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University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria named Jeffrey Klopfenstein, MD, head of the neurosurgery department, according to a Journal Star report.

At the Bundled Payment Summit in June, Coleen Kivlahan, MD, of the University of California San Francisco, noted alternate payment models do not recognize the differences between various joint replacement procedures, according to MedPage Today.

Pierre A. Rouzier, MD, of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is currently cycling 4,128 miles across the country as part of "Keep Moving! Eat Healthy! Get Riding!", according to UMass Amherst News.

After the Energy and Commerce Committee released a report indicating the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee worked to inappropriately influence a National Institutes of Health grant selection process, NFL physicians argued the E&C's Committee accusations are "utterly false," and…

Team Midwestern Blazing Saddles, which includes three orthopedic surgeons, began a 3,000-mile cycling trip on June 18 in support of the nonprofit Operation Walk, according to Fox News Health.

Phoenix-based OrthoArizona - Arizona Orthopaedic Associates is offering same-day appointments to accommodate the increase in emergency room visits in the summer.

Researchers analyzed the clinical experiences of non-fusion dynamic stabilization surgery for adjacent segmental pathology, following lumbar fusion, according to an International Journal of Spine Surgery study.

Centinel Spine completed the first phase release of the STALIF L No-Profile lateral lumbar integrated interbody device.

Riley Williams, MD, performed a knee cartilage transplant on Memphis Grizzlies guard Jordan Adams, according to an ESPN report.

Edward A. Athanasian, MD, is the chief of the hand and upper extremity service at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He is also a professor of clinical orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and an attending…