Orthopedic

A study published in the HSS Journal by Hospital for Special Surgery researches found a high incidence of cardiac complications in orthopedic surgery patients with heart disease.

Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio, welcomed Vincent Waldron, MD, to its specialty clinic staff, the West Bend News reports.

Michael Maggitti, MD, joined Southeastern Orthopedics in Lumberton, N.C., the Robesonian reports.

Julie Switzer, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She also serves as an associate professor in orthopedic surgery at the university.

Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital welcomed Richard Wilk, MD, as chief of hip preservation services.

Here are seven orthopedic surgeons in the news.

Kristy Weber, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine. She also serves as the health system's chief of orthopedics and oncology.

Mariam Hakim-Zargar, MD, was named president of the Connecticut Orthopaedic Society, the Litchfield County Times reports.

Researchers at the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire and the University of Warwick examined advantages of alternate pain relief options during knee replacement surgery in a new study.

Mark Berkowitz, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic.