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Wildwood Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital in Sylvania Township, Ohio, is scheduled to open in early October, according to a Toledo Blade report.

Gunner Andersson, MD, a surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, was recently featured in an ABC news story investigating massage therapy for people with chronic low back pain, according to a practice news release.

1. Average compensation is in the mid-range for orthopedic subspecialists. Orthopedic trauma surgeons are compensated on average $592,536 annually, which is less than spine ($710,055) and joint replacement surgeons ($597,834) but more than general orthopedic surgeons ($524,250) and extremities specialists…

John Bookmyer is CEO of Pain Management Group, a management company in Findlay, Ohio, that operates joint ventures in pain management with seven hospital partners, discusses how partnerships between pain management physicians and hospitals can be successful.

Researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery found that obese patients undergoing surgery are less likely to develop respiratory insufficiency and adult respiratory distress syndrome, according to a hospital news release.

Lee Kaplan, MD, a Florida-based orthopedic surgeon, performed arthroscopic knee surgery on Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, according to a Winnipeg Free Press report.

Jack Powell, III MD, has been named the chair of the Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Ga., according to a Times-Herald report.

The Food and Drug Administration granted 29 orthopedic- and spine-related 510(k) device clearances in June, according to an FDA report.

The Rothman Institute, based in Philadelphia, has announced the Fall 2011 opening of a medical office building in Marlton, N.J., according to a practice news release.

William Sterett, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon formerly of The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., will begin seeing patients again this month at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Vail and Edwards, Colo., according to a report from Vail…