San Angelo, Texas-based Shannon Health announced that Stacy Beaty, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Shannon Clinic in San Angelo, has been designated a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.  

Here are seven statistics on how orthopedists plan to handle their worst payors, according to Medscape's Orthopedist Compensation Report: 2013.

F. Paul DeGenova, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, successfully performed a less exposure surgery with SpineFrontier's spinous process plate system, Inspan.

Gavin Webb, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has earned a sports medicine subspecialty certificate from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, according to a Foster's Daily Democrat report. 

Tony Mork, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has launched a free service at his Newport, Calif., practice for chiropractors seeking a second opinion on patient treatment.

Sonoma Orthopedic Products, a medical device company focused on minimally invasive solutions for fracture care, has hired three new executives.

Orthopedic surgeon Jan-Eric Esway, MD, recently began operating in the new Boulders Ambulatory Surgery Center in North Chesterfield, Va.

John Cowin, MD, of Florida Musculoskeletal Institute, was among the first to help wounded victims of last week's bombing attack at the Boston Marathon, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

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Drew Dossett, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, is scheduled to perform a microdiscectomy on the Texas Ranger Matt Harrison, according to a Bleacher Report.

A study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examined 23,400 Oxford unicondylar knee replacements to treat osteoarthritis at 366 centers performed by 919 surgeons.