Orthopedic

A retired orthopedic surgeon based in Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and unlawfully dispensing pain medications, WJAC TV reports.

Orthopedic surgeons Arthur Strahan, MD, and Douglas Duncan, MD, are now seeing patients at Christus Trinity Clinic in Marshall, Texas, The Marshall News Messenger reports.

Foot and ankle surgeons Michael I. Goldberger, MD, and David M. Epstein, MD, of Cedar Knolls, N.J.-based Tri-County Orthopedics, are performing a motion-sparing procedure for patients with arthritis in the big toe.

Thomas P. Sculco, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.

Here are 12 orthopedic surgeons who recently joined new practices or took on new positions in June.

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine inducted two orthopedic surgeons into its Hall of Fame.

Amy Jo Ptaszek, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Illinois Bone & Joint Institute in Glenview, Ill. and Wilmette, Ill.

Here are eight orthopedic surgeon leaders to know:

Mark Abel, MD, is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System.

Orthopedic surgeons received the highest value of payments, according to the CMS Open Payment Data in 2017.