Orthopedic

Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute co-hosted the 10th annual Orthopedic Nursing Symposium along with the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses' Orange County chapter Oct. 1.

Ashley Nord, MD, joined Essentia Health St. Joseph's-Northern Orthopedics Clinic in Brainerd, Minn.

Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Health welcomed orthopedic surgeon Bryan L. Christensen, MD, to McLeod Health Clarendon in Manning, S.C., according to Manninglive.

Joshua S. Dines, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.

Andrew Toftoy, MD, joined Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee, Ill.

Craig M. McAllister, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Proliance Surgeons in Seattle.

Frank L. Buono, MD, 84, died Sept. 24, Bowling Green Daily News reports.

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Paul J. Favorito, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Christ Hospital Physicians – Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Cincinnati.

Between 2002 and 2015, knee arthroscopy rates fell 23 percent in Florida, according to an article in JAMA Internal Medicine.