Orthopedic

Lex S. Allen, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Cedar City Hospital in Utah.

Here are five orthopedic surgeons in the news this week. 

Patients undergoing shoulder joint replacement surgery with a high body mass index are more likely to experience complications, according to News Medical.

At least five orthopedic surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston are accused of repeatedly double-booking surgeries, leaving patients under anesthesia longer than they would have been if the surgeon was only focused on one case, according to the Boston…

Pamela C. Luk, MD, is an orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon at the Alhambra Hospital Medical Center in Arcadia, Calif.

A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examines total joint replacements among the Medicare population.

Kelly Olin for the state of Michigan, was awarded OrthoNOW's first Master Franchise Agreement. As OrthoNOW expands, they also signed an area development agreement with Terry Arrington, MD, and Bernard Scherer, PA, in Augusta, Ga.

Reid Abrams, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and hand surgeon at University of California San Diego Medical Center.

Paley Orthopedic Institute and Spine Center at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., welcomes Bradley Lamm, MD, according to the Palm Beach Post.

Here are 13 orthopedic surgeons who have recently joined new practices or taken on new positions in May 2017.