Orthopedic

Charles DeCook, MD, began seeing patients April 16 at the new Arthritis & Total Joint Specialists location in Braselton, Ga., the gainesvilletimes.com reports.

Giles Scuderi, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at New York City-based Northwell Health.

Here are four orthopedic surgeons making headlines.

OSS Health is expanding its York Township, Pa.-based orthopedics center, the Central Penn Business Journal reports.

Panama City, Fla.-based Bay Medical Sacred Heart will open a joint replacement center, mypanhandle.com reports.

James Tibone, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Los Angeles-based Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic.

Gregory C. Mallo, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in complex shoulder reconstruction, shoulder arthroscopy and revision surgery. He serves as co-chief of the shoulder service at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, N.Y.

Leo Whiteside, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at St. Louis-based Missouri Bone & Joint Center.

Newly elected American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons President David A. Halsey, MD, gave his first address at the AAOS Annual Meeting March 6 to March 8 in New Orleans.

The Los Angeles-based Orthopaedic Institute for Children conducted a study demonstrating that improved patient education can significantly reduce the risk of prosthetic joint infections in patients with hemophilia.