Author: Alan Condon

Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics recently added orthopedic surgeons Patrick Dermarkarian, MD, and R. Stephen Otte, MD, to its practice, reports Patch.

Torrington, Conn.-based Litchfield Hills Orthopedic Associates is now holding clinics twice monthly at The Hospital of Central Connecticut Family Health Center in Bristol.

Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush welcomed two new orthopedic surgeons in October.

Brian Gantwerker, MD, is a neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of brain tumors, as well as degenerative diseases and injuries of the spinal cord.

A jury delivered a verdict of $101 million to be awarded to a family after their son failed to receive the medical attention he needed, resulting in severe brain damage when he was born, CBS 2 reports.

ThedaCare is merging with Appleton-based Hand to Shoulder Center of Wisconsin and Neenah, Wis.-based Neuroscience Group to form a spine, orthopedic and pain hospital in Appleton, reports Fox 11 News.

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Neurosurgeon Nicholas Voss, MD, of Dothan Neuro-Spine-Pain at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Ala., is providing artificial disc replacements with the M6-C implant, reports WDHN Dothan First.

The board of trustees at Dance/USA, the national service organization for the professional dance field, nominated Nancy Kadel, MD, to serve for a three-year term, reports DanceLand.