Orthopedic

West Palm Beach (Fla.) VA Medical Center named Georgia Gill, MD, physician of the year, according to a Lebanon Daily News report.

Scott Brandt, MD, performed a stem-cell procedure to repair a patient's knee in Colorado Springs, according to The Gazette.

The AAOS board of directors approved new appropriate use criteria for pediatric for pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures with vascular injuries, according to AAOS Now.

Eddy L Echols Jr., MD, is an orthopedic surgeon subspecializing in shoulder and elbow surgery, as well as regenerative medicine and sports medicine at Florida Orthopaedic Institute in Miami.

Robert D. Swift, DO, has joined Lewis County General Hospital and Lewis County Orthopedics in Lowville, N.Y.

A new orthopedic urgent care center recently opened in Canandaigua, New York, according the Irondequoit Post.

Danville (Va.) Regional Medical Center named Ross Taylor, MD, CMO, according to a GoDanRiver.com report.

Dr. Joseph Barker, orthopedic surgeon at Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic Clinic was invited to present on utilizing technology in treating cartilage injuries in the knee in Omaha.

Monica Kogan, MD, is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and assistant professor at Rush University Medical Center. Her research interests include treatment of clubfeet, as well as limb lengthening and reconstruction.

Carestream Health is partnering with orthopedic and sports medicine specialists to design a new cone beam CT medical imaging system to capture images of patients' extremities. Furthermore, Carestream and their Quantum Medical Imaging division will offer room-based digital; radiography imaging…