Here are 16 orthopedic surgeons making headlines.
Stanford (Calif.) University orthopedic surgeon Constance Chu, MD, received an award and a $10 million grant to continue her osteoarthritis prevention research.
Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md., appointed orthopedic trauma surgeon Andrew N. Pollak, MD, as Maryland Health Care Commission chair.
Donald Ozumba, MD, pled guilty to four additional sexual assault charges.
Brandon Claflin, DO, paid $84,666 to settle allegations of accepting illegal kickbacks in exchange for writing prescriptions.
North Providence, R.I.-based Fatima Hospital appointed John Czerwein, Jr., MD, as its chief of orthopedics.
The Hip Society and The Knee Society appointed Daniel J. Berry, MD, Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr., MD, and William J. Maloney III, MD, to lead the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement program.
Eugene R. Mindell, MD, 96, passed away.
Albany, N.Y.-based The Bone & Joint Center added Ernest Chisena, MD, Abigail Mantica, MD, and Patrick Marinello, MD, to its staff.
Casper (Wyo.) Orthopedics surgeon Daniel W. White, MD, is now seeing patients at Buffalo, Wyo.-based Johnson County Memorial Hospital.
Jaspreet S. Sekhon, MD, performs an operation designed to help knees last longer.
Crookston, Minn.-based RiverView Health welcomed orthopedic surgeon Mark Ghaida, MD.
Michael Holmoe, DO, joined Avera Orthopedics in Brookings, S.D.