Keith Meister, MD, operated on Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen, the team said April 18.

The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, Md., area is the highest-paying metropolitan region for orthopedic surgeons, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Thirty United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee sports medicine staff members and 28 additional medical professionals will travel with Team USA to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. 

Two legal filings in less than one month have alleged departmental misconduct and employee mistreatment by Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center orthopedic surgeon and executive Rick Wright, MD, according to an April 17 report from the Nashville Scene. 

Sports medicine surgeon Scott Smith, MD, joined OrthoNeuro, according to an April 18 LinkedIn post.

Becker's reported on four orthopedic surgery debuts since March 1.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC opened a sports medicine clinic in Ireland in partnership with Mardyke Arena University College Cork. 

South Dakota has the largest location quotient for orthopedic surgeons in the U.S., according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Value-based care is something Geri Eaves, CEO and administrator of Franklin-based The Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee Surgery Center, sees growing in healthcare, especially with ASCs.

The highest-paid orthopedic surgeon in Chicago earns $945,100, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $378,250 orthopedic surgeons make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

For the last 10 years, orthopedic surgeons' salaries have continued to grow steadily, with the exception of three years, including 2024. 

New Jersey Supreme Court overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict awarded to a neurosurgery practice that sued a hospital over a privileges dispute, according to an April 16 opinion.

California has 2,570 active orthopedic surgeons, the most of any state, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Orthopedic surgeons earn the most money at outpatient care centers, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Orthopedic surgery is one of the highest-paying specialties in the U.S., according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Orthopedic surgeons remain the highest paid physician specialty in 2024, despite a 3% decline in pay from the year prior, according to Medscape's 2024 "Physician Compensation Report," published April 12. 

Management services organization Aligned Orthopedic Partners, which serves practices in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., has appointed Jeff Andrews as its new CEO.

Hyalex Orthopaedics named Thomas Vail, MD, as chief medical officer, the company said April 15.

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedics has marked several achievements under the leadership of Edward Tufaro as interim CEO.

Washington, N.C.-based Agape Health Services recently reopened Roanoke River Orthopedics after acquiring it from Martin General Hospital, The Enterprise reported April 12.