Author: Alan Condon

Here are five orthopedic surgeons making headlines this week:

McLaren Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant was named a Blue Distinction Center for knee and hip replacement by the Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care program, reports the Midland Daily News.

Oklahoma City-based OU Medical Center is now offering robotic-assisted spine surgery, reports OU Daily.

As part of its partnership with Newark, Del.-based First State Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Associates of Southern Delaware recently opened a facility in Lewes, Del., reports the Cape Gazette.

Two neurosurgeons from Tennessee recently debuted a new cervical spinal fusion procedure that seeks to shorten hospital stays and allows patients to recover quicker, according to the Memphis Business Journal.

Jeffrey Wang, MD, is co-director of the USC Spine Center at Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles and completed his term as president of the North American Spine Society last year.

Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health Medical Center was named a Blue Distinction Center+ for knee and hip replacement by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia, reports The Morgantown News.

Olympia, Wash.-based Capital Medical Center recently installed the Mako robotic system for hip and knee replacements, reports Thurston Talk.

Mercy Hospital St. Louis was reportedly the first hospital in Missouri to implement the CyberKnife M6 system to treat spine and brain tumors.

Zimmer Biomet's Mobi-C cervical disc recently exceeded 150,000 implants worldwide.