Orthopedic

The Town Talk readers named Jeffrey L. Garrison, MD, a 2016 Health Care Hero, according to The Town Talk.

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals welcomed Ruud HGP Van Erve, MD, PhD, to the organization with his upcoming publication in The Leading Physicians of the World.

Beaver Dam (Wis.) Community Hospitals Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic added Robert Seipel, MD, to its physician team, according to a Daily Citizen report.

Edwardsville, Ill.-based BJC Medical Group Orthopedics and Sports Medicine added two new physician assistants to its Alton (Ill.) Orthopedic Clinic location, according to a RiverBender.com report.

Guido Marra, MD, is director of the shoulder and elbow surgery service and professor of orthopedic surgery at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery and American Society of Shoulder. He is treasurer-elect…

Jackson B. Jones, MD, of Reno (Nev.) Orthopaedic Clinic, performed northern Nevada's first outpatient total hip replacement, according to a KOLO 8 ABC report.

Preoperative patient education may influence the patient's choice of anesthetic technique for total knee arthroplasty, according to a poster presented at the 41st Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting 2016, March 31 to April 1, in New Orleans.

A New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery communication skills programs is positively affecting communication between residents and older adults.

CHI St. Vincent Orthopedics Clinic-Hot Springs (Ark.) added Lawrence Dodd, MD, to its physician team, according to a report by The Sentinel-Record.

Christopher M. Aland, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at Rothman Institute in Philadelphia. He is a member of the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine as well as the Arthroscopy Association of North America, where he…