Orthopedic

Satyajit Marawar, MD, has been named the orthopedics chief at Syracuse VA Medical Center, according to Syracuse.com. Syracuse VA Medical Center is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in New York.

Patient-specific instrumentation is associated with more accurate and less time-consuming total knee arthroplasty surgeries, according to a study published in Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy.

Patients who undergo outpatient anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction show no more postoperative discomfort than those who undergo the traditional inpatient procedure, according to a study published in Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research.

The Interventional Orthopedics Foundation recently announced that Emory University Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, in Atlanta, and the Stanford University PM&R Sports Medicine Fellowship program, in Redwood City, Calif., were each recipients of $75,000 grants to facilitate the placement…

Raymond B. Raven III, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Burbank, Calif.-based Orthopaedic Surgery Specialists. He specializes in treating elbow, hand and wrist injuries.

Here are 26 orthopedic surgeons who recently joined new practices, hospitals and health systems.

Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in New York City was recently awarded The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement.

Charles N. Krome, DO, has joined the New Jersey-based practice Shore Orthopaedic University Associates, according to the Cape May County Herald.

Pamela Mehta, MD, has joined the Sacramento-based surgical hospitalist company Surgical Affiliates Management Group as the chief of orthopedic surgery, according to India West.

Here are 15 orthopedic surgeons in the news this past week.