Orthopedic

Here are 14 orthopedic surgeons in the news over the past week.

Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System is expanding its orthopedic services with the addition of four new physicians in the Adena Bone & Joint Center in Hillsboro, Ohio, according to a report from The Times-Gazette.

Long Beach (Calif.) Memorial's MemorialCare Joint Replacement Center installed Stryker's robotic-arm assisted total knee application, according to Orange County Breeze.

Brian Woebkenberg, MD, joined Norris & Blessinger Orthopaedics & Spine in Jasper, Ind., according to Dubois County Free Press.

Washington Orthopaedic Center is opening a new office location in Olympia, according to the Thurston Talk.

DNV GL Healthcare named St. Peter, Minn.-based River's Edge Hospital and Clinical a Center of Excellence for hip and knee replacements.

More orthopedic surgeons are turning to computer-assisted navigation systems or orthopedic navigation systems because of the increased availability and ease of access, according to a Transparency Market Research report.

Orthopedic surgeon Liebre Diamond, MD, 86, died May 17 after losing her battle with lymphoma, The Baltimore Sun reports.

Surgeons at Memphis, Tenn.-based OrthoMemphis became the first surgeons in the state to perform Active Implants' meniscus replacement procedure.

Corpus Christi, Texas-based Spohn Physicians Group orthopedic surgeon William Aaron Tucker, DO, is taking his broken and used instruments and turning them into something beautiful, KrisTV reports.