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Eugene Gosy, MD, closed his office in Lockport, N.Y., after he was indicted on 114 counts of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and healthcare fraud last week; he pleaded not guilty, according to a WGRZ report.

Here are 25 orthopedic surgeons in the news this past week.

Ventura, Calif.-based Advanced Spine & Sport Medical Rehabilitation Center is hosting a stem cell injection seminar.

Philadelphia-based Bioquark is analyzing whether injecting stem cells into the central nervous system will revitalize the brain cells in dead post-trauma patients, according to Counsel&Heal.

Researchers analyzed obesity's impact on lumbar spinal fusion patients, according to a Spine study. The study investigated one-year follow-up data of 805 patients. Of these patients, 204 were normal weight, 365 were overweight and 236 were obese.

Google DeepMind, a United Kingdom-based artificial intelligence firm, received access to 1.6 million patients' healthcare data, according to The Guardian.

Tampa-based Florida Pain Relief Group hired Abraham Rivera, MD, as chief medical officer.

Juan Torres-Reveron, MD, of Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, performed the nation's first spine surgery using Montpellier, France-based Medtech's ROSA Spine.

K2M shares increased 1.08 percent in the past 20 days, according to Body Confidential.

High-risk patients are 40 percent more likely to experience life-threatening complications after surgery, according to kcrg.com.