Author: Alan Condon

Atlanta-based Peachtree Orthopedics, a 35-physician group, recruited spine surgeon Robert Owen, MD, in October.

In the last month, Becker's Spine Review and Becker's ASC Review have reported on six orthopedic surgery centers in the planning or development stages:

Device company Spinal Elements on Oct. 30 launched its Lucent XP wide expandable interbody device.

Robotic spine surgery has allowed surgeons to plan where each pedicle screw and interbody cage will be placed preoperatively, and guides them through that plan during surgery. 

St. Cloud (Minn.) Surgical Center is injecting $11 million into a renovation that will increase the number of spine and total joint replacement procedures it will be able to perform, the SC Times reports.

Here are seven key notes on spine and orthopedic device companies from the past week:

Neurosurgeon Nir Lipsman, MD, PhD, was honored in Canada's Top 40 Under 40 list for 2020, published Oct. 29.

Doximity published its 2020 physician compensation report on Oct. 29, comparing average salaries for medical specialties.

Watauga Orthopaedics has received approval to build a $17 million surgery center in Johnson City, Tenn., ABC affiliate WJHL reports.

The National Spine Health Foundation has named Todd Lanman, MD, to its medical and scientific advisory board and designated him a National Top Spine Surgeon, according to an Oct. 28 announcement.