Here are nine orthopedic surgeons making headlines.
Anchorage (Alaska) Fracture & Orthopedic Clinic hand and wrist surgeon Leslie Dean, MD, retired June 1 after 23 years of practice.
Bernard Stulberg, MD, became the first U.S. orthopedic surgeon to perform total knee replacement surgery with the new ExactechGPS RTKA Application and Truliant Knee System Instrumentation at the St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland.
Westchester County, N.Y., officials agreed to pay $3.25 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of orthopedic surgeon Robert Small, MD.
Craig Miller, MD, is the first to use the ExactechGPS, manufactured by Blue Ortho and distributed by Exactech, for total shoulder replacement surgeries in the Washington, D.C., area.
Gregory Shankman, MD, a former orthopedic surgeon in New York, surrendered his medical license and was sentenced for pleading guilty to defrauding workers compensation of around $87,000.
J. Eric Gordon, MD, performed the first surgery with OrthoPediatrics' Pediatric Nailing Platform|FEMUR in St. Louis.
Phinit Phisitkul, MD, joined Tri-State Specialists in Sioux City, Iowa.
Roderick Bruno, MD, joined Core Orthopedics at the Center for Orthopedics & Movement on the Exeter (N.H.) Hospital campus.
The International Association of HealthCare Professionals inducted orthopedic surgeon Keith Ward Louden, MD.
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