Orthopedic

Rodney Plaster, MD, and Sarat Kunapuli, MD, of Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center in Tulsa, Okla., traveled to El Salvador to perform knee and hip replacements, according to Tulsa World.

The topic of physician-owned distributorships is a hot one that is highly debated, according to MedPage Today.

Drs. Christopher Bibbo, Tyson Cobb & more — 7 orthopedic surgeons making headlines Here are seven orthopedic surgeons making the news from the last week.

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The Georgia Orthopaedic Society elected D. Kay Kirkpatrick, MD, as president, according to an AAOS Now report.

While total knee replacement is a common surgery for those with chronic knee pain, there may be another option, according to Philly.com.

Pasquale Petrera, MD, has been using groundbreaking knee replacement surgery technology at Peninsula Orthopedic Associates in Salisbury, Md., but will be bringing that technology to Seaford, according to DelmarvaNow.

The International Association of Health Care Professionals added Tamara K. Pylawka, MD.

Centennial Hills, Desert Springs, Spring Valley and Summerlin Valley Health System hospitals will implement new residency programs, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Beginning in January 2016, TRICARE beneficiaries with a diagnoses and referral for surgical treatment of femoroacetabular impingment, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.