Somers Point, N.J.-based Shore Medical Center has become the first hospital in New Jersey to offer the Velys active robotic assistance platform for spine surgery. The platform pairs robotic assistance with navigation technology to support surgeons performing back and neck…
Author: Sophie Eydis
West Palm Beach, Fla.-based DISC Surgery Center at Palm Beach opened June 25 and is providing outpatient spine, orthopedic and interventional pain procedures. Jason Cuéllar, MD, PhD, founding surgeon and medical director of the center, performed the first procedure that…
St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare will open a $194 million expansion at its Plaza campus June 29, adding more than 225,000 square feet of clinical space, according to a June 9 West Central Tribune report. The expansion adds space for orthopedics,…
Orthopedic surgery often celebrates the operation. Gabriella Ode, MD, believes the operation is rarely what determines whether a patient’s overall care ultimately succeeds. As an orthopedic sports medicine and shoulder surgeon at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery and…
Spine surgery has never been more sophisticated. Robotic navigation has improved precision. Endoscopic procedures have made operations less invasive. New lateral approaches continue to expand what surgeons can treat through smaller incisions. Juan Uribe, MD, chief of the division of…
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Medical device company Moximed reported five-year data showing sustained pain relief, functional improvement and durability for its Misha knee system in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis. The findings, published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, followed 81 patients…
Management services organization U.S. Orthopaedic Partners has appointed Dean Brown as regional director of ASC operations. Mr. Brown will oversee ASC operations across the physician-led orthopedic management services organization’s network, supporting performance improvement at existing surgery centers and helping lead…
Robin West, MD, has spent her career rebuilding torn anterior cruciate ligaments. She believes the biggest opportunity in sports medicine is making that surgery less necessary. As chief of Inova Sports Medicine at Fairfax, Va.-based Inova Health System, Dr. West…
CHI Health broke ground June 24 on the Lakeside Hills orthopedic center in Omaha, Neb., according to a report from ABC affiliate KETV. The facility is designed to provide coordinated orthopedic care from diagnosis through recovery and serve as a…
For years, many orthopedic surgeons viewed bundled payments as a concession. Accept a fixed price. Take on more risk. Hope that the math works. Brian Curtin, MD, now believes many surgeons understood the model backward. “I make more now on…