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  Andrew Cordover, MD, is a spine surgeon practicing with Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center. He was in private practice for 12 years before merging his practice with the Andrews center. He is a member of the American Academy…

Discuss pressing financial issues in healthcare with a panel of hospital leaders at Becker's Hospital Review Annual Chief Executive Officer Strategy Roundtable. 

  Several spine and orthopedic device companies recently released their latest financial reports. Here are 10 things to know about Zimmer's 2014 first quarter financial results and Medtronic's fiscal year 2014 fourth quarter earnings.

Nearly one-third of physicians are considering sell their practices, according to The Second Annual Practice Profitability Index: 2014 edition, sponsored by CareCloud, in partnership with QuantiaMD.

Lee Russell Sayner, DPM, has established Foundation Foot & Ankle in Dover, Ohio, according to a report by the Times Reporter. 

Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., has received the green light from the state's Department of Health for a $12.5 million expansion of its orthopedic department, according to a Buffalo Business First report.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has awarded Asterias Biotherapeutics $14.3 million to test the transplantation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells to the site of a spinal cord injury.

Tyber Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its headless cannulated trauma screw system.

Ramin Rak, MD, has been elected treasurer of the Suffolk County Medical Society.

Misonix announced the results of a retrospective, comparative study of its ultrasonic BoneScalpel and whether is has the potential to improve perioperative outcomes in decompression of thoracic spinal stenosis.