Author: Staff

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine installed Robert A. Arciero, MD, as the 43rd president of the society.

The Mission Viejo, Calif.-based Mission Hospital Golf Classic raised more than $382,000 for its neuroscience and spine institute, which is slated to open in the fall, according to an Orange County Register report.

  Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute in Kansas City, Mo., named Cheerag D. Upadhyaya, MD, director of the spine program.

Three spine surgeons discuss common reason for patient dissatisfaction after spine surgery and how to prevent it.

Erkan Alic, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon, joined Coastal Orthopedics in Conway, S.C.

As taxes on medical device and drug companies continue to increase, many are finding loopholes to avoid paying. President Barack Obama recently had choice words for these companies, which now include orthopedic and spine market giant Medtronic.

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery recently published an article examining the incidence and in-hospital outcomes of elective major orthopedic surgery for patients older than 80.

  Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for July 31, 2014.

Most spine practices around the country are small businesses, owned and operated by entrepreneurial-minded surgeons who founded the group some years ago.

Dayton, Ohio-based Wright State Physicians Orthopaedics added Mark Kayanja, MD, PhD, and he will begin seeing patients at the Wright State Physicians Health Center in Fairborn, Ohio, Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton and Atrium Medical Center in Franklin, Ohio.