Orthopedic

Orthopedic surgeons at Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Hospital are using Stryker's MAKO robotic-arm assisted surgical system.

Thomas Emmer, MD, joined Huntington, W.Va.-based Marshall Health.

Derek H. Ochiai, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Nirschl Orthopaedic Center in Arlington, Va.

Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University Health System appointed orthopedic surgeon Jason Koh, MD, as the inaugural Mark R. Neaman Family Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Nady Hamid, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at OrthoCarolina Sports Medicine Center in Charlotte, N.C.

William B. Macaulay, Jr., MD, was appointed chief of the division of adult reconstructive surgery at NYU Langone Health's department of orthopedic surgery in New York.

Firas Kawtharani, MD, is now offering monthly clinic appointments at the Elkhart, Kan.-based Morton County Medical Clinic, kscbnews.net reports.

Pasadena, Calif.-based Huntington Hospital appointed Todd Dietrick, MD, as the medical director of its joint replacement program.

William Leone, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Holy Cross Hospital's Leone Center for Orthopedic Care in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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