Orthopedic

A study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examines patient satisfaction for outpatient orthopedic services and documented which factors were associated with patient satisfaction scores.

Raleigh, N.C.-based Wake Orthopaedics added Sarat Ganga, MD, according to the Garner Cleveland Record.

Eric Heim, MD, a hand surgery specialist and orthopedic surgeon, is joining the orthopedic surgery group at Cooper Clinic in Arkansas, according to The City Wire.

Robert L. Patz, MD, was named president of the Massachusetts Orthopaedic Association, according to an AAOS Now report.

Kevin B. Shrock, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon with expertise including arthroscopic and complex reconstruction of the shoulder and knee, trauma and fracture care. Dr. Shrock uses minimally invasive techniques and technologies including knee cartilage restoration and transplantation, partial and…

Patients undergoing hip replacement procedures should consider outpatient surgery as their primary option, according to News 8.

Matthew E. Levy, MD, was named president of the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland Northern Ohio, according to a Cleveland Jewish News report.

Brian M. Tonne, MD, has been with Knoxville, Tenn.-based University Orthopaedics for about three years. He specializes in treatment of pelvis and acetabular fractures, as well as treatment of arm and leg injuries.

The physician owners of Triangle Orthopaedics sold their ownership in the buildings at the North Carolina Specialty Hospital in north Durham and the practice's medical office building located across the street to Orlando REIT, according to the Triangle Business Journal.

When faced with making a decision for how best to reconstruct an injured ACL, surgeons can consider two equally viable options in regards to healing, according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting.