Orthopedic

Charles Bush-Joseph, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush.

Blood clots in patients following major orthopedic surgery is the leading cause of preventable in-hospital death, according to David Zukor, MD, chief of orthopedics at the Montreal, Canada-based Jewish General Hospital. A clinical trial by Dr. Zukor and fellow researchers…

S. David Stulberg, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Chicago-based Northshore Orthopaedic Institute.

Chief of Adult Reconstructive Surgery at Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center Craig Della Valle, MD, was named the 28th president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.

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

Here are four orthopedic surgeons who made headlines this week.

Jason Dragoo, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine.

United Orthopedic Corp. launched its United Tri-tapered Short Stem hip stem and an extension of the U-Motion II Acetabular System.

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

On March 8, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons presented the 2018 William W. Tipton, Jr., MD, Leadership Award to Monterey, Calif.-based orthopedic surgeon Ramon Jimenez, MD.