Author: Alan Condon

From a robotic surgery pioneer joining New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery to two physicians forming a new medical advisory council, here are the latest orthopedists making the news:

The device company industry is constantly changing, with mergers and acquisitions rife within the orthopedic market through 2020 and into 2021. 

Neurosurgeon John Golfinos, MD, is leading a new research project at NYU Grossman School of Medicine examining an imaging and navigation system for spine and neurosurgery.

Spinal implant manufacturer SeaSpine made its Regatta lateral plate system available through a limited commercial launch on Jan. 20.

The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London is the first National Health Service hospital in the U.K. to install the Orbeye 4K-3D Microscope, med-technews.com reported Jan. 21.

Neurosurgeon Hilarie Tomasiewicz, MD, PhD, was named the first site chief of neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Queens (N.Y.) in January, the Queens Gazette reports.

An attorney for Roger Jackson, MD, filed a patent infringement lawsuit Jan. 19 against NuVasive, Bloomberg Law reports.

From financial conservatism to flexibility and honing in on patient care, five spine surgeons and one physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist share the most significant lessons learned from 2020:

There are more than 170 ASCs that perform minimally invasive spine surgery in the U.S. In the past four months, Becker's has reported on five new and proposed spine surgery centers:

A $5 million donation from a spinal cord injury patient at Great Plains Health in North Platte, Neb., has helped bolster emergency services at the hospital, the Omaha World-Herald reports.