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34 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 14-physician orthopedic practice to relocate in Florida By Carly Behm V ero Beach, Fla.-based Vero Orthopae- dics is moving into a new facility in the same city, according to a July 8 news release. All 14 physicians at Vero Orthopaedics will move to the larger facility in August. Services will include on-site surgery, physical therapy and other orthopedic care. Vero Orthopaedics was founded in 1976. It has locations in Vero Beach and Sebastian, Fla. n Physician stabbed by patient sues Pennsylvania Hospital, alleges her safety was disregarded By Laura Dyrda A Pennsylvania Hospital physician who was stabbed multiple times by a patient in February sued the hospital June 16, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The complaint alleges Philadelphia-based Pennsylvania Hospital and its health system, Penn Medicine, failed to take steps that would have prevented the attack and dis- regarded employee safety. On Feb. 23, the physician, who filed using a pseudonym, and a resident visited a psychiat- ric patient admitted to the hospital's neurology floor. The physician accused the patient of attacking her, punch- ing her and stabbing her in the face, neck and arms with a table knife from the cafeteria and a pen. The lawsuit al- leges 10 to 15 other employees witnessed the attack from a locked nurses station and did not alert hospital security. The physician eventually escaped, and a nurse called 911, according to the lawsuit. The physician alleges she suffered physical trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder as a re- sult of the attack. She is seeking damages for negligence, civil assault and battery, and intentional infliction of emo- tional distress. n Orthopedic surgeon base pay fell 13% in 2020-21 By Laura Dyrda T he base salary for orthopedic surgeons dropped 13 percent in the past year, according to the Merritt Hawkins 2021 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives, released Aug. 9. e average salary for orthopedic surgeons dropped from $626,000 in 2019-20 to $546,000 in 2020-21. is year, orthopedic surgeons on the low end of the salary spectrum received $300,000, compared with $425,000 in 2019-20. On the high end, orthopedic surgeons did better in 2020-21 than the previous year. e high end of the pay spectrum extended to $1 million annual base sal- ary in the most recent year, compared with $850,000 in 2019-20. Orthopedic surgeons were the 13th most recruited specialist, including physi- cians and advanced practitioners. n