Here are 14 orthopedic surgeons in the news this past week.
Aaron Forbes, MD, will join the staff of Morristown, N.J.-based Tri-County Orthopedics.
Mercy Health Orthopedic Specialists added David Ajibade, MD, to its staff.
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics presented Safet Hatic II, DO, and Chad Weber, DO, the Award of Fellow.
Michael G. Fitzgerald, MD, is joining the hand, wrist and shoulder team of Syracuse (N.Y.) Orthopedic Specialists.
Richard Illgen, MD, completed the first robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty at UW Health's The American Center in Madison, Wis.
Coal Township, Pa.-based Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital added Hemil Maniar, MD, to its staff.
David Brown, MD, joined Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka, Alaska.
Haverhill, Mass.-based Associates in Orthopedics added Xavier Simcock, MD, to its staff.
Col. Anthony Johnson, MD, will be the guest of honor at the first annual "Ride N' Raise: MORE Veteran Mobility — Service for your Service."
Dean Fochios, MD, joined the staff of the Rockford (Ill.) Health Physicians.
Riley Williams, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at New York's Hospital for Special Surgery, performed a minor arthroscopic surgery on the Philadelphia 76ers' Nerlens Noel.
Martin O'Malley, MD, inserted a screw into the fifth metatarsal in Toronto Raptor's forward Jared Sullinger's left foot.
Greg Tchejeyan, MD, is moving his sports medicine practice to Thousand Oaks, Calif.