Neurosurgeon Burak Ozgur, MD, has been honored for a philanthropic gesture that sent a 10-year-old child diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia to a Disney resort in Hawaii.
Author: Alan Condon
Elective surgeries such as hip and knee replacements have been paused at Mayo Clinic hospitals across western Wisconsin as healthcare workers address an influx of COVID-19 patients in the region, local news outlet WXOW reports.
Since the beginning of the year, Becker's has reported on one orthopedic practice and two spine hospital closures, with another orthopedic hospital that could soon close to make way for a new facility:
Recent studies in The Spine Journal and The Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine highlighted the advantages of single-position approaches to spinal fusion compared to the traditional open method.
Kentrell Brown, MD, spine surgeon and founder of Kentrell Brown Orthopedics, opened a second location in Atlanta.
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Thirteen spine centers that were opened or announced this year, beginning with the most recent:
Longmont, Colo.-based Front Range Orthopedics & Spine and Fort Collins, Colo.-based Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies entered into a definitive merger agreement that will combine the practices Jan 1.
OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine opened its ninth location in Kenwood, Ohio, local news outlet WKRC reported Dec. 17.
Nicholas Grosso, MD, president of The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics in Bethesda, Md., spoke to Becker's about how CMS' physician fee and reimbursement cuts will affect orthopedic surgeons and how orthopedic care delivery will change in the coming years.
Four hospitals that have expanded spine programs in the past month: