Orthopedics

The following knee surgeons were selected based on awards they received from major organizations in the field, leadership in those organizations, work on professional publications and positions of service at hospitals and surgery centers. The surgeons are listed in alphabetical…

Three orthopedic surgeons who see patients at Samaritan Medical Center in Waterton, N.Y., have elected to stop treating patients at the hospital with fractures, dislocations and lacerations to the tendons, vessels and nerves, according to a local ABC news report.

Peter Mandell, MD, chair of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Council on Advocacy, discusses four issues currently affecting orthopedics.

North Dakota's Sanford Health and the Orthopaedic Associates have signed a letter of intent to merge this fall which places nearly all Fargo-Moorhead orthopedic surgeons under one health system, according to a The Forum report.

John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio, Calif., has settled its lawsuit against planners of a joint replacement hospital, allowing the project to complete its approval process with the city of Indio, according to a report in the Desert Sun.

Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake in Dallas and Stryker Corp. recently hosted a live, one-day surgery symposium for over 30 orthopedic surgeons with a focus on hip and knee reconstruction, according to a Doctors Hospital news release.

Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill., is building a $24 million Orthopedic & Neurosciences Center, scheduled to open in late 2011, according to a report by the Belleville News-Democrat.

A group of orthopedic physicians in Colorado and St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver are partnering on a $6 million orthopedic hospital opening in June, according to a report by the Denver Post.

Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

St. John's Health System, based in Springfield, Mo., has filed a letter of intent with the state to develop an orthopedic hospital in Springfield. Filing the letter of intent is the first step to obtaining a certificate of need for…