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New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital's spine center named Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, associate director.

Since 2007, California physicians have paid $17 million in fines for preventable medical errors, but these fines aren't curbing the number of medical errors, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

Carlsbad, Calif.-based Aurora Spine granted stock options to acquire 1 million common shares of the company to the chairman of the company's board of directors, according to MarketWatch.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins researchers analyzed how to best enhance orthopedic surgeons' skills, according to ScienceDaily.

The percentage of physicians taking payments from pharmaceutical and medical device company varies in accordance with hospital location and ownership, according to a ProPublica report.

The global orthopedic devices market is expected to see rapid growth through 2024, according to a Grand View Research report.

The Fairfield County Business Journal named Corinne VanBeek, MD, a winner of its annual "40 under 40" awards, according a Stamford Patch report.

University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center's Center for Musculoskeletal Research received renewal for a $4 million National Institutes of Health grant.

Community Howard Regional Health in Kokomo, Ind., added Courtney Holland, MD, to its physician team, according to a Kokomo Perspective report.

Peter W. Callander, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon practicing at California Pacific Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in San Francisco. He also serves as chief of education in the orthopedics department at California Pacific Medical Center. He is a company physician…