Author: Claire Wallace

The Cincinnati-based UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute has launched a new clinical trial aiming to improve postsurgical pain and reduce opioid dependency and length of stay for patients undergoing spine surgery. 

As orthopedic management organizations have continued to grow in 2023, Provident has broken down six major acquisitions that occurred in 2023 in its third quarter "Mergers and Acquisitions Update" report.

Meet the leaders of five of thelargest orthopedic groups in the U.S.: 

Rockport, Maine-based Pen Bay Medical Center has added Minal Cordeiro, MD, an anterior hip replacement specialist, to its team, according to a Nov. 9 report from the Courier-Gazette.

An orthopedic surgery team including Ignacio Garcia Fleury, MD, Maria Bozoghlian, MD, Joseph Buckwalter, MD, PhD, and Benjamin Miller, MD, performed the first carpal tunnel release procedure at the Iowa City Free Medical & Dental Clinic. 

Spine technology company Spinal Elements is celebrating 20 years in the business. 

A federal judge has reduced a $111 million jury award in a malpractice verdict against Sartell, Minn.-based St. Cloud Orthopedic Associates to $10 million, calling the original "shockingly excessive," according to a Nov. 8 report from the StarTribune.

San Jose, Calif.-based Good Samaritan Hospital has added Zimmer Biomet's Rosa robot for total joint replacement procedures. 

There are 10 states in the U.S. that currently have fewer than three orthopedic surgeons for every 100,000 residents, and those shortages are only expected to increase over the coming years. 

Spinal implant specialist the Spineway Group has appointed Sandrine Carle as deputy CEO. Ms. Carle originally joined Spineway in July 2022 when the company acquired Spine Innovations, where she was CEO.