Aaradhana Jivendra Jha, MD, an orthopedic trauma fellow at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, is reportedly the first female orthopedic surgeon from Nepal.
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Precision Spine commercially launched its ShurFit ACIF 2C Anterior Cervical, TLIF 2C Interbody Fusion and TPLIF 2C Posterior Interbody systems in the U.S., the company announced April 29.
Pascal Jabbour, MD, chief of neurovascular surgery and endovascular neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals said that reports of strokes in younger COVID-19 patients is challenging how physicians understand the virus, The Washington Post reports.
Benjamin Domb, MD, founder and medical director of the American Hip Institute & Orthopedic Specialists in Des Plaines, Ill., is an advocate of lifting restrictions on procedures deemed elective.
Johnstown-based Western Pennsylvania Orthopedics-Conemaugh Physicians Group has rescheduled 120-plus procedures since March 20, according to The Tribune-Democrat.
Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine plans to resume elective surgeries May 4 at certain locations and bring back workers who were furloughed during temporary closures, according to an exclusive report by the Cincinnati Business Courier.
Phoenix-based Pain Stop Clinics will rebrand and become known as United Spine & Joint to better reflect the services provided.
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Brian Gill, MD, MBA, a spine surgeon with Nebraska Spine Hospital in Omaha, spoke to Becker's Spine Review about how his practice is preparing for the return to elective surgeries in Nebraska and how the coronavirus will change spine care.
Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush shifted to delivering telemedicine at the practice on March 19 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Surgeons also postponed non-urgent surgery to make sure caregivers at the front lines had the resources necessary to care for COVID-19…