Becker’s Spine Review

Milwaukee-based real estate firm Hammes is redeveloping a vacant department store at Brookwood Village Mall in Birmingham, Ala., into a 61,000-square-foot orthopedic clinic.  Andrews Sports Medicine, based in Birmingham, will anchor the space, which is set to open in June…

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery has received its sixth Magnet designation for nursing excellence, more than any other hospital in New York state.  Fewer than 0.5% of hospitals nationwide have achieved the honor six times from the American…

Bettendorf, Iowa-based ORA Orthopedics and UnityPoint Health – Trinity hospitals are partnering, effective Dec. 18. ORA Orthopedics and UnityPoint Health — Trinity have more than doubled their case volumes from January to November, according to a Dec. 17 news release…

Although AI is in its infancy in healthcare, spine surgeons have found major advantages with the technology from improving imaging to administrative work.  Spine surgeons discuss what they want to do with AI in the next year. Ask Spine Surgeons…

Three physicians were cleared in a spine patient’s $3 million lawsuit that alleged his diagnosis was delayed, Missouri Lawyers reported Dec. 17. A jury ruled that emergency medicine physician Ronald Keller, DO; pain management physician Joseph Galate, MD, and orthopedic…

Melling Medical and Converge Medical Technology partnered for at-home back and neck care in veteran populations, according to a Dec. 16 news release. The collaboration will bring Converge’s MedX Home Lumbar Extension Device, AXIS Cervical Strengthening Device and digital therapeutic…

OrthAlign has expanded its Lantern hip platform to support posterior-based approaches in total hip arthroplasty, broadening the handheld navigation system’s use across all patient positions. The Lantern system, which first launched for supine-positioned patients in 2023, will be commercially available…

Spine surgeon Peter McCunniff, MD, joined Advanced Spine And Pain in Phoenix, he said in a Dec. 16 LinkedIn post. Dr. McCunniff specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, disc replacement and motion preservation, robot-assisted spine surgery and advanced single-position lumbar…

Zimmer Biomet and OneStep, a digital fall and mobility intelligence platform, entered an exclusive collaboration for mobility data, according to a Dec. 16 news release. Under the partnership, OneStep’s gait and mobility analytics captured on smartphones will integrate into Zimmer…

Orthopedic surgeons David Ruch, MD, and Marc Richard, MD, completed the first wrist fixation surgery with the Acu-Loc NEXT System developed by Acumed.  The Acu-Loc NEXT System, which earned FDA clearance in August, has a redesigned screw platform and streamlined…