The Political Action Committee of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons endorsed fellow member Knute Buehler, MD, for Congress, according to a March 12 press release.
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Former orthopedic surgeon Thomas Dempsey, MD, was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $250,000 after pleading guilty to illegal drug distribution, AL.com reports.
Olympia (Wash.) Orthopaedic Associates recently installed Stryker's Mako robotic system for hip and knee replacements, reports Thurston Talk.
Spine surgeon Dwight Tyndall, MD, has practiced with Orthopaedic Specialists of Northwest Indiana in Munster for the past 21 years.
Joseph Wendolowski, DPM, is accepting patients at his new podiatry office in Lewes, Del., the Cape Gazette reports.
NFL player-turned-orthopedic surgeon Braden Jones, MD, was recently hired by Southwest Health System in Cortez, Colo.
A Stryker employee "has reason to be tested for" COVID-19, the company confirmed March 11 to CBS affiliate WWMT.
West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho, is reportedly the first hospital in the state to provide robotic spine surgery, according to ABC affiliate KIVI TV.
Neurosurgeon Virany Hillard, MD, was recently named medical director of Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York in Harrison, the Danbury Daily Voice reports.
The Pain Alleviation Toolkit was launched March 12 by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Society of Anesthesiologists, reports Street Insider.