Orthopedic

Katherine Vadasdi, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Greenwich, Conn.-based Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists.

Craig Lippe, MD, and Chad Fortun, MD, joined Southport, N.C.-based Dosher Memorial Hospital's medical staff, the WilmingtonBiz reports.

Jonnie Vanderhoef, CRNA, settled a whistleblower lawsuit with Sparrow Carson Hospital in Carson City, Mich., the Lansing State Journal reports.

Brian Parsley, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Houston-based University of Texas Health Science Center.

Ceterix Orthopaedics received a patent for the NovoStitch Plus Meniscal Repair System.

The OrthoPediatrics Foundation for Education & Research received IRS 501(c)(3) status as a public charity in the state of Indiana March 7, 2018.

E. Marlowe Goble, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Logan, Utah-based Goble Medical.

Mark Figgie, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.

Smoking significantly increases the risk of infection, wound complications and reoperation after revision total knee arthroplasty, according to a study in The Journal of Arthroplasty.

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals honors Donald Kucharzyk, DO, with his upcoming publication in the Leading Physicians of the World.