Orthopedic

Robin Gehrmann, MD, was selected as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor in the tri-state New York metropolitan area.

A waist hip ratio surrogate is more predictive of wound complications after pelvis or acetabulum stabilization than body mass index, according to a study in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.

Kevin Stone, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and founder of The Stone Clinic in San Francisco.

Dallas-based Medical City Children's Hospital named Shyam Kishan, MD, medical director of pediatric orthopedics and pediatric orthopedic trauma.

The orthopedic discipline faces major challenges and demonstrates symptoms of decline, according to an editorial by Augusto Sarmiento, MD, in Current Orthopaedic Practice.

Frank Noyes, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and medical director of the Cincinnati SportsMedicine and Orthopaedic Center.

Operation Walk USA provided an estimated 60 patients with free joint replacements from 40 volunteer orthopedic surgeons at 36 hospitals from Dec. 4 to Dec. 9, 2017. The program has been extended through February.

Freddie Fu, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and orthopedic surgery chair at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Milwaukee-based orthopedic surgeon and philanthropist Michael Kubly, MD, passed away on Jan. 23. He was 82.

Ned Amendola, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Duke University in Durham, N.C.