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Medscape spoke to several physicians about their favorite vacation spots and compiled their recommendations into a report. Here's where your peers think you should go, if you're looking to get away.

Ashish Sahai, MD, will speak at the 11th International Congress of Chinese Orthopedic Association in Beijing on behalf of the Boca Raton, Fla.-based Spine and Orthopedic Center, the Digital Journal reports.

Headquartered in Melsungen, Germany, B. Braun Medical joined forces with Israel-based Trendlines Group on an investment in ApiFix, a Trendlines portfolio company.

C. Thomas Hopkins Jr., MD, will serve as chairman of the Georgia Board of Regents, the Albany Herald reports.

Mark Valente, DO, is a spine surgeon at the DISC Spine Institute of Plano, Texas.

Tupelo, Miss.-based neurosurgeon Walter Eckman, MD, retired after more than 40 years in neurosurgery, according to a Daily Journal report.

A study published in The Spine Journal examines placebos used during lumbar and pelvic joint thrust manipulation clinical trials.

Henry Ford Health System in Detroit joined Medicare's bundled payment pilot in 2013, but the hospital recently announced it will no longer participate in the program, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.

Here are seven devices that were recently launched or released.

Michael Roh, MD, and Fred Sweet, MD, of Illinois-based Rockford Spine Center, attended the Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting & Course in Prague, Czech Republic.