Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has appointed David Skaggs, MD, co-director of its spine center, director of the pediatrics program and executive vice chair of the department of orthopedics.
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Here are 13 executive appointments at spine and orthopedic companies and practices so far this year:
Life Spine has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market its Prolift Wedge Expandable Spacer System.
Catalyst OrthoScience received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market its reverse shoulder system and expects to commercially launch the shoulder system later this year.
A motorized hinge table can improve a spine surgeon's workflow during transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy procedures. In addition to opening the intervertebral space for easier access, the table can also assist surgeons with lordosis correction.
Endoscopic spine surgery is growing in popularity among surgeons in the U.S., but lags growth in Asia and Europe. Reimbursement shackles and a lack of training are two big hurdles affecting its adoption.
Spine surgeon Ross Sherban, MD, has sold a mansion in Ocean Ridge, Fla., for $10.1 million, the South Florida Business Journal reported March 18.
The University of Arkansas Medical Sciences board of trustees on March 18 gave the green light for an $85 million orthopedic and sports medicine project to be developed in Little Rock, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports.
Zimmer Biomet named Ivan Tornos, its group president of global businesses and the Americas, as COO.
Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania signed a deal with Penn State Health in Hershey, Pa., to provide orthopedic services at two of the system's hospitals.