Author: Carly Behm

Vertos Medical raised $26 million in Series C funding, the medtech company said June 7.

Keith Meister, MD, is slated to operate on Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom, the MLB said June 6.

Two well-known athletes had hip surgeries in the last week.

Orthopedic management services organization MedVanta added three leaders to its team.

Cervical spinal fusion surgery costs the most in Alaska and is the least expensive in Iowa, according to Sidecar Health's care calculator, which outlines the average cash price for every procedure, test and drug in the U.S. healthcare system. 

Armen Khachatryan, MD, of The Disc Replacement Center in Salt Lake City completed the first cases with the Motus lumbar total joint system as part of a clinical trial.

San Francisco-based Balance Health and Chicago-based Weil Foot & Ankle Institute have merged.

Novarad's VisAR augmented reality system was used in a sucessful bilateral sacroiliac joint fusion, the company said June 5.

A Black, gay orthopedic surgeon is suing Los Angeles County, Keck Medicine of USC and University of California Health Los Angeles for alleged discrimination, My News LA reported June 5. 

Spine surgeon Frank Cammisa, Jr., MD, and Brooklyn Nets and NY Liberty owners Joe and Clara Wu Tsai will be honored by New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery June 5.