Orthopedic

Francis Cormier, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes (Minn.) Clinic. As of March 31, Dr. Cormier is also an award-winning bodybuilder, according to the Parks Rapids Enterprise.

Robert Trousdale, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgery residents Elvis Francois, MD, and William Robinson, MD, appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show April 3, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip Mountbatten was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London for a previously scheduled hip surgery, according to Time.

G. Daxton Steele, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine.

For older adults with unstable ankle fractures, close contact casting is as effective as surgery in restoring ankle function, according to an article in JAMA.

Orthopedic surgeon Keith Swanson, MD, has been named Barton Health's Doctor of the Year.

Mattoon, Ill.-based Sarah Bush Lincoln acquired Bonutti Orthopedic Services in Effingham, Ill.

John Richmond, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Boston Sports & Shoulder Center.

Here are the top 10 Becker's Spine Review orthopedic stories from March.