Armodios Hatzidakis, MD, surgeon at Denver-based Western Orthopedics, Denver Surgery Center and Rose Medical Center, has completed the first U.S. clinical case using Stryker's Tornier pyrocarbon humeral head for shoulder hemiarthroplasty.
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Steven Struhl, MD, operated on Broadway actor Ben Bogen, according to a March 30 news release.
Christopher Olivia, MD, is leaving his post as CEO of Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, effective immediately, according to a statement shared with Becker's March 30.
Richard Berger, MD, reached a milestone 25,000 hip and knee replacements, he said March 29.
ChatGPT has already been used by some health systems to ease clinical burdens. However, not all spine surgeons are keen to utilize the artificial intelligence software in their own practice.
Spine surgeon Thomas Raley Jr., MD, may lose his license as he serves a three-year sentence for a drug kickback scheme, The Baltimore Sun reported March 30.
Derek Jenkins, MD, an adult reconstruction surgeon at East Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics, has become the first surgeon in New England to use Depuy Synthes' Emphasys system for a total hip replacement surgery.
Below is a list of 10 orthopedic surgeons who have made a positive impact on their organizations and the profession.
From a Major League Baseball surgeon to a university chair, here are four orthopedic surgeons who retired or stepped down from their roles in the first quarter of the year:
Female physicians are increasingly pursuing careers in neurosurgery, a historically male-dominated field. Many female patients are eager to receive care from women neurosurgeons and report feeling more comfortable due to their shared gender experience.