Orthopedic

Humana Military will no longer provide contracted coverage for specialty practices associated with Watertown, N.Y.-based Samaritan Medical Center, according to a WNY TV report, a local Fox News affiliate.

Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital hired retired orthopedic surgeon Richard Rogers, MD, as interim CMO, according to the Murfreesboro Post.

Here are 26 orthopedic surgeons making headlines.

Rick Wright, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

The American Osteopathic Foundation named orthopedic surgeon Steven J. Heithoff, DO, to its board of directors, according to The Times Herald. 

Corsicana, Texas-based Medical Associates of Navarro County welcomed Zachary Kelley, MD, according to the Corsicana Daily Sun.

Orthopedic surgeon Paul Odland, MD, 96, died, Gazette Xtra reports.

Mark Karadsheh, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Michigan Orthopaedic Surgeons in Southfield. 

Nicholas Grosso, MD, president of Bethesda, Md.-based The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, discusses the biggest challenges and best opportunities for the practice in the coming years.

David M. Kalainov, MD, is a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at Chicago-based Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.