Author: Carly Behm

The site of a historic San Francisco theater is slated to house an orthopedic practice.

The development of COVID-19 variants and how communities are responding to them are among the biggest concerns on the minds of orthopedic surgeons.

Geoffrey Martha became CEO of Medtronic during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020. Mr. Martha joined the company in 2011 and has grown the company since.

Here are seven updates from spine and orthopedic device companies in the last week.

A physician who operated on himself and nine more orthopedic surgeons to know:

Kristaps Keggi, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and researcher at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., was inducted into the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame.

Staples, Minn.-based Lakewood Health System has partnered with Golden Valley, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics.

Zimmer Biomet's Rosa Hip System has been approved for robot-assisted direct anterior total hip replacements, according to an Aug. 18 news release.

Timothy Scannell, president and COO of Stryker, will retire in 2023, according to an Aug. 18 news release.

Robert Bray Jr., MD, is a spinal neurosurgeon who is well known for his work with minimally invasive spine surgery.