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Barry Katz, MD, an orthopedic radiologist in New York, has designed the Ektio shoe to help curb ankle injuries.

A bill that increases regulations on pain clinics was signed into law in Ohio, according to a WFMJ report.

The National Center for Sports Safety, a non-profit foundation founded by orthopedic surgeon Larry Lemak, MD, has announced a partnership with the University of Georgia in Athens, which will focus on research of athletic injuries and the care of athletes.

Michael Ciccotti, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, performed successful arthroscopic knee surgery on the Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard, according to a report by The Morning Call.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Joe Ollayos and Debbie Hall will give a presentation titled "How Should Administrators, Medical Directors and DONs be Paid?"

The percentage increase in deaths due to a prescription painkiller overdose in women was 400 percent between 1999 and 2010, according to a Vital Signs report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Atlanta-based Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic announced that it is opening a new location in Cumming, Ga.

Doctors on Liens, a personal injury and workers compensation physicians network, announced that it has added Hormoz Zahiri, MD, and Christopher Zahiri, MD, to its network.

In 2012, surgeons at the Hospital for Special Surgery performed more than 8,000 hip and knee replacements. The hospital performed less than 1,000 revision surgeries, but Geoffrey Westrich, MD, research director of adult reconstruction and joint replacement service at Hospital…

David Mack, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician, practices with North Cypress Sports Medicine Center in Houston. Dr. Mack has served as the center's medical director since its inception. He focuses on reconstructive surgery of the shoulder and…