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This issue of Becker’s Spine Review includes physician compensation statistics for key specialists, news from around the healthcare industry and interviews with key spine surgeon thought leaders about what to expect in 2017. Mark your calendar for the Becker’s 15th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and…

White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital welcomed Michael Elia, MD.

Vista, Calif.-based DJO Global launched its AltiVate Anatomic Shoulder System.

New York-based Canton-Potsdam Hospital orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine specialists will now offer consultations at Gouverneur (N.Y.) Hospital, according to North Country Now.

East Stroudsburg, Pa.-based Mountain Valley Orthopedics has opened a new satellite location in Dingmans Ferry, Pa., according to the Pocono Record.

Washington, D.C.,-based AdvaMed has gone against the grain in backing the GOP's ACA repeal bill, the AHCA, according to The Boston Globe. The American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association, among others, have released statements against implementing AHCA in…

To Fuse or Not to Fuse: How Artificial Disc Replacement, Hybrid Fusion, and Fusion Alternatives are Changing the World of Spinal Fusion, by Karsten Ritter-Lang, MD, and Jan Spiller, MD, has become an Amazon #1 bestseller.

Julio Petilon, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Spine Center Atlanta, where he specializes in treating herniated discs, degenerative disease of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, deformity, revision surgery and disease of the sacroiliac joint.

Jason Hannon, a San Diego-based NuVasive insider, sold 24,840 company shares on March 8, 2017, according to Chaffey Breeze.

WalletHub analysts ranked the happiest places in the nation in 2017, based on 30 indicators of happiness in the following categories: emotional and physical well-being; income and employment; and community and environment.