Kirk Campbell, MD, an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at NYU Langone Health in New York City, saw all of his patients via telemedicine for about six weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A federal appeals court on May 8 dismissed arguments from a former spine surgeon sentenced to life in prison for the death of a woman who overdosed on counterfeit oxycodone pills, CBS12 reports.
Blake Berman, DO, is the latest neurosurgeon to join Healthpointe Medical Group in Anaheim, Calif., where he previously served as an occupational medicine physician.
Nexxt Spine on May 12 onboarded James Abraham as chief operating officer.
Here are four innovations designed by spine and neurosurgeons in the past month:
Precision Spine launched its Slimplicity HP Anterior Cervical Plating System to allow surgeons to accommodate diverse patient anatomies and pathologies during surgeries.
Neurosurgeon Manish Shah, MD, recently worked with scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to create a pediatric imaging device that does not require infants to be put under anesthesia.
Orthopedic surgeon Glen Arthur Barden, MD, was recently selected to receive the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Ga., The Tifton Gazette reports.
Tulsa (Okla.) ER & Hospital is forgiving $2.1 million of outstanding patient medical debt, according to local ABC affiliate KTUL.
Zimmer Biomet on May 11 posted a first quarter net loss of $509 million, dropping from a net profit of $246.1 million for the same period last year.