Orthopedic

A study in Journal of Arthroplasty found underweight patients are at risk for various complications following total joint arthroplasty.

Ian M. Thompson, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Springfield Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Institute, a practice with locations in Springfield, Ohio, and Urbana, Ohio. He specializes in the treatment of knee, shoulder and sports-related conditions.

Senior Charity Care Foundation, a nonprofit providing seniors in care facilities financial assistance, named Aaron Hofmann, MD, the 2016 Continuum of Caring recipient.

Orthopedic surgeon Steven DeLuca, DO, is now a member of The Leading Physicians of the World.

Robert Clayburgh, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Grand Forks, N.D.-based Valley Bone & Joint Clinic. He specializes in the treatment of hand conditions.

Ralph Salvagno, MD, plans to retire from his career as an orthopedic surgeon, according to Herald-Mail Media.

Orthopedic surgeon Margaret Harvey, DO, is joining the Greenwich, Conn.-based Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine.

Longtime orthopedic surgeon and former mayor of Swarthmore County in Connecticut Charles D. Hummer Jr., MD, died Oct. 11, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Tifton, Ga.-based Tift Regional Joint Replacement and Spine Care Center was named a Blue Distinction Center by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, the Albany Herald reports.

Steven Neufeld, MD, of the Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Center, is one of the pioneers of total ankle replacement surgery, the Falls Church News-Press reports.