Livingston, N.J.-based Saint Barnabas Medical Center has appointed Frank Liporace, MD, chair of its orthopedics department.
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OrthoNebraska began construction on a clinic in Elkhorn, Neb., expanding its footprint in metropolitan Omaha, according to a Sept. 30 Omaha World-Herald report.
By bringing world-class radiosurgery to a community that previously lacked access, Bonifatius Hospital looks to empower urban and rural spine neurosurgeons to expand their practices, while solving critical referral challenges.
Olympia (Wash.) Orthopaedic Associates acquired a Mako robot to perform partial and total knee and hip replacements, Thurston Talk reports.
Jeffrey Dugas, MD, performed a shoulder surgery on Colorado Rockies outfielder David Dahl, The Denver Post reports.
Detroit Medical Center has spiked plans to develop a $70 million sports medicine institute near Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, ABC affiliate WXYZ reported Sept. 30.
A U.K.-based orthopedic surgeon is being investigated by police for allegedly keeping the bones of at least 5,224 patients that he operated on, The Independent reported Sept. 29.
John Cowan, MD, of Harbin Clinic in Rome, Ga., was elected president of the Georgia Neurosurgical Society, the Rome News-Tribune reported Sept. 29.
Globus Medical is injecting $36 million into its manufacturing operations in Limerick Township, Pa., according to Area Development.
A variety of drugs and drug-biologics have been making headlines in the spine field in the past year. Here are seven products that have received regulatory approval or are undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of spinal conditions: