NFL player-turned-orthopedic surgeon Braden Jones, MD, was recently hired by Southwest Health System in Cortez, Colo.
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A Stryker employee "has reason to be tested for" COVID-19, the company confirmed March 11 to CBS affiliate WWMT.
West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho, is reportedly the first hospital in the state to provide robotic spine surgery, according to ABC affiliate KIVI TV.
Neurosurgeon Virany Hillard, MD, was recently named medical director of Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York in Harrison, the Danbury Daily Voice reports.
The Pain Alleviation Toolkit was launched March 12 by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Society of Anesthesiologists, reports Street Insider.
Ian Madom, MD, spine surgeon and cofounder of MyMOC, launched the MOCingbird app on March 12 to help medical professionals keep up to date with their education requirements, reports Street Insider.
Jefferies, a New York-based financial services firm, conducted a survey of around 60 orthopedic surgeons, interventional cardiologists and anesthesiologists to see whether COVID-19 was affecting procedure volume.
Spine surgeon Anthony Yeung, MD, recently retired from Phoenix-based Desert Institute Spine Care, where his son Chris Yeung, MD, is spearheading the practice.
Oren Blam, MD, is a spine surgeon with Orthopaedic Associates of Central Maryland, with offices in Columbia, Catonsville and Eldersburg, as part of Bethesda, Md.-based The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics.
Orthopedic surgeon Edward Vanek, DO, was appointed to serve as a medical adviser for the city of Atwater, Calif., which declared an emergency situation March 9 over the coronavirus, according to The Merced Sun-Star.