Author: Alan Condon

A wage report from the California State Controller's Office indicated that French Camp, Calif.-based San Joaquin County General Hospital features eight of the state's top 10 earning county employees, including two neurosurgeons, reports The Sacramento Bee.

The Mayo Clinic will build a $233 million oncology facility on its Jacksonville, Fla., campus which will feature proton beam therapy, reports Medtechdive.

Westfield, Ind.-based Methodist Sports Medicine added Joseph Maratt, MD, to its medical staff, reports Inside Indiana Business.

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian showcased Surgical Theater's virtual reality medical imaging technology in a tour of its ORs, reports The OC Register.

Traditionally orthopedics has not featured as much consolidation and private equity investment as other specialties but a significant uptick in transactions is expected in the future, based on insight from McGuireWoods.

Todd Chapman, MD, is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon at Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina Spine Center, specializing in the treatment of spinal diseases of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. 

Orthopedic surgeon Paul Burton, DO, of Redlands (Calif.) Community Hospital completed a six-day mission performing joint replacement surgeries in Haiti, reports IECN.

The International Sports Vision Association appointed Donald Teig, OD, and Greg Applebaum, PhD, to its board of directors. 

Performance technology company Hyperice partnered with esports organization J.Storm in a recovery initiative for esports athletes.

Relievant Medsystems released results of the Level I Intracept Study comparing the Intracept Procedure to non-surgical care for chronic lower back pain in The Spine Journal.