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We hope you find the content of this March/April issue of Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine Review valuable. The issue includes several feature articles such as:

New hospital constructions and renovations of orthopedic surgery departments have begun incorporating facility design aspects to enhance the patient experience and to facilitate a concerted effort to promote the healing process. John C. Schrott, III, president of IKM in Pittsburgh,…

Keith Bridwell, MD, is the chief of orthopedic spine surgery and the co-director and founder of the pediatric/adult spinal deformity services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He also co-founded the Spinal Deformity Study Group in 2001, for which he…

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., recently named Wayne M. Goldstein, MD, chairman of the hospital's new orthopedic department, according to a hospital news release.

Ravi K. Ponnappan, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, was recently inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, according to a practice news release.

Thomas Graham, MD, hand surgeon and chairman of Cleveland Clinic Innovations, recently performed hand surgery on Cleveland Cavaliers forward Antwan Jamison for a fracture in his left little finger, according to a report from The Chronicle-Telegram.

There are potential negative effects of using marker pens in cell-based therapies, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Becker's Hospital Review has named the 50 best hospitals in America, which cover a wide spectrum from well-known academic medical centers to less widely recognized community hospitals that have reached greatness. Each of these organizations has put patients' needs first,…

Richard Evans, MD, is the chief of adult reconstruction at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He also serves as director of the center for hip and knee surgery and is an associate professor in the college of medicine's…

The arthroscopic removal of symptomatic calcium deposits of the rotator cuff is a safe and effective treatment for patients with shoulder pain when non-operative methods fail, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.