Author: Alan Condon

The board of directors for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons decided March 10 to cancel its annual meeting due to the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Miami-based Baptist Health South Florida recently hired Michael McDermott, MD, as CMO of Miami Neuroscience Institute, reports Miami's Community Newspapers.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held March 6 for Integrity implants' new 15,000-square-foot headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., The Palm Beach Post reports.

Smith+Nephew CEO Roland Diggelmann is approaching his sixth month as head of the medical device company and turning his attention to the growing orthopedic ASC market this year.

The 2020 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., has been cancelled due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, reports The New York Times.

Kaixuan Liu, MD, PhD, is an endoscopic spine surgeon and medical director of Atlantic Spine Center in West Orange, N.J.

Here are two spine and orthopedic company transactions in the past month:

Recent studies have indicated that telehealth is growing faster than any other area of care. Telemedicine aims to lower costs and boost efficiency by improving the triage of patients before consultations and eliminating routine follow-up visits.

AcelRX Pharmaceuticals is partnering with Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston to study the perioperative use of DSUVIA in the analgesic regimen for spine surgery.

Scott Boden, MD, is a spine surgeon and chair of the department of orthopedics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.