Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons who were in the news this week.
Kevin Cassidy, MD, joined Orthopaedic Associates of Manhasset in Great Neck, N.Y.
James Voos, MD, performed knee surgery on Cleveland Browns starting left defensive end Phil Taylor.
Bikramjit S. Grewal, MD, joined Cape Fear Orthopedics after finishing a fellowship in sports medicine at The Hughston Clinic in Columbus, Ga.
David Altchek, MD, of Hospital for Special Surgery, performed elbow surgery on Blue Jays left-hander Daniel Norris.
Resurgens Orthopaedics Co-President Kay Kirkpatrick, MD, was named president-elect of the Georgia Orthopaedic Society as well as a council member-at-large for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
Tad L. Gerlinger, MD, was awarded the 2014 Uniformed Services University Alumni Medicine Award for outstanding achievement. He now provides care at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago.
Greg Brown, MD, joined Olympia (Wash.) Orthopaedics Associates.
Tampa Bay Orthopaedic Specialists welcomed orthopedic sports medicine surgeon David T. Braun, MD, MBA, to its medical staff.
James Shaer, MD, joined Canfield, Ohio-based Youngstown Orthopaedic Associates after finishing an orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington.
Robert Deveney, MD, performed the first MAKOplasty procedure in Connecticut for robotic surgical treatment.