Orthopedic

Northern Westchester Hospital's co-chief of orthopedic surgery and director of sports medicine at the Orthopedic and Spine Institute Victor Khabie, MD, performed the first robot-assisted partial knee replacement in the state using the Navio system. 

Here are 12 orthopedic surgeons in the news this week.

David Ring, MD, PhD, is chief of the Hand and Upper Extremity Service at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and professor of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery…

Munir Ahmed, MD, has received the Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus Foundation's 2015 Humanitarian Award, according to an Asbury Park Press report.

Physicians from the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C., are the first in the United States to successfully treat osteoid osteoma using an experimental noninvasive method.

The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York has been awarded a grant from the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society.

Benjamin Christopher Bengs, MD, is an associate professor in the UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and orthopedic surgeon who treats patients at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital.

Inspira Medical Center Elmer in New Jersey recently became the only hospital in the state to win the 2015 Women's Choice Award as one of America's Best Hospitals for Orthopedics.

Brick Lantz, MD, of Slocum Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Eugene, Ore., recently traveled to Haiti on a medical mission trip.

Bloomington, Minn.-based TRIA Orthopaedic Center named Edward V. Craig, MD, MPH, CEO, effective June 1.