From the medical director of a new Texas practice to the chief of an orthopedics initiative at a Florida hospital, here are the latest surgeons on the move:
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The Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Group in Merrick, N.Y., has added Brian Mercer, MD, to its spine surgical staff, according to a Nov. 23 news release.
The global medical robots market is projected to reach $12.7 billion by 2025, up from about $5.9 billion in 2020, according to research from Markets and Markets.
Johnson & Johnson unveiled its general surgical robotics platform, Ottava, on Nov. 19, according to Mass Device.
Single-position anterior–posterior lumbar fusion surgery has significant advantages over the traditional approach to spinal fusion, New York City-based NYU Langone Health researchers found.
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Medical Device Business Services and private equity firm The Gores Group will pay a combined $11.5 million to settle False Claims Act allegations over a drug-device system, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of…
Spine device company Surgalign Holdings appointed Paul Lewicki, PhD, former president of Holo Surgical, to its board of directors in November.
Robert Bray Jr., MD, performed spine surgery Nov. 20 on Melissa Gilbert, an actress most known for her role on the TV series Little House on the Prairie, according to Page Six.
Robert Browning, MD, chief of surgery at Lakewood Ranch (Fla.) Medical Center, has completed more than 500 robotic surgeries with the da Vinci Xi system.
The Columbia University division of orthopedics at Mount Sinai Medical Center was established in November, South Florida Hospital News reports.