Author: Alan Condon

Here are two spine device company mergers and acquisitions last month.

Here are five spine and neurosurgeons in the news this week.

John Prunskis, MD, presidential appointee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Pain Management Best Practices Task Force, travelled to the white house to discuss solutions to the opioid crisis and other healthcare challenges on Nov. 4.

IMAC Holdings bolstered its Illinois presence with the opening of a fourth outpatient clinic in Rockford.

Providence, R.I.-based Brown University is partnering with Intel to investigate the use of artificial intelligence to restore signals above and below spinal cord injuries, reports EE News Europe.

Oren Gottfried, MD, is president of the North Carolina Spine Society as well as professor of neurosurgery and clinical vice chair of quality in the department of neurosurgery at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C.

Dennis Burke, MD, a former orthopedic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, will receive a $13 million settlement following his wrongful termination lawsuit, The Boston Globe reports.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery is enrolling patients for a 3D imaging to develop maps of the spine in scoliosis patients.

Portland-based Maine Medical Center received approval for a $59 million investment for a new center featuring spine and neurosurgery on Nov. 4, reports Portland Press Herald.

The Spine Center at MemorialCare Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center acquired an ExcelsiusGPS robotic navigation system from Globus Medical, reports P&T Community.