Author: Staff

Here two spine surgeons discuss how ICD-10 has affected their respective practices.

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond named Alex Valadka, MD, as chair of the department of neurosurgery.

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

As of May 2014, physician assistants earned an average income of $97,280, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

St. Jude Medical's Proclaim Elite Spinal Cord Stimulation System received FDA approval. The device is the first recharge-free SCS system in the United States.

John C. Gensel, PhD, of the University of Kentucky Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center in Lexington, received a $1.6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, according to University of Kentucky News.

The multipotent adult progenitor cells used in Athersys' MultiStem cell therapy improved the animals' health after acute rodent spinal cord injury. Athersys is a biotechnology company headquartered in Cleveland.

Blackfoot-based Idaho Doctors' Hospital received Press Ganey's "Pinnacle of Excellence Award for Patient Experience," according to EastIdahoNews.com. The hospital is owned by Bingham Memorial Hospital, also located in Blackfoot.

The Japanese procedure, superior capsule reconstruction, involves a shorter procedure and recovery time than the traditional irreparable rotator cuff surgery technique, according to Fox News Health.

Larry Pedegana, MD, the former Seattle Mariner's team physician, died of cancer at 74 years old on Nov. 13, according to The Seattle Times. Dr. Pedegana served the team from 1977 through 2006, and was the team's first medical director.…