Orthopedic

Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital welcomed Richard Wilk, MD, as chief of hip preservation services.

Here are seven orthopedic surgeons in the news.

Kristy Weber, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine. She also serves as the health system's chief of orthopedics and oncology.

Mariam Hakim-Zargar, MD, was named president of the Connecticut Orthopaedic Society, the Litchfield County Times reports.

Researchers at the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire and the University of Warwick examined advantages of alternate pain relief options during knee replacement surgery in a new study.

Mark Berkowitz, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic.

Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics welcomed Ramin Tabaddor, MD.

Alexis Colvin, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital. She also serves as a sports medicine associate professor at the hospital.

Nady Hamid, MD, and Shadley Schiffern, MD, were elected to the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons.

John Rowe, MD, joined the Ozarks Medical Center Orthopedics Clinic in West Plains, Mo., according to Ozark Radio News.