UCHealth plans to build a 65,000-square-foot orthopedic and sports medicine practice in Colorado Springs, Colo., The Gazette reports. By Eric Oliver - 8/21/19

Sanford Health terminated a neurosurgeon shortly after the government decided to intervene in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that he committed fraud, according to the Argus Leader. By Laura Dyrda - 8/21/19

Oakland-based Webster Orthopedics added Saqib Hasan, MD, to its surgical staff. By Alan Condon - 8/20/19

Orthopedic surgeon Thomas Parisi, MD, of The Orthopedic Institute of Wisconsin in Franklin met a patient at a private Mexican hospital to perform a total knee replacement, reports El Paso Inc. By Alan Condon - 8/20/19

Baldwin Bone & Joint opened a new office in Foley, Ala., its fourth location in the county, GulfCoastNewsToday.com reports. By Eric Oliver - 8/20/19

James Andrews, MD, injected platelet-rich plasma into the left elbow of Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale, MLB.com reports. By Eric Oliver - 8/20/19

Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., is providing new technology from Carevature Medical to preserve soft tissue and bone crucial to patient's spinal stability. By Alan Condon - 8/20/19

Here are five health systems expanding spine and orthopedic services in the past month. By Alan Condon - 8/20/19

NuVasive launched Modulus TLIF-A, a porous titanium spine implant for use in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedures. By Alan Condon - 8/20/19

Klass Bakker, MD, PhD, was appointed as the new CMO of pharmaceutical company Oncopeptides. By Alan Condon - 8/20/19

Medtronic reported 1.5 percent revenue increase in the first quarter of the 2020 fiscal year, hitting $7.5 billion.  By Laura Dyrda - 8/20/19

Kee Kim, MD, is chief of spinal neurosurgery at Sacramento-based UC Davis School of Medicine and co-director of the UC Davis Spine Center. By Laura Dyrda - 8/19/19

James Harrop, MD, is chief of the division of spine and peripheral nerve surgery at Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia as well as the neurosurgery director of the Delaware Valley SCI Center in Philadelphia and neurosurgery director for adult reconstructive spine. By Laura Dyrda - 8/19/19

Robert Gewirtz, MD, is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with Mount Carmel Central Ohio Neurological Surgeons in Westerville.  By Alan Condon - 8/19/19

The University of Arkansas Medical Sciences in Little Rock is using an anti-gravity treadmill to help patients recover from orthopedic surgery, reports KATV. By Alan Condon - 8/19/19

Adam Bruggeman, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Texas Spine Care Center in San Antonio.  By Alan Condon - 8/19/19

Here are seven hospitals expanding spine and neurosurgery programs in the past month. By Alan Condon - 8/19/19

Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based Kayal Orthopaedic Center opened a new office in Paramus, N.J., reports Digital Journal. By Alan Condon - 8/19/19

Neurosurgeon Mark Lyerly, MD, was added to the surgical staff at Martinsburg, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Brain and Spine, according to The Journal. By Alan Condon - 8/19/19

Orthopedic spine surgeon Thomas Niemeier, MD, joined the surgical team at Savannah, Ga.-based Optim Orthopedics. By Alan Condon - 8/19/19