Sports medicine specialist Kyle Hammond, MD, on Feb. 8 will perform arthroscopic surgery on the right knee of Atlanta Hawks forward De'Andre Hunter, NBA reports.
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Aventura (Fla.) Hospital and Medical Center has opened a 90,000-square foot tower that houses its Orthopedic & Spine Institute, Miami's Community Newspapers reported Feb. 8.
Reno, Nev.-based Swift Urgent Clinic and Spine Nevada Minimally Invasive Spine Institute will anchor the in-development Reno Sportsdome, Nevada Business reported Feb. 5.
Watertown, N.Y.-based Samaritan Medical Center opened its new orthopedic clinic, local news affiliate 7 News reported Feb. 7.
Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health and Tulsa, Okla.-based Ascension St. John plan to build a second joint venture rehabilitation hospital in Owasso, Okla., Tulsa World reports.
Three spine surgeons who introduced new technologies in the past month:
Justin Slavin, MD, became the second spinal neurosurgeon to join Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center in the past four months, Milford Daily News reports.
Fort Worth, Texas-based Lone Star Orthopaedic and Spine Specialists opened a new location in Mansfield, according to a Feb. 8 news release.
NuVasive plans to open the NuVasive East Coast Experience Center in Englewood, N.J., later this year to expand its educational program, according to a Feb. 8 announcement.
Reno-based Spine Nevada and Swift Urgent Clinic partnered with Reno Sportsdome, a 120,000-square-foot sports complex that will open in the fall, Nevada Business reports.