Author: Alan Condon

OrthoCarolina's first total talus replacement with a 3D-printed implant was recently completed by Kent Ellington, MD.

Effingham, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital was recently designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, according to Effingham Radio.

Philadelphia based-Penn Medicine signed a sponsorship deal Jan. 13 to become the official health system of the Philadelphia Flyers and the Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia Business Journal reports.

Medical robotics company Neural Analytics on Jan. 9 appointed Diane Bryant as chairman and CEO, effective immediately.

Molly Hubbard, MD, died following a Jan. 7 avalanche at the Silver Mountain ski resort in Kellogg, Idaho, reports Fox 12 Oregon.

The University of Rochester (N.Y.) will build a $240 million orthopedics campus at The Marketplace Mall in Rochester, according to Shopping Center Business.

Foot and ankle surgeon Aaron Ruter, DPM, was recently elected as a teaching faculty member for The Association of Extremity Nerve Surgeons, reports The Times of Northwest Indiana.

Hugh Bassewitz, MD, is a spine surgeon with Las Vegas-based Desert Orthopaedic Center, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Norah Foster, MD, is a spine surgeon and assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C.

Here are six spine and neurosurgeons making the news this week.