Author: Staff

Clinical Spine Surgery now includes virtual abstracts posted on the publication's Twitter page.

Syracuse (N.Y.) Orthopedic Specialists welcomed Kevin Kopko, MD, to its joint replacement team, the Business Journal New Network reports.

The Cedar Park (Texas) Regional Medical Center opened its new Joint and Spine Center, according to Community Impact.

Health Care Service Corp.'s Blue Cross Blue Shield divisions in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas now cover minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion.

The American Health Council named Christopher DeMassi, MD, standing medical director of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial HealthCare System, to its physician board.

Tyler Noble, DO, a fellowship trained joint replacement surgeon, joined Coastal Orthopaedics in Conway, S.C.

K2M acquired the exclusive license to an expandable spine implants product portfolio, including 17 interbody technology patents.

Globus Medical reported its second quarter results with sales reaching $152.4 million, an increase of 10.8 percent.

Stryker elected Mary Brainerd to its board of directors.

Opioid use is a pervasive problem and many Americans abuse and misuse these prescription medications daily. Medscape published a study's findings analyzing the number of patients reporting they had unused opioids.