Medtech company SpineGuard has received notices of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for three new patents. The three recently allowed patent applications are part of a set of five patent families developed by Spine Guard to…
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Missouri saw the largest year-over-year increase in the average annual salary for orthopedic surgeons for the second year in a row, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Across the U.S., the average annual salary for orthopedic surgeons…
Orthopedic medtech company DePuy Synthes has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with CGBIO for the development and commercialization of an advanced bone graft substitute. NOVOSIS is a growth-factor bone graft substitute designed to improve clinical outcomes, according to a…
Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center has named Harpal Khanuja, MD, chair of orthopedic surgery, according to a May 23 LinkedIn post. Dr. Khanuja previously served as chief of adult reconstruction and hip and knee replacement surgery at the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins…
Patient charts are dense, prior authorization workflows are fragmented and documentation demands continue to pull clinician time away from care. For healthcare leaders, these aren’t emerging concerns — they’re operational realities with measurable consequences. This on-demand executive conversation examines how…
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Preeti Grewal
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Snowflake
Jesse Cugliotta
Global Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences, Snowflake
Dr. Paige Kilian, MD
SVP, Chief Medical Officer, Inovalon
Preference-sensitive surgeries — like spine fusions, hip replacements and cataract surgeries — represent a significant and often underestimated source of payer medical spend. Yet most health plans have no clear line of sight into this category. Because these procedures cut…
Jun 29, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Cathy Hartman
Chief Healthcare Solutions Officer, Paradigm
Nicola Merryman
Senior Vice President, Healthcare Solutions, Paradigm
John Brady has a clear vision for where orthopedic care is headed, and it runs through the ASC. Mr. Brady, CEO of Geneva, Ill.-based Fox Valley Orthopedics, has made patient access and ASC expansion central to his leadership strategy since…
Medical students researching neurological surgery residencies tallied more than 18,000 views on the American Medical Association’s FREIDA database in 2025, spread across 122 accredited programs. Here are the 10 most-viewed neurological surgery residency programs, based on identified medical student activity…
Fremont, Calif.-based Washington Health has performed 1,000 robotic-assisted knee replacements using the Tmini miniature robotic system from Think Surgical and Zimmer Biomet’s Persona personalized knee system. The procedures were performed by Alexander Sah, MD, medical co-director of the Institute for…
Rural healthcare is under unprecedented strain. Margins are eroding, workforce shortages persist and access continues to contract as service lines close. The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program offers something rare — a once-in-a-generation chance to redesign care delivery instead…
Jun 30, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago
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Seth Edwards
Managing Director - Advisory Services, Premier Inc.