Orthopedic

Deepak Chavda, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at North Richland Hills, Texas-based Texas Bone and Joint Center, a practice he founded in 1999.

Rosemont, Ill.-based American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society and West Lebanon, N.H.-based M2S have announced the launch of the Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Outcomes Research Network.

Here are nine orthopedic surgeons who made this week's headlines:

Nic Gay, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at California-based Fremont Orthopaedic & Rehabilitative Medicine. Dr. Gay treats leg, ankle and foot fractures, deformities and traumas in adults and children.

Richard Cunningham, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Vail (Colo.)-Summit Orthopaedics who specializes in knee, shoulder and sports medicine.

Nathan L. Cafferky, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Vail (Colo.)-Summit Orthopaedics who specializes in adult hip and knee joint replacement and revision.

An article published in Current Geriatrics Reports and written about in Knowridge Science Report states the drugs many physicians use to treat osteoporosis may cause dangerous thigh bone fractures down the road.

Hythem P. Shadid, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at St. Charles, Ill.-based Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine.

Jack E. Jensen, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Houston-based Athletic Orthopedics & Knee Center, a practice he founded.

A study published in The Journal of Arthroplasty investigated the Hendrich Falls Risk Score's impact on predicting total joint arthroplasty patients' readmission at the time of discharge.