Orthopedic

Michael J. Vener, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Glacial Lakes Orthopaedics, an orthopedic surgery and sports medicine practice based in Watertown, S.D. He specializes in adult reconstruction, shoulder and sports-related procedures.

Steven Becker, MD, will starting seeing patients at PeachHealth Medical Group's orthopedic and sports medicine clinic in Ketchikan, Alaska.

Minnesota-based Twin Cities Orthopedics received approval to build a clinic in the Vadnais Heights (Minn.) Sports Complex, Press Pubs reports.

Here are 14 orthopedic surgeons in the news this past week.

A study in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found that patients who undergo upper extremity surgeries are being prescribed three times greater opioid medications than needed.

Michael J. Vener, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Glacial Lakes Orthopaedics, an orthopedic surgery and sports medicine practice based in Watertown, S.D. He specializes in adult reconstruction, shoulder and sports-related procedures.

David Brown, MD, joined Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka, Alaska, according to Sit News.

Michael G. Fitzgerald, MD, is joining the hand, wrist and shoulder team of Syracuse (N.Y.) Orthopedic Specialists, Syracuse.com reports.

Aaron Forbes, MD, will join the staff of Morristown, N.J.-based Tri-County Orthopedics.

Michael N. Bohan, MD, is a founding partner and orthopedic surgeon at Carolina Orthopaedics, a practice with office locations in Murrells Inlet, S.C., and Myrtle Beach, S.C. He specializes in primary and complex revision joint replacement surgery of the hip…