Orthopedic

Hip fracture surgery for medically stable elderly patients should be performed on the day of hospital admission or the following day to reduce postoperative mortality, according to a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Lawrence D. Dorr, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Los Angeles-based Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California.

Shane Kibbe, MD, will join Jeffersonville-based Orthopedic Surgeons of Southern Indiana in September, according to The Lane Report.

Holmdel, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center welcomed Robert Borzio, MD, according to centraljersey.com.

Orthopedic surgeons from across the New York tri-state area attended the New York Cartilage Repair Society's first meeting in New York City, Aug. 7.

Eric A. Heiden, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Park City, Utah-based Heiden Orthopedics.

Patients with gout are at a significantly greater risk of having a total joint replacement, according to a study in Rheumatology.

Lew Schon, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at MedStar Health in Baltimore.

Meriden, Conn.-based MidState Medical Center is celebrating its 20-year anniversary, according to myrcordjournal.com. Here are five things to know about the Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute at MidState Medical Center:

Here are 15 orthopedic surgeons who recently joined new practices or took on new positions in July.