Here are 11 orthopedic surgeons making headlines:
Total joint specialists Matthew A. Miller, MD, and Phillip A. Sandifer, MD, joined Specialty Orthopedic Group in Tupelo, Miss.
Aaron Karlen, MD, joined Hope Orthopedics of Oregon in Salem.
Bayhealth Orthopaedics in Dover, Del., welcomed John R. Burger, DO.
Orthopedic surgeon Eric Tannenbaum, MD, joined Columbus-based Southern Indiana Orthopedics.
Scott Ryan, MD, chief of orthopedic trauma surgery at Boston-based Tufts Medical Center, performed surgery on a New York man who was attacked by a shark off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass.
Brian Tallerico, DO, joined the team of orthopedic specialists at Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital.
Alexander T. Caughran, MD, joined Huntington, W.Va.-based Marshall Orthopaedics.
Greenwich, Conn.-based Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists welcomed Mark Yakavonis, MD.
Orthopedic surgeon Charles E. Claps, DO, joined Resurgens Orthopaedics in Atlanta.
Bullhead City, Ariz.-based Western Arizona Regional Medical Center welcomed Smith Meads, DO.