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Google-owned AI company DeepMind can now diagnose optical diseases by analyzing retinal scans with its algorithms, Sky News reports.

Michigan Judge Janice Cunningham sentenced former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar to another 40 to 125 years in prison, NBC News reports. Barring appeals, this marks the end of the criminal cases against Mr. Nassar.

Michael Lee, MD, is a board certified orthopedic spine surgeon at University of Chicago Medicine.

Dextera Surgical will sell nearly all of its assets to Aesculap.

Gov. Charlie Baker appointed Michael Dean Medlock, MD, to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, according to The Salem News.

Martin Schaeffer, MD, of Liverpool, N.Y.-based CNY Spine and Pain Medicine, is a 2018 Top Doctor.

Seattle-based University of Washington researchers studied if patient factors and medical interventions could predict two-year disability and pain of older patients with back pain.

InVivo Therapeutics named Richard Toselli, MD, permanent CEO and president. He had been serving as acting CEO since Dec. 2017.

At the National Neuroscience Institute in Singapore, women make up 15 percent of all neurosurgeons, according to ANI.

Here are 12 orthopedic surgeons who recently joined new practices or took on new positions in January.