Orthopedic

Mark Karadsheh, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon practicing in Royal Oak and Troy, Mich. Specializing in minimally invasive hip and knee surgery, Dr. Karadsheh serves as an instructor at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Rochester, Mich.

Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg added Aaron Rupp, DO, to its physician team, according to a report by The Daily Star-Journal.

St. Joseph, Mo.-based Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center added an orthopedic walk-in clinic, according to a News Press Now report.

Englewood (N.J.) Orthopedic Associates added physical medicine, rehabilitation and pain management specialist Andrew Hall, MD, according to a Jewish Link of New Jersey report.

The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons named it 2016 health policy fellows, according to an AAOS Now report.

Orthopedic surgeon D. Kay Clawson, MD, passed away at age 88, according to Lexington Herald Leader.

Terrance Peabody, MD, serves as the chair of orthopedic surgery at Chicago-based Northwestern University, where he also is an Edwin Warner Ryerson Professor of orthopedic surgery.

Peru, Ill.-based Illinois Valley Community Hospital welcomed orthopedic surgeon James Murphy, MD, to its team, according to The Times.

Researchers conducted two studies, analyzing whether self-guided and accelerated therapy programs could prove beneficial after total joint replacements. Researchers presented both studies at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting in Orlando, Fla.

At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' Annual Meeting, New York-based Hospital for Special Surgery presented five orthopedic studies.