Orthopedic

Patients injured in locations with higher median age, lower per capita income and greater distance from Level 1 or 2 trauma centers are more likely to die of their injuries, a study in JAMA Surgery found.

Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine welcomed Eddie Powell, MD, according to Santa Rosa's Press Gazette.

Andrew John Cosgarea, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.

Here are nine orthopedic surgeons making headlines.

Mark Bowen, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem.

Edward Wojtys, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Ann Arbor, Mich.-based University of Michigan Health System.

Bruce Albert, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Irvine, Calif.-based Elite Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. He specializes in treating both knee and shoulder problems.

The private equity firm HealthpointCapital appointed Milen Todorov as managing director.

U.S. racial minorities undergo fewer total knee replacements than white Americans, according to a study in Arthritis Care & Research. The study authors estimated quality-adjusted life years lost for black American end-stage knee osteoarthritis patients due to differences in being…

Orthopedic surgeon Brian Seeto, MD, joined The CORE Institute in Phoenix. Dr. Seeto will work out of the West Phoenix and Peoria, Ariz., locations.