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A new surgical technique, known as the stemless, rotator cuff intact anatomic total shoulder replacement, is changing the game for active individuals by prioritizing biology and minimizing trauma to the bone and rotator cuff. By preserving a patient’s natural bone with a stemless implant and placing the implant in a way that does not detach the tendons of the rotator cuff, surgeons are now able to restore motion and function faster, without the need for prolonged immobilization.

Sarah Ballatori, MD, is an assistant professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation and specializes in diagnosing and treating benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors, metastatic disease, and limb salvage procedures.

In the world of musculoskeletal oncology, a specialized orthopedic surgeon acts as both an architect and a demolition expert. When a patient is diagnosed with osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer, the mission is to remove the tumor entirely. Leaving behind even a microscopic cluster of malignant cells can be the difference between remission and cancer recurrence.

In a department best known for bones and biomechanical function, Kathy Umlauf has become the heart and soul in orthopedics where she has served as the residency program coordinator for the last 25 years of her 44-year career at Yale.

Shoemakers define wide feet as a width “that is more than half the length of the foot,” says Sean Peden, M.D., a Yale Medicine foot and ankle surgeon and assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine. “So if your foot is 8 inches long, regular width should be around 4 inches.

With more winter weather ahead, Dr. Peter Whang, Yale Medicine orthopedic back surgeon and professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation at Yale School of Medicine, joined Good Morning Connecticut to discuss how to know if you have ruptured a disc while shoveling and important steps to take.

Nobody plans on having a traumatic bone injury. An external force, such as a fall, car accident, or heavy impact, causes these types of fractures, which occur suddenly and severely. Orthopedic surgeons often stabilize these injuries with a medical device where a metal frame sits outside the body, an external fixator, connected to the bone by pins or screws. While these frames are innovations of modern engineering that save limbs and joint function, they carry a weight that cannot be measured in pounds.

New technology is changing pediatric limb reconstruction. A Jan. 2026 article published in Orthopedic Clinics showed how a Yale team can create a precise virtual replica of a child’s bone, map out the surgery virtually, and use custom-printed tools to execute the plan with unprecedented precision thanks to advances in 3D planning and patient-specific instrumentation.

Stephen Healy, center, associate director of faculty affairs for psychiatry, pediatrics, and the Child Study Center, has been appointed associate director of academic and administrative affairs for surgery, orthopedics, and anesthesiology.