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The global orthopedic devices market is expected to reach $82.5 billion by 2022.

Lexington-based University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences named W. Scott Black, MD, director of the division of physician assistant studies, according to KY Forward.

Pain physician J. Wesley Rayburn, MD, joined Iowa Orthopaedic Center's office at Pella Regional, according to Oskaloosa Herald Online.

A Kaiser Permanente study found a third of patients with chronic conditions who communicated with their physicians via email said email enhanced their overall health, according to News-Medical.

Andrea C. Bracikowski, MD, is an associate of pediatric orthopedics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. She specializes in orthopedics and rehabilitation as well as pediatric orthopedics. Dr. Bracikowski is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Hospital and Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital.

L. Scott Levin, MD, has been named one of the best physicians of the year by Medscape.

Patrick Messerschmitt, MD, has joined Cincinnati-based Mercy Health Physicians, according to a report by The Clermont Sun.

Stryker has set aside around $18 billion for the acquisition of Smith & Nephew, a person with knowledge of the situation has said, according a Street Insider report.

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Here four spine surgeons discuss the one thing they wish they could change about healthcare.