The community of Auburn, Calif., will thank Robert Henrichsen, MD, a recently retired orthopedic surgeon and Vietnam veteran, with a lifetime achievement community healthcare award, according to an Auburn Journal report.

Here are 20 orthopedic surgeons who were honored or achieved milestones during the first part of 2012.

Here are 13 orthopedic surgeons who recently performed surgery on professional athletes.

Orthopedic Associates of Pittsburgh has affiliated with Highmark's Integrated Delivery System.

As childhood obesity becomes a growing problem in the United States, orthopedic surgeons are preparing to treat these patients with consideration to their unique condition, according to an AAOS report.

Congress will vote today on a House Republican bill that would strike and soften restrictions against physician-owned hospitals, according to a New York Times report.

The Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Resolution, or the Ryan plan, which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year, reflects several American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons positions on Medicare reform, according to an AAOS Now news report.

Here are 16 statistics about orthopedic and spine surgeon compensation by region, based on MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

Medtronic voluntarily disclosed payments of $15.7 million in royalties and consulting fees to nearly 230 physicians in the first quarter of 2010, according to a report by MinnPost.

A recent survey of 150 orthopedic surgeons found that 25 percent are planning to reduce their usage of metal-on-metal hip implants over the next 12 months, due, in part, to recent reports of metal debris and soft-tissue damage that led to revision surgery in some patients, according to a news release from Millennium Research Group, which conducted the survey.