Author: Alan Condon

Globus Medical appointed Keith Pfeil as senior vice president and CFO, effective August 19.

Newburgh, Ind.-based Ascension Saint Vincent Orthopedic Hospital, focusing on spine, bone and joint care, will open in July, reports Courier & Press.

Ernest Braxton, MD, successfully performed a two-hour minimally invasive spinal fusion procedure where the patient was awake at Vail-Summit (Colo.) Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery, reports Summit Daily.

Steven Nichols, MD, founding partner of Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala., is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in the treatment of spinal disorders. 

Zeeshan Sardar, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital in New York City.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System opened the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai-Union Square, providing specialist care for elders.

Saluda Medical agreed a four-year loan with Medtronic to develop its Evoke evoked action compound potential-controlled, Closed-Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation System for the treatment of chronic intractable pain of the trunk and limbs.

Improving cost-effectiveness in spine is a pertinent issue for patients and physicians alike. Here, four neurosurgeons discuss how bundled payments, value-based care and other new payment models will affect spine in the future.

Zeeshan Sardar, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital in New York City. Here, Dr. Sardar provides four key issues to consider when adapting a new spine device.

MemorialCare Joint Replacement Center at Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center installed the ExactechGPS Guided Personalized Surgery for shoulder replacement procedures, reports Biospace.