Orthopedic

Mark Channer, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Missoula (Mont.) Bone and Joint.

Eric Fornari, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y.

Chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, have long been associated with obesity. However, being overweight or clinically obese can also result in the painful condition of osteoarthritis (OA).

Surgeons are increasingly recognizing that the quality of post-surgery/post-injury rehabilitation is a critical factor in successful outcomes and that successful surgical procedures are dependent on the quality of the postoperative rehabilitation.

Andrew Pugely, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Richard Manzo, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Conn.

Karen Boselli, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Concord (N.H.) Hospital.

Sovah Health-Danville in Virginia welcomed James Treadwell, DO, according to Go Dan River.

Laura Prokuski, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Sonoran Orthopaedic Trauma in Scottsdale, Ariz.

In a recent press release, Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FLXN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Zilretta™ (triamcinolone acetonide extended-release injectable suspension), the first and only extended-release, intra-articular injection for osteoarthritis knee pain.