From the formation of father-son team to a physician who allegedly kept body parts of patients he performed surgery on, here are the latest orthopedic surgeons making the news:
Author: Alan Condon
Livingston, N.J.-based Saint Barnabas Medical Center has appointed Frank Liporace, MD, chair of its orthopedics department.
OrthoNebraska began construction on a clinic in Elkhorn, Neb., expanding its footprint in metropolitan Omaha, according to a Sept. 30 Omaha World-Herald report.
Detroit Medical Center has spiked plans to develop a $70 million sports medicine institute near Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, ABC affiliate WXYZ reported Sept. 30.
A U.K.-based orthopedic surgeon is being investigated by police for allegedly keeping the bones of at least 5,224 patients that he operated on, The Independent reported Sept. 29.
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John Cowan, MD, of Harbin Clinic in Rome, Ga., was elected president of the Georgia Neurosurgical Society, the Rome News-Tribune reported Sept. 29.
Globus Medical is injecting $36 million into its manufacturing operations in Limerick Township, Pa., according to Area Development.
A variety of drugs and drug-biologics have been making headlines in the spine field in the past year. Here are seven products that have received regulatory approval or are undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of spinal conditions:
Neurosurgeon Nikolay Martirosyan, MD, has performed a minimally invasive spine surgery that reduces time in the operating room by one hour, NBC affiliate KWWL reported Sept. 24.
Orthopedic surgeon Thomas Florack, MD, was joined this month by his son Michael Florack, MD, at Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health, ABC affiliate WBAY reports.