Orthopedic

Here are 34 orthopedic surgeons making headlines.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's orthopedic surgeon Samuel Clifton Willimon, MD, performed minimally invasive hip surgery on a 4-year-old patient with pigmented villonodular synovitis, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.

Jacob Haynes, MD, joined SSM Health Bone & Joint Hospital at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, according to The Oklahoman News OK.

A former orthopedic surgeon based in Clayton, Mo., was sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years of probation for sexually abusing seven women at two medical offices near St. Louis, according to St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Vedant Vaksha, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Complete Orthopedics in New York City.

Several disorders increase the risk of complications after hip fracture surgery, according to a study in Injury.

Williamsport, Pa.-based UPMC Susquehanna welcomed board-certified orthopedic trauma surgeon Howard Katz, MD, NorthcentralPA.com reports.

Chicago Magazine named 11 orthopedic surgeons from Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem's NorthShore Orthopaedic Institute in Chicago to its list of 2018 Top Orthopedic Doctors.

Belle Vernon, Pa.-based The Orthopedic Group founding partner and orthopedic surgeon Scott L. Baron, MD, will retire after providing care for 34 years, according to Observer-Reporter.

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health's Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, N.J., performed its first Intellijoint hip replacement surgery Nov. 28.