of Bolinas, Calif., for COVID-19.

Here are seven orthopedic surgeons making the news this week:

Exclusively focusing on urgent medical needs during the COVID-19 pandemic could spawn a "secondary healthcare crisis," according to Benjamin Domb, MD, whose opinion was published by the Daily Herald.