Orthopedic

Here are 16 orthopedic surgeons making headlines.

A New York arbitrator resolved 255 medical malpractice lawsuits against former orthopedic surgeon Spyros Panos, MD, with a collective $140 million award, Medscape reports.

Here are 19 orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine physicians that joined new practices or received new appointments in the past month.

Optimizing modifiable risk factors such as morbid obesity, tobacco smoking and lower serum albumin level before elective orthopedic surgeries reduces the risk of surgical site infection in geriatric patients, according to a study published in the International Wound Journal.

Casper (Wyo.) Orthopedics surgeon Daniel W. White, MD, is now seeing patients at Buffalo, Wyo.-based Johnson County Memorial Hospital.

Vancouver, Wash.-based Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery added sports medicine specialist James Chesnutt, MD, to its staff.

New York City-based NewYork Presbyterian Queens Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Center earned The Joint Commission's Core Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement.

Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md., appointed orthopedic trauma surgeon Andrew N. Pollak, MD, as Maryland Health Care Commission chair, The Baltimore Sun reports.

Crookston, Minn.-based RiverView Health welcomed orthopedic surgeon Mark Ghaida, MD.

Orthopedic surgeon Donald Ozumba, MD, pled guilty to four additional sexual assault charges Feb. 25, according to The Dallas Morning News.