Orthopedic

Women make up the smallest percentage of orthopedic surgery practitioners. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, only 5 percent of orthopedic surgeons are women. Aside from lesser representation, women orthopedic surgery practitioners face other disparities in the field. 

An analysis of data from more than 1.5 million patients confirmed multimodal analgesia for joint arthroplasty is most effective at controlling pain and reducing complications, Anesthesiology News reports. 

Ronald Lakatos, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at OhioHealth Orthopedic Surgeons in Columbus. 

Here are 53 orthopedic surgeons on the move in 2018 so far.

Alan Blank, MD, and Thomas Lotus, DC, joined Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago.

Jason Weisstein, MD, joined Colorado Springs-based Colorado Center of Orthopaedic Excellence.

Christopher Chiodo, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital.

A retired orthopedic surgeon based in Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and unlawfully dispensing pain medications, WJAC TV reports.

Orthopedic surgeons Arthur Strahan, MD, and Douglas Duncan, MD, are now seeing patients at Christus Trinity Clinic in Marshall, Texas, The Marshall News Messenger reports.

Foot and ankle surgeons Michael I. Goldberger, MD, and David M. Epstein, MD, of Cedar Knolls, N.J.-based Tri-County Orthopedics, are performing a motion-sparing procedure for patients with arthritis in the big toe.