Author: Alan Condon

From a new president of an orthopedic society to a patent awarded for an innovative device, here are the latest orthopedic surgeons making headlines:

North Platte, Neb.-based Great Plains Health opened its brain and spine center this summer and hired W. Lee Warren, MD, to lead its neurosurgery program, NBC affiliate KNOP reports.

Hartford (Conn.) Hospital's Hanbing Zhou, MD, recently performed the facility's first robotic-assisted sacroiliac joint fusion.

Dallas-based neurosurgeon Ricky Kalra, MD, recently removed a "lemon-sized" tumor from a patient's spine in a complex procedure that lasted almost 10 hours, NBC affiliate DFW reports.

Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy Hospital has been added to Carrum Health's network of orthopedic Centers of Excellence.

Spinal implant manufacturer CoreLink has launched its oblique lumbar interbody fusion instrument set.

Since Jan. 1, Becker's Spine Review has reported on eight spine and orthopedic expansion projects that have cost at least $120 million:

Greenwich, Conn.-based Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists has increased the number of physicians in its network to 34 after a Sept. 15 affiliation with Orthopedic Associates of Middletown (Conn.).

Orthopedic Care Partners, backed by private equity firm Varsity Healthcare Partners and the holding company for Gainesville, Fla.-based The Orthopaedic Institute, affiliated OrthoAspen (Colo.) on Sept. 10. 

Healthcare regulators in the United Kingdom gave the green light for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial to resume Sept. 13 after a suspected spinal problem halted the study last week, WebMD reports.