St. Paul, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics named Aaron Johnson CEO Oct. 22, 2020.

St. Paul, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics named Owen O'Neill, MD, president Feb. 1, 2021.

From connections within training programs to personal bonds with a city, spine surgeons must weigh many considerations when deciding where to work.

A physician joined the board of a healthcare communications firm, and four more orthopedic surgeons joined new practices in August:

OrthAlign, a medical device company, reached a milestone for its navigation technology in joint replacements, according to a Sept. 9 news release.

Allison Farmer is Durham, N.C.-based EmergeOrtho's new CEO, the practice announced Sept. 9.

A physician who wrote a bill tackling prior authorizations and nine more spine surgeons to know:

Becker's reported on two orthopedic centers opening in September with hefty price tags.

Since Aug. 1, two device companies have made deals widening their scope beyond spine and orthopedics.

Thomas Mroz, MD, is the institute chair for Cleveland Clinic's Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute as well as the director of the Center for Spine Health and director of spine research at Cleveland Clinic. He was appointed in 2004.

From a breakup within the specialty to growing robot-assisted procedures, here are the predictions of what orthopedic surgery will look like in the next decade from four surgeons.

Wilson Asfora, MD, will lead Miami-based Ceda Orthopedic Group's newly opened spine surgery center in the same city, according to a Sept. 8 news release. 

Becker's Spine Review reported on five key spine and orthopedic leadership appointments since Sept. 1.

Here are four key updates from spine and orthopedic device companies in the last week:

The U.S. Department of Justice handed down two indictments involving physicians in the last 30 days.

Devicemaker Spinal Elements appointed two leaders to its commercial team, the company said Sept. 8.

Joimax's EndoLIF Delta cage and EndoLIF double wedge cage both received FDA clearance, the devicemaker said Sept. 7.

Jason Lowenstein, MD, performed New Jersey's first scoliosis surgery with a new FDA-approved, minimally invasive system.

St. Simons Island, Ga.-based medical device company Intelivation Technologies won FDA approval for the Advantage-C PEEK cervical interbody fusion device, the company said Sept. 8.

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker, an orthopedics technology company, said Sept. 7 that it acquired Menlo Park, Calif.-based medical device company Gauss Surgical, developer of the Triton artificial intelligence platform.