Author: Alan Condon

This year is ramping up to be a big year for the U.S. healthcare and political landscapes. 

David Gendelberg, MD, is a spine surgeon and clinical instructor in the department of orthopedics at University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham on Jan. 13 opened a proton therapy facility providing treatment for spine and brain tumors.

Pueblo, Colo.-based Parkview Medical Center on Jan. 13 revealed plans to build an orthopedic hospital and comprehensive cancer center, The Pueblo Chieftain reports.

Neurosurgeon John Cowan, MD, on Jan. 13 entered the race for the U.S. House of Representatives, the Rome News-Tribune reports. 

Owoicho Adogwa, MD, is a neurosurgeon and assistant professor in the department of neurological surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

RTI Surgical on Jan. 13 signed a definitive agreement to sell its OEM business to Montagu Private Equity in a $490 million deal.

Ayman Daouk, MD, filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Orlando (Fla.) Health, claiming he was fired for refusing to comply with the system's standards, which allegedly required him to only operate and make referrals within its network, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Radiologist Rahul Desai, MD, will present his paper on intradiscal regenerative cell therapy for spinal disorders at the fifth annual Interventional Orthopedics Foundation conference in Denver from Feb. 12 to 14.

Private equity firm Cobepa closed a growth equity investment in Laurel, Md.-based Precision Orthopedics on Jan. 12.