Douglas Won, MD (SpineCARE, Irving, Texas). Dr. Won was among the first surgeons in Texas to perform endoscopic laser spine surgery with a 3mm incision. He is the founder of SpineCARE, which includes 12 locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and is affiliated…
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Dennis Crandall, MD (Sonoran Spine Center, Mesa, Ariz.). Dr. Crandall is the founder of Sonoran Spine Center and the Sonoran Spine Research and Education Foundation, a non-profit corporation that funds college scholarships for people with spinal deformities, spine research projects and educational…
Two Walgreen Co. executives have stepped down in the wake of an abrupt $1.1 billion cut in the company's pharmacy-unit earnings forecast for fiscal year 2016, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
If you've never Googled a healthcare service, you may want to consider your life — or your community — fairly comfortable.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's medical device tax failed to bring in the $1.2 billion the Internal Revenue Service expected during the during second and third quarters of fiscal year 2013, a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration…
A recent article from MedPage Today examines physician spouses, featuring pediatric neurosurgeon David Sandberg, MD, and his wife, Amy Schefler, MD, who is a pediatric ocular oncologist.
Last week Orthofix announced the company would delay releasing second quarter financial reports until they were able to adjust issues with their calculations. Today, the company said it would restate the prior period's financial statements for the 2011, 2012 and…
York, Pa.-based Martin Foot and Ankle adds Brad Boyer, DPM, to its physician team, according to a report by The Evening Sun.
Michael Vitale, MD, chief of pediatric spine and scoliosis service at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NY-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in New York performed the first procedure in the area using the MAGnetic Expansion Control device, according to an NY…
A study published in Spine examines the number of sacral fractures and in-hospital complication instances for patients undergoing spine surgery.
