Author: Staff

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Jan. 21, 2016.

OsteoVantage has been awarded a Small Business Innovation and Research Phase I grant by the National Science Foundation.

Spine surgeons Atif Malik, MD, Sandeep Sherlekar, MD, and Said Osman, MD, returned to the United States after a humanitarian mission trip to provide care to Iraqi patients.

Technavio's latest health and life sciences industry report covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global reverse shoulder arthroplasty market for the period of 2016 to 2020.

Healthgrades ranked Visalia, Calif.-based Kaweah Delta Health Care District among the top hospitals for spine surgery, according to Visalia Times-Delta.

The Joint Commission is offering a new Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement for Joint Commission-accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.

Biloxi, Miss.-based Bienville Orthopedic Specialist's physician owners are building a new $10 million medical complex to attract patients from around the country, according to Sun Herald.

Michael Ravitch, MD, a retired orthopedic surgeon, died on Jan. 12, 2016, at the age of 74, according to the Boulder City Review.

Abraham Verghese, MD, senior associate chair of the department of internal medicine at Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine, discussed the provider-patient relationship with American Medical Association President Steven J. Stack, MD.

Neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero, MD, reported he successfully completed a head transplant on a monkey at Harbin Medical University in China, according to Independent.