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Douglas Smith, MD, founder of Musculoskeletal Imaging Consultants, discusses what it takes to incorporate weight-bearing MRI into spine practices.

Catalyst Physical Medicine, a physical medicine and pain relief clinic, has opened its office in Alpharetta, Ga., according to a North Fulton report.

Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Healthcare System announced that it has begun construction on a new Guthrie Tory (Pa.) Clinic, according to a report by The Daily Review.  

Stamford (Conn.) Hospital announced the opening of its Orthopedic and Spine Institute at Chelsea Piers Connecticut in Stamford.

Garfield Heights, Ohio-based AxioMed Spine Corp. received a U.S. patent for the trapezoidal shape of its spinal disc replacement.

Caesarea, Israel-based Mazor Robotics will sell four of its Renaissance spine systems to a major U.S. hospital corporation for acute-care use in four U.S. markets.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, Steven A. Gunderson, DO, will give a presentation titled "Most Common Accreditation Problems in Orthopedic, Spine and Pain-Driven ASCs."

The 2013 Annual American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Meeting is to be held April 17 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego.

In a recent retrospective study published in Spine, researchers analyzed the rate of infection seen in vertebral fusion patients that received irradiated cancellous allograft or iliac crest bone autograft.