For spine surgeon Shaleen Vira, MD, 2026 will be a time of growth at Banner Health as his team looks to expand and strengthen its presence in the Phoenix region. Dr. Vira is chief of orthopedic spine surgery with Phoenix-based…
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A Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health-led research team advanced a regenerative osteoarthritis treatment program to its next development phase after meeting preclinical goals under the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health’s “Novel Innovations for Tissue Regeneration in Osteoarthritis” initiative. The effort…
Jessica Lopez-Liggett was named commercial state plan president for Anthem’s Indiana business in February, coming at a time when employers nationally are contending with the highest increase in benefits costs in at least a decade. Now about a month in,…
Three-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion saw stronger outcomes when supplemented with a circumferential cervical fusion using an investigational posterior cervical stabilization system, a study in Spine found. Five things to know: 1. The multicenter study, published in the September…
Orthopedic surgeons have the highest average starting salary of 20 top-recruited specialties, according to AMN Health’s 2025 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives” report. Four notes: 1. The average starting salary for orthopedic surgeons is $576,000. Although the…
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New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery will use Abridge, an artificial intelligence company for orthopedic documentation, according to a July 24 news release. Abridge’s AI can detect care setting, specialty and language to create clinical documentation in real time.…
Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, will be the new chief medical officer at Hospital for Special Surgery Florida, and David Backstein, MD, will be medical director of the upcoming HSS at NCH Health System. Dr. Qureshi, who is also co-chief of HSS…
From findings on cervical disc replacement to total knee replacement, Becker’s reported on eight spine and orthopedic studies since March 14. 1. Cervical disc replacement is a safe option across all obesity levels compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion,…
Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, Mass., have created an algorithm to predict total knee replacement outcomes in patients five years post-surgery. The study, co-authored by orthopedic specialists David Ayers, MD, Hua Zheng, PhD, Mohamed Yousef, MD, PhD,…
Amherst, N.Y.-based Excelsior Orthopaedics suffered a data breach affecting about 357,000 people.