Neurosurgeon Lokesh Tantuwaya, MD, 55, was sentenced five years for taking about $3.3 million in bribes for performing at the now-defunct Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, Calif.
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New Hampshire was named the state with the most orthopedic surgeons per capita in 2022 by Becker's. Here are three developments from the state this year:
Consolidation is rife across the healthcare industry, and it is happening among physicians, payers, corporate entities and hospital groups.
Becker's reported on X places adding spine and orthopedic robots in November:
Myrtle Beach, S.C.-based OrthoSC will fully reopen one of its location Dec. 12 after a July fire.
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Excelsior Orthopaedics will expand its location in Niagara Falls, N.Y., Niagara Frontier Publications reported Dec. 9.
Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, president of Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, shared his expertise on a variety of spine and orthopedic topics in 2022. Here are five insights to know:
Boston-based Tufts Medical Center has become the first hospital in the U.S. to receive Philips' new 3T open-bore MRI technology, in partnership with Shields Health, a provider of MRI services, according to a Dec. 8 press release sent to Becker's.
Andrew Zhang, MD, performed LSU Health Shreveport's (La.) first spine surgery with the Mazor X robot, according to a Dec. 8 announcement in the Bossier Press-Tribune.
Nicholas Shepard, MD, of Nashville-based Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance, completed the first augmented reality-assisted spine surgery in the state, the practice said in a Dec. 8 tweet.