Orthopedic

Greenwich, Conn.-based Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists welcomed Mark Yakavonis, MD.

Alexander T. Caughran, MD, joined Huntington, W.Va.-based Marshall Orthopaedics.

Brian Tallerico, DO, joined the team of orthopedic specialists at Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital, according to The Citizen.

Francis H. Shen, MD, is the Warren G. Stamp Endowed Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System.

Kenneth W. Bramlett, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Bramlett Orthopedics in Birmingham, Ala.

Scott Ryan, MD, chief of orthopedic trauma surgery at Boston-based Tufts Medical Center, performed surgery on a New York man who was attacked by a shark off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., according to the Boston Globe.

Orthopedic surgeon Eric Tannenbaum, MD, joined Columbus-based Southern Indiana Orthopedics.

Patients who underwent hip or knee arthroplasty in an outpatient setting reported greater satisfaction with their care than an inpatient setting, according to a study in The Journal of Arthroplasty.

BayhealthOrthopaedics in Dover, Del., welcomed John R. Burger, DO.

Aaron Karlen, MD, joined Hope Orthopedics of Oregon in Salem.