Author: Alan Condon

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.

Orthopedic surgeon Andrew Hodge, MD, joined Paris (Ill.) Clinic of Horizon Health, reports Tribune Star.