Author: Alan Condon

Here are seven orthopedic surgeons making the news this week:

Orthopedic surgeon John Daniels, MD, is offering robotic-assisted joint replacements with Stryker's Mako system.

USA Weightlifting is teaming with the American College of Sports Medicine to expand professional health and fitness opportunities for their organizations and members.

Neurosurgeons at King's College Hospital in London, England, recently removed a tumor from a patient's brain while she was playing the violin, the Independent reports.

Biopharmaceutical company MicroCures partnered Feb. 19 with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine to study spinal cord regeneration after trauma.

Melissa Stamates, MD, recently joined Cape Fear Valley Neurosurgery in Fayetteville, N.C., reports Up & Coming Weekly.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock is reportedly the first hospital in the state to purchase an ExcelsiusGPS robotic system for spine surgery, reports NBC affiliate KARK.

Jonathan Gottlieb, MD, is a spine surgeon at the Minimally Invasive Spine Center of South Florida in Miami and a former assistant professor in the department of orthopedics at the University of Miami School of Medicine.

The FDA granted Additive Implants clearance Feb. 20 for its SureMAX-X cervical spacer, according to Business Insider.

Winston-Salem (N.C.) State University is partnering with Wake Forest Baptist Health to offer orthopedic and sports medicine care to student athletes, according to Triad Business Journal.