Orthopedic

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.

Nashville orthopedic trauma surgeon Manny Sethi, MD, has entered the 2020 race for Tennessee's open U.S. Senate seat, reports the Tennessean.

CoxHealth is providing health screenings for $32 at Meyer Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital in Springfield, Mo., even for patients without insurance.

Four orthopedic surgeons recently making headlines:

Robert LaPrade, MD, PhD, is leaving Vail, Colo.-based The Steadman Clinic to join Golden Valley, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics, effective July 1.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery will award the former chief of its foot and ankle department, Jonathan Deland, MD, its lifetime achievement award.