Author: Alan Condon

Edward Nyman, Jr., PhD, has accepted a new role as USA Gymnastics' first full-time director of sports medicine and science.

A spinal fusion has been the traditional treatment for a herniated disc but Sanjay Jatana, MD, a fellowship-trained cervical spine specialist at a Denver-based spine center within Spine Center Network, says that may no longer be the case.

Biomedical engineers and researchers from North Carolina State University, N.C., have partnered with University of North Carolina, N.C., scientists to create new body tissues using a patient's own cells, which may help more patients avoid knee replacement surgery, reports WRAL,…

A $40 million spine and stroke center in Buffalo, N.Y., will open later this year and aims to reduce the number of spine surgeries in the region and help patients manage pain without opioid medications, The Buffalo News reports.

Menorah (Kan.) Medical Center, of HCA Midwest Health, is set to start construction on a $65 million facility that will focus on orthopedics and neuroscience, Kansas City Business Journal reports.

Children's Hospital Kennedy Outpatient Center opens in Chattanooga, Tenn., providing pediatric specialty clinics such as cardiology, neurology, genetics, gastroenterology and orthopedics.

Artoss, a German company founded in 2005 to commercialize NanoBone technology in North American markets, announced that the FDA has cleared NanoBone SBX Putty for standalone use in posterolateral spinal fusion.

Alabama Orthopedic Clinic, a 21-physician practice in Mobile, Ala., has implemented technology from Encoda, a healthcare reimbursement automation and revenue management company.

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, has named Gregory J. Zipfel, MD, head of the Department of Neurosurgery.

Oren Gottfried, MD, a professor and neurosurgeon at Duke University Hospital, will soon exceed his 100th on-screen credit for serving as a medical consultant for some of TV's most popular medical dramas, reports WRAL.