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Gregg T. Nicandri, MD, and Wakenda Tyler, MD, will be joining the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center department of orthopedics and rehabilitation to help the medical center fill the growing patient demands in sports medicine and adult reconstructive surgery,…

Synthes will market and distribute Kensey Nash Corp.'s extracellular matrix, porcine-derived tissues for reconstructive surgical applications, according to a release from Synthes.

AAOS President Joseph Zuckerman, MD, says he has told AMA executives that he is unhappy with the organization's endorsement last month of the U.S. House's healthcare reform bill.

Charles Theofilos, MD, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., will provide free examinations and evaluations from uninsured patients with serious neck and back problems to give back to patients in his community, according to a report in the Palm Beach Post.

The FDA's Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Advisory Committee has unanimously recommended for FDA approval a ceramic-on-metal hip from DePuy Orthopaedics, according to a release from DePuy, a unit of Johnson & Johnson.

Orthofix International has appointed another former Stryker executive, naming Michael Mainelli Jr. to its board of directors, according to Orthofix.

A new physicians group that opposes a government-run healthcare plan has issued results of a nationwide poll it conducted, finding that 70 percent of specialty doctors oppose current health-care reform proposals, according to a release from the group, the American…

President Obama inaccurately portrayed reimbursements for foot surgery and surgeons' role in prevention in an Aug. 11 speech on health reform delivered in Portsmouth, N.H., according to an AAOS release.

The U.S. government announced nearly $1.2 billion in grants to help hospitals and other healthcare providers implement electronic health records, according to a Reuters report.

Physicians commenting online about the current health reform legislation say it does not address several key causes of healthcare inflation, such as malpractice pay-outs, billing procedures and emphasis on preventive medicine, according to Sermo, a Web site exclusively for physicians…