Orthopedic

Andrew Wassef, MD, has been named the new medical director of the MemorialCare Joint Replacement Center at the California-based hospital Long Beach Memorial.

Robert Hunter, MD — director of the Orthopedic Center of Excellence at the Salida, Colo.-based community hospital Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center — is working to expand a physician education program for active-duty orthopedic surgeons.

The Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group has added eight physicians to its medical team, according to a community post in the Chicago Tribune.

The Boston-based orthopedic center New England Baptist Hospital has added Andrew Braziel, MD, to its physician team.

Sang H. Choi, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Florida Ortho Surgeons, an orthopedic and spine practice with locations in Port Richey, Palm Harbor and Tampa. He specializes in ankle, hand, hip and foot surgeries, with experience treating carpel tunnel,…

Pen Bay Medical Center hired Jeffrey Rasmussen, MD, to work out of Pen Bay Orthopaedics, The Courier-Gazette reports. Here's what you should know. 

The New Jersey-based practice Princeton Orthopaedic Associates will reopen its Saturday morning urgent care walk-in clinic.

When diagnosing knee pain in patients older than 40 years old, x-rays are more effective than MRIs, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

A U.K. hospital has decreased the average length of stay for orthopedic surgery by 40 percent over the past 10 years, according to Exeter Express & Echo.

The Slocum Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine recently welcomed Lyle Jackson, MD, to its staff