Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons making the news this week.
Brian Cole, MD, will direct the 17th Annual AAOS/AOSSM Sports Medicine Course. Dr. Cole is the section head o the Cartilage Research and Restoration Center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
Jerome Barton, MD, is retiring after serving residents in Fairfield County, Conn., for decades. Dr. Barton previously served as chief of orthopedics at Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital and served as the assistant chairman of the surgical department for 20 years.
Seattle-based Faraday Pharmaceuticals named Stephen Hill, MD, its new CEO. The former orthopedic surgeon previously served as CEO and president of Targacept.
Mukund Komanduri, MD, opened a Joliet, Ill.-based MK Orthopaedics' office in Channahon, Ill. At the new office, Dr. Komanduri will offer several musculoskeletal treatments.
Pierre Bruneau, MD, joined Mount Kisco Medical Group. He will provide care at the Carmel campus in Brewster, N.Y.
UNC Regional Physicians Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in High Point, N.C., welcomed Jerrod Felder, MD, to its team. He holds a professional interest in sports injuries, broken bones and joint problems as well as congential and degenerative conditions.
Kevin J. Bunn, MD, will present his fellowship research project at the November 2015 American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons' annual meeting and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in 2016. His fellowship analyzes the rising number of total knee replacements and knee revisions as well as the costs associated with primary and revision total knee surgeries.
National Academy of Medicine elected Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, during its annual meeting. Before focusing on his research, he spent two years as an orthopedic surgeon.
The Arthritis Foundation honored orthopedic surgeon Christopher A. Jerrett, MD, with the 2015 Hugh C. McLeod Award of Excellence. Dr. Jerrett received the award for his work with arthritis awareness and treatment.
J. Stewart Haskin, Jr., MD, retired after 32 years in practice. He specializes in the hand and wrist.