Author: Staff

This article is a portion of a book titled "Challenges, Risks and Opportunities in Today's Spine World " edited by Stephen Hochschuler, MD, Frank Phillips, MD, and Richard Fessler, MD. You can find links to the previous chapters at the end…

Tyler, Texas-based Christus Trinity Mother Frances Health System is expected to break ground on the Christus Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute in Tyler Nov.14.

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Bend, Ore.-based The Center Orthopedic & Neurosurgical Care & Research appointed Christy McLeod as the practice's new CEO and COO Nov. 12.

Laconia, N.H.-based Lakes Region General Hospital is betting on orthopedics as it considers merging with a large healthcare system, The Laconia Daily Sun reports.

After initially deciding to let its neurosurgery residency program close next year, Detroit Medical Center announced plans on Nov. 13 to attempt to save the program, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

A. Rashard Dacus, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at UVA Health in Charlottesville, Va.

California voters are wrestling with the question of whether to support a ballot initiative that will grant the Oakland-based California Institute for Regenerative Medicine another $5.5 billion to continue its research-funding efforts, the Sacramento Business Journal reports.

Nexxt Spine purchased the industrial building housing its Noblesville, Ind., headquarters to double the size of its operation, the Indianapolis Business Journal reports.

Rockville, Md.-based National Spine and Pain Centers offered veterans free spine examinations Nov. 11.