Author: Staff

Here are 10 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons that recently joined new practices or were promoted to new positions.

Aria Sabit, MD, a neurosurgeon formerly practicing in Michigan, pled guilty to performing unnecessary spine surgery and billing insurance companies and the government unlawfully, according to a Detroit Free Press report.

Intensive rehabilitation programs for the home, as opposed to in a rehabilitation facility or an outpatient facility, is "destined to become the standard of care in the very near future," reports Huffington Post.

George B. Holmes Jr., MD, is a foot and ankle orthopedic surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, as well as an associate professor and director of the foot and ankle section at Rush University Medical Center.

Mountain View Regional Hospital in Casper, Wyo., acquired Casper-based Central Wyoming Neurosurgery.

The Sports and Spine Rehabilitation Division of Exton, Pa.-based Premier Orthopaedics has opened a new location in Chadds Ford, Pa.

Utah Jazz team physicians Lyle Mason, MD, and Russell Shields, MD, have been named the 2015 NBA physicians of the year, according to an NBA report.

Integra Lifesciences stock had its price target increased by Barclays from $63 to $70 in a research report sent on May 29, according to a Dakota Financial News report.

Misonix released its new 25mm BoneScalpel blade.

LaunchPad Medical entered into a definitive agreement to license Stryker's bone adhesive technology.