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Terrence L. Piper, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon and the president and founder of St. Peters, Mo.-based Piper Spine Care.

InVivo Therapeutics entered into a joint research agreement with Q Therapeutics to evaluate the safety and feasibility of combining InVivo's Neuro-Spinal Scaffold with stem cells.

The global spinal implants market is forecasted to grow at a 7 percent compound annual growth rate to exceed $19.5 billion by 2024, according to a Market Research Engine report.

ApiFix's Minimally Invasive Deformity Correction system has been used to treat more than 250 patients with progressive scoliosis.

Michael J. Kern, MD, will join University Orthopedic Surgeons in Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 8.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute will volunteer medical personnel and supplies to the first-ever Darfuri Refugee Women's Team training camp in October.

Chicago-based Presence Medical Group opened a neurosurgery practice in Plainfield, Ill., and added two neurosurgeons, The Herald-News reports.

Golden, Colo.-based Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center recapitalized with U.S. Bancorp.

The jury was seated Sept. 24 for the latest case against fugitive spine surgeon Atiq Durrani, MD, and Cincinnati-based Children's Hospital Medical Center, according to WLWT.

Priority Health of Michigan Medical Policy now covers six spine procedures with no prior authorization required, effective Aug. 20.