Here are 14 orthopedic surgeons in the news over the past week.
Jay R. Lieberman, MD, orthopedics department chair and orthopedic surgery professor at Los Angeles-based Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, earned a $2.2 million National Institutes of Health grant for bone joint repair.
Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System's Adena Bone & Joint Center welcomed James Fleming Jr., MD, Roger Wiltfong, MD, Bradley Strauch, MD, and Brian Cohen, MD.
Brian Woebkenberg, MD, joined Norris & Blessinger Orthopaedics & Spine in Jasper, Ind.
Orthopedic surgeon Liebre Diamond, MD, passed away from lymphoma.
Memphis, Tenn.-based Randall Holcomb, MD, performed Tennessee's first meniscus repair with the Active Implant NUsurface System.
Nantucket, Mass.-based Rocco Monto, MD, penned a new book slated for publication in early 2018.
Corpus Christi, Texas-based William Aaron Tucker, DO, has repurposed his broken surgical instruments into art.
Erik Nilssen, MD, performed foot surgery on Duke guard Frank Jackson.
Denise Carter, MD, a Florida Center for Orthopedics physician, was reappointed to the West Orange Healthcare District.
Brian McKeon, MD, advised Boston Celtics' Isaiah Thomas on his hip injury.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Jed Kuhn, MD, operated on Nashville Predators' Ryan Johansen after he injured his left thigh.