Author: Claire Wallace

Bloomington, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics and Waconia, Minn.-based Ridgeview have partnered to open the Orthopedic Institute on Ridgeview's Chaska (Minn.) Campus. 

The popularity of surgical robots, including Stryker's Mako robot for total joint replacements, is on the rise worldwide, with many systems adding robots and marking significant procedural milestones. 

In October, Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina announced that beginning Jan. 1, orthopedic spine surgeon Leo Spector, MD, will succeed Bruce Cohen, MD, as the practice network's CEO. 

Worldwide, orthopedic and spine surgeons are focused on expanding their portfolios headed into 2024, with many focused specifically on new, minimally invasive techniques. 

Physicians at the University of Louisville (Ky.) Medical Center have performed spine surgery on Virginia running back Perris Jones after he was injured in the third quarter of the team's 11th game of the season, according to a Nov. 11…

A team of surgeons at New York City-based NYU Langone Health performed the world's first total eye transplant, and technology from Johnson & Johnson's orthopedic company, DePuy Synthes, played a role. 

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery and Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare have started construction on an 80,000-square-foot orthopedic care facility on the NCH North Naples Hospital campus, according to a Nov. 10 report from South Florida Hospital News.

While reports from countries including Italy and the United Kingdom showed a dramatic decrease in the efficiency of orthopedic surgery operating rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Nov. 10 study published in the American Journal of Managed Care showed minimal…

Three orthopedic surgeons from Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Hospital have established an orthopedic clinic in Twin Falls, Idaho, according to a Nov. 10 report from KMVT.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Southeast Orthopedics Specialists is keeping a close eye on the trend of healthcare moving out of traditional settings and into the medical office building and ASC space, according to an Oct. 31 report from the Jacksonville Business Journal.