Author: Alan Condon

Varian Medical is purchasing Boston Scientific's microsphere business for $90 million as the Marlborough, Mass.-based medical device company prepares for a $4.2 billion acquisition of BTG, a cancer and vascular disease company, reports Worcester Business Journal.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons collaborated with Health eCareers to create an enhanced career center for orthopedic surgeons.

Miami-based Baptist Health South Florida partnered with Baca Raton Regional Hospital, bringing the number of BH hospitals to 11, reports Boca News Now.

Honolulu-based Hawaii Pacific Health opened a new medical clinic in Kapolei, providing primary, urgent care and pediatric sports medicine services, reports Pacific Business News.

Greenport, N.Y.-based Eastern Long Island Hospital and Stony Brook (N.Y.) Medicine merged with the Greenport center now known as Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, reports The Suffolk Times.

Here are eight leadership changes in spine and orthopedic device companies in June.

Raj Narayan, MD, is a professor and chairman of neurosurgery at East Garden City, N.Y.-based Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and director of the Manhasset, N.Y.-based Northwell Health Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery. 

Medical device companies Misonix and Organogenesis joined the Russell 2000 and 3000 Indexes.

Celling Spine, a subsidiary of Celling Biosciences, acquired all assets of Link Spine, which is a subsidiary of Link Orthopedics.

Ghassan Beijani, MD, was named chief of the newly formed Penn Highlands neurosurgery department at the Dubois, Pa.-based PH Brain and Spine Center, reports The Courier Express.