Orthopedic

According to a study in The Journal of Arthroplasty, patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia are at a heightened risk of increased complications after total joint arthroplasty.

In 2016, 27.53 percent of Jonesboro, Ark.-based St. Bernard's Medical Center's discharges were super utilizers, according to a CMS Medicare claims data analysis by Dexur.

Orthopedic surgeon Robert Elvington, MD, joined Varnville, S.C.-based Hampton Regional Medical Center, according to The Hampton County Guardian.

Thomas Thornhill, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

James Caillouette, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and chairman at the Newport Orthopedic Institute in Newport Beach, Calif.

Del Schutte, MD, the Comprehensive Joint Program director at Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based East Cooper Medical Center, performed South Carolina's first Mako total knee replacement surgery.

Pine Bluff-based Jefferson Regional Medical Center’s South Arkansas Orthopedic Center welcomed Gordon Birk, MD, according to Pine Bluff Commercial.

Matthew Austin, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at The Rothman Institute in Philadelphia.

Danbury, Conn.-based physician Frank Hermantin, MD is now seeing patients at OrthoConnecticut's New Milford and Sharon offices. Randolph Sealey, MD, will also begin seeing patients at the New Milford location starting Feb. 5, according to the Milford Patch.

Tyler, Texas-based orthopedic surgeon Michael Merrick, MD, has been named a 2018 Top Doctor.