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M. Alison Brooks, MD, MPH, and co-investigator David Bell, PhD, ATC, received the American College of Sports Medicine Foundation-American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Foundation Clinical Research Grant.

Scott Q. Hannum, MD, practices at Wilmington, N.C.-based OrthoWilmington, which formed when Wilmington Orthopaedic Group merged with Atlantic Orthopedics in 2012. Prior to joining Wilmington Orthopaedic Group in 2007, Dr. Hannum spent seven years in Washington, North Carolina, in private…

Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics' Craig Eberson, MD, is the chief of pediatric orthopedics at Hasbro Children's Hospital, also in Providence. He also serves as an orthopedic surgery associate professor at Brown University's Alpert Medical School in Providence.

Wright Medical Executive Vice President and COO David Mowry is leaving his position, according to a Mass Device report.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins teamed up neurosurgery and biomedical engineering to form the Carnegie Center for Surgical Innovation.

To provide high quality care, integrate medical assistants as core members of the team, according to Diagnostic Imaging. Boston-based North Shore Physicians Group implemented three strategies to empower their MAs so they could handle a flow of new patients.  

Here are 18 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies over the past week.

A growing geriatric population with joint-related disorders will create opportunity for the East Africa knee and hip replacement market, according to a Reportlinker report.

The Medical Device Innovation Consortium created "best practice" guidelines for developing and conducting Early Feasibility Studies in the United States. The purpose of Early Feasibility Studies involves offering earlier and broader access to medical technology while simultaneously encouraging device innovation.

Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based medical device company TransEnterix named Theodore Pappas, MD, as its senior surgical officer.