While many spine and orthopedic practices have turned to consolidation or private equity investments to leverage their position in the market, Eric Freeman, DO, is remaining private.

Devicemaker Exactech is recalling 40,000 hip implants, the Sarasota Legal Examiner reported Aug. 14.

Here are eight places posting openings for orthopedic surgeons since July 15.

Wayne, N.J.-based University Spine Center, Academy Orthopaedics and High Mountain Orthopedics have merged to form OrthoEast.

Globus Medical, Smith+Nephew and ZimVie shared their second-quarter results. Of those three companies, one reported a year-over-year increase in revenue.

Here are four spine surgeons who joined new practices or added to their titles in August:

Expansion of procedures, new technology and physicians taking back autonomy are three ways one ASC administrator sees orthopedic and spine surgery changing in the next two years. 

From printed casts to implants, 3D printing is offering spine and orthopedic surgeons new ways to create solutions for their patients.

An appellate court on Aug. 9 upheld a $24.3 million  award to a group of neurosurgeons who found the Valley Hospital in Ridgeview, N.J., breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing with them when it signed an exclusive agreement with another surgical group, according to Law.com.

Brian Fiani, DO, a neurosurgeon in New York City, has been named a recipient of a 2022  resident achievement award from the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons.

Here are seven places posting opportunities for spine surgeons since July 12.

Stryker, Johnson & Johnson and Zimmer Biomet all saw year-over-year total revenue increases during the second quarter, but their spine and orthopedic sales varied in growth.

Salem, Va.-based LewisGale Medical Center's orthopedic surgeon Phillip Patterson, MD, performed the region's first robotic total knee replacement, The Roanoke Star reported Aug. 12.

Revenues for the second quarter have been announced, and orthopedic and spine tech companies have reported mixed results, with some seeing double-digit increases from the same quarter last year, and others seeing large revenue declines.

Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, will be co-chief of spine services at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery starting Oct. 2.

St. Louis-based Washington University School of Medicine's $616M neuroscience center, which began construction in spring 2020, has reached its structural completion, St. Louis Business Journal reported Aug. 11.

Rafael Serrano, MD, will lead a new orthopedic and sports medicine clinic opening in Waterloo, Iowa, according to an Aug. 11 report from The Courier.

Increasing patient access and incorporating value-based care are among the top priorities the Orthopedic Centers of Colorado has for the second half of this year, according to Brian Larkin, MD.

Max Reinhardt has been elected to the board of directors at Sure Retractors, a medical device company specializing in spinal surgery solutions. 

An orthopedic surgeon who had a successful double lung transplant after contracting COVID-19 in 2020 is expected to return to his job in September, Erie News Now reported Aug. 10.