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Life Spine launched a new website to provide hospitals, health systems and surgeons more information on its Micro-Invasive Expandable products, according to DOTmed.

Here are seven sports medicine physicians who recently joined new practices or have taken on new positions in January.

Olivier Bohuon became CEO of Smith & Nephew in April 2011 and plans to retire at the end of 2018.

Patients from all over South Carolina are traveling to Myrtle Beach, S.C.-based Grand Strand Medical Center to have their surgeries performed by Gene Massey, MD, with the Mazor Robotics Renaissance System, according to WBTW.

Michael Dorsi, MD, of Ventura (Calif.) Neurosurgery, was among the first group of neurosurgeons to use Camber Spine's Spira-C Open Matrix Cervical Interbody device, according to the VC Star.

Joseph Burkhardt, DO, is an orthopedic surgeon at Battle Creek, Mich.-based Bronson Healthcare.

Clinton, N.Y.-based orthopedic surgeon Gregory Shankman, MD, was indicted on charges of operating an ongoing scheme defrauding the Workers' Compensation system by more than $50,000, according to WorkersCompensation.com.

Continental Who's Who recognized Harlingen, Texas-based neurosurgeon Alejandro Betancourt, MD, as a Pinnacle Lifetime member in the field of neurological medicine.

Titan Spine's proprietary nano surface technology relies on titanium, a material used in orthopedics because of its high strength, low weight and ability to promote osteointegration for lasting and firm fixation.

Robert LaPrade, MD, PhD, surpassed 400 peer reviewed studies. Dr. LaPrade is a complex orthopedic knee and sports medicine surgeon at Vail, Colo.-based The Steadman Clinic.