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The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education denied Detroit Medical Center's appeal to keep its neurosurgery residency program, according to The Detroit News.

Here are 10 key notes on spine and orthopedic device companies: 

Blue Shield of California named Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery.

A federal jury convicted neurologist Mohammed Zahoor, MD, and three other physicians of participating in a $150 million healthcare fraud scheme, the Department of Justice announced Feb. 4.

Joshua Rovner, MD, is the first spine surgeon to implant Globus Medical's Hedron IA, a 3D-printed anterior lumbar interbody fusion spacer.

The FDA cleared 36 orthopedic related devices in January.

More than $90,000 has been raised for Houston-based spine surgeon and musculoskeletal oncologist Rex Marco, MD, who became quadriplegic after a traumatic bike accident, according to local outlet ABC13 Eyewitness News.

Conformis could be an attractive acquisition for a large orthopedic device company such as Stryker, according to an orthopedic surgeon who penned an article on SeekingAlpha.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery opened a 60,000-square-foot hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 27, expanding the hospital's footprint to a second state.

Easton, Md.-based neurosurgeon Khalid Kurtom, MD, and his team returned from a medical mission trip to Honduras, seeing close to 70 patients, The Star Democrat reports.