Orthopedic

Brain Lohrbach, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Orthopedic and Sports Institute of the Fox Valley in Appleton, Wis.

OrthoCarolina in Matthews, N.C., opened the OrthoCarolina Wellness Center to offer a community-focused approach to health.

Elly LaRoque, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Golden State Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery in San Francisco.

Tifton-based Georgia Sports Medicine welcomed Kyle Fleck, MD, according to the Tifton Gazette.

Ken Kaminski, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Azalea Orthopedics in Tyler, Texas.

Phoenix-based OrthoArizona welcomed Troy Wilde, DPM.

Michelle Wolcott, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Denver-based University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Here are the 10 states with the highest average annual salaries for orthopedic surgeons, according to the Economic Research Institute.

Michael House, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Denton-based OrthoTexas.

Forecasts by Sg2 and others suggest 50 percent of joint replacements will be done as outpatient procedures. Medicare is set to release an outpatient code for total knee replacement in early 2018, and is likely to do the same for…