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Frank Noyes, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and medical director of the Cincinnati SportsMedicine and Orthopaedic Center.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Jan. 18, 2018.

Here are 14 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons that joined new organizations, moved locations or received promotions in January 2018.

Operation Walk USA provided an estimated 60 patients with free joint replacements from 40 volunteer orthopedic surgeons at 36 hospitals from Dec. 4 to Dec. 9, 2017. The program has been extended through February.

At their monthly meeting on Jan. 30, the Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital board of directors approved the purchase of the Mazor X Robotic Guidance System by a unanimous vote, The Daily Times reports.

Carlsbad, Calif.-based SeaSpine Holdings Corp. expanded the Ventura NanoMetalene posterior interbody device to accommodate a wider range of posterior procedures and patient anatomies.

The Tampa Bay Rays fired longtime physician Michael Reilly, MD, after the team was made aware of a video alleging the physician sexually abused a former employee of his practice, ESPN reports.

A federal judge ordered Lewes, Del.-based Orthopaedic and Neuro Imaging to pay $16.2 million for Medicare fraud, according to The Sacramento Bee.

Jeffrey Wood, MD, is a board certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Houston Methodist Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Sugar Land, Texas.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine and the NFL are partnering to support a new initiative to break the “win-at-all-costs” mentality, according to KTTC News.