Orthopedic

Rick I. Ahmad, MD, practices at Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic in Louisiana, specializing in treating injuries, diseases, and conditions of the elbow, hand and wrist such as fractures, dislocation, arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Derek F. Papp, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore who specializes in shoulder and elbow disorders, as well as knee ligamentous injuries.

Total joint arthroplasty procedures increase patients' likelihood of infections and other complications, according to a study conducted by four orthopedic surgeons at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.

Jefferson Healthcare Medical Center in Port Townsend, Wash., hires orthopedic surgeon Paul Naumann, MD.

E. Wayne Mosley, MD, joined the staff of Parrish Medical Group, according to Florida Today. The group has locations around Florida in Titusville, Port St. John and Melbourne.

Mark Adickes, MD, is chief of sports medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He specializes in arthroscopic treatment of knee, hip and shoulder injuries, with a particular interest in slowing down the progression of hip arthritis.

Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine offers patients the Musculoskeletal Ultrasound as an option for diagnostic imaging.

Stewart K. Weinerman, MD, has treated patients at Aurora-based Colorado Orthopedic Consultants since 1986. He also serves as Gateway High School's team physician.

Here are three orthopedic surgeons in the news this week.

Juan-José Gonzalez has been named head of Advanced Medical Technology Association's orthopedics sector.