Orthopedic

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital in Fort Campbell, Ky., and the Fort Campbell community honored Gregory Mencio, MD, with the Commander's Award for Civilian Service.

An internet-based group is working to develop a new approach for managing patients with problematic metal-on-metal hip implants.

The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group is participating in a clinical trial of NeoCart, a tissue implant designed for use in knee cartilage injuries, according to a mySA report.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has completed its new 180,000-square-foot headquarters in Rosemont, Ill., according to a Journal Online report.

Wyoming Medical Center, based in Casper, opened Advantage Orthopedics on Jan. 1, according to a Casper Star Tribune Communications report.  

The charitable remainder trust of the late orthopedic surgeon Kathryn Cramer, MD, has given the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit a gift of more than $1.4 million to establish an endowed chair.

Cooley Dickinson Medical Group Foot Center in Northampton, Mass., has added podiatrist Khanhmei Wong, DPM, according to a masslive report.  

Sergio Martinez, DO, is opening his practice, Orthopedic Surgery of Polk County, in Lake Wales, Fla., according to a report by The Daily Ridge.

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based Western Reserve Hospital completed its first ever total femur replacement surgery, according to a Hudson Hub Times report.

Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital recently acquired the MAKOplasty partial knee resurfacing technology.