Orthopedic

Alexander Sah, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Fremont, Calif.-based Sah Orthopaedic Associates, a part of the Institute for Joint Restoration and Research at Washington Hospital in Fremont, Calif.

Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children named Michael Shrader, MD, its new division chief for cerebral palsy, according to Hockessin Community News.

Tobacco users reported increased postoperative pain and narcotic use after total shoulder arthroplasty, a study in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery found. Former tobacco users had a postoperative course similar to nonusers.

Orthopedic surgeon Stanley Michael, MD, joined N.J.-based Cape Regional Physicians Associates, according to the Cape May County Herald.

Temporary and localized delivery of the protein Jagged-1 promotes bone regeneration in rodents, according to a study in NPJ Regenerative Medicine.

Rome, Ga.-based orthopedic surgeon and hand specialist Michael Paxten, MD, operated on an injured red-tailed hunting hawk, according to the Rome News-Tribune.

Orthopedic residents require greater instruction on the clinical examination and documentation of spine pathology, according to a study in The Spine Journal.

Roger Chams, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Illinois Bone and Joint Institute in Morton Grove.

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.