Sophie Eydis

The FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation to ScolimiR-3D, VB Spine’s blood test designed to assess the risk of disease progression in patients diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. ScolimiR-3D uses a standard blood draw to measure six circulating microRNAs associated with…

Matawan, N.J.-based Alliance Orthopedics opened a new clinic in Toms River, N.J., expanding its orthopedic and rehabilitation services in the state. The clinic opened Sept. 28 and brings orthopedic specialists and conservative care providers together under one roof, according to…

Regentis Biomaterials is developing GelrinC, a cell-free hydrogel implant for focal knee cartilage defects, which the company said reflects a shift in orthopedics toward earlier structural repair rather than symptom management alone. GelrinC is designed to erode as new cartilage…

At Southlake-based Spine Team Texas, most patients never see a spine surgeon. Neil Patel, MD, considers that a sign the model is working. More than two decades ago, the practice was built around an idea that was unusual for a…

The lessons that shape a spine surgeon’s career are not always learned in the operating room. From knowing when not to operate to choosing the right colleagues and getting promises in writing, four spine surgeons told Becker’s about the hard-won…

Tim Scannell, former president and COO of Stryker, died Sept. 26 after a battle with brain cancer, according to a memorial page by the National Brain Tumor Society. Mr. Scannell spent 32 years at Stryker, joining the medical device company…

For years, spine surgery’s approach to risk prediction largely revolved around one question: Which patients are most likely to have a complication? Rafael De la Garza Ramos, MD, thinks the harder question is becoming more important. Which patients are actually…

Jonathan Hobbs, MD, a neurosurgeon at Chesterton, Ind.-based Lakeshore Bone & Joint Institute, performed what the practice says is the nation’s first fully customized posterior spinal fusion: a two-level lumbar interbody fusion combining patient-specific interbody cages and rods. The procedure…

Expandable cages address an obvious challenge in minimally invasive spine surgery: How do surgeons place a device capable of restoring disc height through an increasingly small surgical corridor? But Lali Sekhon, MD, PhD, a spine neurosurgeon at Reno (Nev.) Orthopedic…

Deeptee Jain, MD, knows what every payer she works with pays her for every procedure she performs. She wishes she didn’t have to. Dr. Jain trained to become a spine surgeon, not to study payer contracts, collections or practice overhead.…