Orthopedic

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Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, will succeed president and CEO of Hospital for Special Surgery Louis A. Shapiro in a phased-in transition that will occur during the course of 2023, according to a press release from Hospital for Special Surgery.

J. Richard Steadman, MD, founder and chair emeritus of The Steadman Clinic and founder and co-chair of the Steadman Philippon Research Institute, died on Jan. 20.

TAMPA, Fla. — In his presidential address at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, Peter C. Amadio, MD, FAAOS, said it was an honor to have been the third individual from the Mayo Clinic to serve as the organization’s president.

Healio LIVE announced Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021 has been rescheduled.

To help ease the burden likely to be placed on emergency rooms, urgent care centers and hospitals with the possible influx of patients presenting with COVID-19 symptoms, The CORE Institute announced it will be providing walk-in orthopedic urgent care services at all of its clinical sites.

Florida Orthopaedic Institute and OrthoCare Florida’s five practices have merged to form the largest orthopedic practice in Florida, according to a press release. The group will take the Florida Orthopaedic Institute name.

PHOENIX — Results presented at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting showed a reduction in opioid prescriptions by orthopedic surgeons to Medicare Part D patients among states that permitted access to medical cannabis.

The Arthroscopy Association of North America, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the International Cartilage Repair Society and the Orthoregeneration Network Foundation have collaborated to form the Biologics Alliance, which will discuss all issues on musculoskeletal biologics and regenerative medicine.

According to study results, the MRI oblique trochlear view accurately evaluates trochlear morphology and better characterizes trochlear dysplasia in patients with patellofemoral instability compared with the standard MRI axial sequences.