The final American Osteopathic Association Match Day placed 56 percent of participating osteopathic physicians in primary care specialties, with orthopedic surgery leading specialty placements.
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Among osteoarthritis patients, preoperative opioid usage was highest among spine patients, according to a study in Arthritis Care & Research.
Scott Shawen, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, N.C.
Green Bay, Wis.-based Orthopedics & Sports Medicine BayCare Clinic surgeon Robert Limoni, MD, teamed up with an engineer and businessman to design positioning devices for knee and hip surgery, Action 2 News reports.
Hip and knee osteoarthritis patients are more likely to delay elective total joint arthroplasty until they are eligible for Medicare enrollment, according to a study in The Journal of Arthroplasty.
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Orthopedic surgeons have the highest base salary of any specialty, according to the MedPage Today 2018 Orthopedics Salary Survey.
Douglas E. Padgett, MD, the president of The Hip Society, and Robert L. Barrack, MD, the president of The Knee Society, recently spoke with Becker’s Spine Review about acquiring the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement course.
Dr. Joseph Donnelly was elected president of the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, effective Jan. 26.
Elizabeth A. Cody, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.
Medpage Today unveiled its Salary Survey Orthopedics Specialty Fall 2018 report.