Here are 17 statistics on orthopedic surgeon and physician compensation based on annual salary information collected in 2011, according to the Medscape Orthopedist and Orthopedic Surgeon Compensation Report: 2012 Results.
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At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, Robin Fowler, MD and Stephen Rosenbaum will give a presentation titled "Regional Market Strategies for Pain Management."
SpineCenter Atlanta has announced that its director of interventional spine, Armin Oskouei, MD, has performed the first endoscopic spine surgery in Atlanta.
Today, James Andrews, MD, founding partner and medical director of Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze, Fla., is scheduled to perform knee surgery on the Oakland Athletics second baseman Scott Sizemore according to a Yahoo Sports report.
Terrence Crowder, MD, a spine surgeon with Sonoran Spine Center in Mesa, Ariz., discusses the recent Medicare payment cuts as a result of the sequester and how these cuts will impact spine surgeons going forward.
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