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According to Arthrosurface, an active mountain bike rider who suffered from severe shoulder pain received an Arthrosurface Shoulder HemiCAP and has experienced improved mobility and 100 percent less pain after the procedure.

The California Orthopaedic Association announced new officers for 2014 to 2015 term, according to an AAOS Now report.

Hartford, Conn.-based Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation of its stroke center.

Phoenix-based The CORE Institute signed a partnership agreement with providers at the Sun City-based Arizona Neurological Institute, effective Oct. 1.

  Somerset N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson Physician Enterprise added Jennifer Tareco, MD, to the RWJPE Bridgewater (N.J.) Medical Group.

Total compensation — salary, bonus and benefits — for orthopedic surgeons is around $576,789 on average, according to Salary.com.

Kaiser State Health Facts compiled information on average cost per inpatient day in 2011 by hospital ownership type.

The average income offered to neurosurgeons was $591,000, according to Merritt Hawkins' 2014 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.

E. Edward Khalfayan, MD, will perform knee surgery on Seattle Mariners utilityman Willie Bloomquist, according to a Belleville News Democrat report.

Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons in the news this week.