Author: Alan Condon

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health's Brent Knudson, DO, completed the region's first total knee replacement with Zimmer Biomet's Rosa Knee Jan. 11, the Minot Daily News reports.

The Department of Justice collected more than $2.2 billion from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against government programs in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2020.

Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center in Shenandoah, Texas, is on track to complete a $250 million expansion that will bolster orthopedics and other specialty services, Community Impact Newspaper reports.

The University of Arkansas Medical Sciences is opening a spine clinic Jan. 19 in Little Rock.

From Medtronic's CEO discussing the future of surgical medtech at the 39th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference to a string of companies posting preliminary fourth-quarter financial results, here is the latest device company news:

Providence-based Ortho Rhode Island's Ian Madom, MD, started using the ExcelsiusGPS spine robot more than one year ago and now uses the technology in about half of his surgeries, The Independent reported Jan. 14.

Medical device company Boston Scientific launched its WaveWriter Alpha spinal cord stimulator systems in the U.S., according to a Jan. 14 news release.

From a surgeon's company suing a big orthopedic device company to a new sports medicine chief at a California practice, here are the latest orthopedists making the news:

Spine device company Spineology appointed Matt Cronin senior vice president of sales.

Providence-based Ortho Rhode Island's Robert Marchand, MD, praised the effect of robotics on his practice 10 years after he completed his first robotic-assisted joint replacement at South County Hospital in South Kingstown, R.I., The Independent reports.