Nationwide Children's Hospital-Toledo (Ohio) will take over Cincinnati-based Mercy Health's pediatric sports medicine and orthopedic services program, which serves local schools and youth programs in the area. 

Medical technology company Conventus Flower Orthopedics has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new Flex-Thread ulna intramedullary nail system. 

Healthgrades evaluated 19 states for orthopedic surgery rankings, according to data updated Jan. 17.

April Armstrong, MD, was named vice president for orthopedics at Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health Medical Group.

Orthopedic surgeons with high surgical volume were found to have better patient outcomes, according to research from Clarify Health Institute.

Dallas-based Methodist Health System partnered with Vox Telehealth for remote patient management and outcomes data collection in orthopedics.

Covina, Calif.-based Emanate Health is the first in the state to be awarded the DNV Orthopedic Center of Excellence designation. 

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., has appointed Jeffrey Goldstein, MD, as its new chair of the department of orthopedic surgery, according to a Jan. 16 report from the Daily Herald. 

The Christus Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Institute's NorthPark campus in Longview, Texas, plans to add six orthopedic operating rooms, according to a Jan. 15 report from the Longview News-Journal. 

Green Bay Packers linebacker Quay Walker was hit with a fine of $13,261 after shoving a physician from the Detroit Lions, espn.com reported Jan. 14. 

Pittsburgh-based UPMC is acquiring the Sports Surgery Clinic in the Dublin suburb of Santry, Ireland, marking its fourth hospital in the country. 

Brian Cohen, MD, joined Rehab Boost, as an adviser, the artificial intelligence physical rehabilitation company said Jan. 17.

Golden Valley, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics opened a bioengineering lab in Eagan, Minn. Jan. 16.

Norman Waldrop, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Andrews Sports Medicine in Birmingham, Ala., performed ankle surgery on retiring World Wrestling Entertainment star Stephanie McMahon, according to a Jan. 13 post on the wrestler's Twitter.

Lipogems enrolled the first patient in a U.S. study focusing on MicroFat injections in knee osteoarthritis.

Orthopedic surgery as a specialty saw a dip between 2016 and 2021, while sports medicine saw a significant jump, according to the Association of American Medical College's "2022 Physician Specialty Data Report."

New York City-Based Hospital for Special Surgery appointed Tara McCoy as CEO of its Florida division.

The world's first virtual orthopedic practice, ViewFi Health, has partnered with Nashville, Tenn.-based online healthcare services platform MDsave to streamline virtual care for orthopedic and musculoskeletal patients. 

SoutheastHealth's new Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based facility, the Southeast Center for Integrated Health Services, celebrated its ribbon cutting, according to a Jan. 12 report from KFVS.

St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, Minn., has become the first hospital in the state to receive DNV's Advanced Orthopedic Center of Excellence designation, according to a Jan. 11 report from the Duluth News Tribune.