Orthopedic

Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (Texas) earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement, the Killeen Daily Herald reported.

Jon J.P. Warner, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital.

Kingwood, W.Va.,-based Preston Memorial Hospital’s orthopedic surgery department added knee and hip replacement surgeries, ACL reconstruction, meniscus repair and more to its list of services, according to the Preston County News Journal.

Mark Trump, MD, joined Yakima, Wash.-based Orthopedics Northwest, according to the YakimaHerald.com.

Bogadi Prashanth, MD, will remain an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon committee member for a third consecutive term, according to Star of Mysore.

Emilie Cheung, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Stanford Medicine in Redwood City, Calif.

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Board-certified orthopedic sports medicine surgeon Jeffrey McGillicuddy, MD, joined Gridley, Calif.-based Orchard Hospital Medical Specialty Center, the Gridley Herald reports.

Scott J. Ellis, MD, was named president of the Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Foundation.

Jonathan L. Chang, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Alhambra, Calif.-based Pacific Orthopaedic Associates.