Orthopedic

Most patients who undergo anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty at age 55 years or younger return to work 2.1 months after surgery on average, according to a study in Orthopedics.

Robert Arciero, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health.

The American Joint Replacement Registry announced its executive committee and 2018 Steering Committee representatives. In October 2017, AJRR became part of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' registries portfolio and the AJRR Board of Directors became the AJRR Steering Committee.

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

Caroline Park is a medical student at New York City-based Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She's also a Korean women's ice hockey team player at her first Olympic games, amNewYork reports.

McLaren Flint (Mich.) orthopedic surgery residents Angela Collins, MD, PhD, and Sean Caskey, DO, have joined forces with Kettering University researchers to test the safety of car seats for children with special needs.

Orthopedic trauma surgeon J. Tracy Watson, MD, joined The CORE Institute in Phoenix.

Answorth Allen, MD, is orthopedic surgeon at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.

New York-based University of Rochester Medical Center orthopedic surgeon Emily Carmody, MD, hosted a Feb. 17 workshop to encourage young women to enter the orthopedics field. Although more women are entering medical school, only 7 percent of orthopedists in the…

Constance Chu, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine.