Orthopedic

New health data shows meniscus repair can have a positive economic impact.

Acclaimed orthopedic trauma surgeon Clifford B. Jones, MD, FACS, joined Arizona-based The CORE Institute, with locations in both Arizona and Michigan.

These sports medicine physicians have recently moved to new positions in the last month:

J. Richard Steadman, MD, is the founder and chairman emeritus of The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., and a retired sports medicine orthopedic surgeon specializing in knee injuries and disorders, renowned for developing advanced procedures for the knee, including "the…

The St. Louis-based Pediatric Orthopedic Group, a nonprofit organization with a team of orthopedic surgeons and healthcare professionals, travels annually to the Dominican Republic to perform corrective spinal surgeries on children suffering from scoliosis.  

Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons in the news this past week.

Ozarks Community Hospital of Gravette (Ark.) added Edwin Roeder, MD, to its physician team, according to an Eagle Observer report.

With a second devastating earthquake hitting Nepal two day ago, physicians are staying back to help victims, including physicians from NorthShore Orthopaedic Institute and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, both in Chicago, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Fresno, Calif.-based Sierra Pacific Orthopedics welcomed Richard J. Lamour, MD, to the team.

Kent J. Lowry, MD, received the 2015 ASTM International President's Leadership Award, according to an AAOS Now report.