A junior nursing student at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven died Nov. 10, two days after suffering a spinal cord injury during a gymnastics team workout NBC News reports.
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Steven Kalkanis, MD, is chair of the department of neurosurgery at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit and medical director of the Henry Ford Cancer Institute.
Tampa-based Florida Orthopaedic Institute welcomed Kapil Mehrotra, MD, to its group on Nov. 5.
California voters are wrestling with the question of whether to support a ballot initiative that will grant the Oakland-based California Institute for Regenerative Medicine another $5.5 billion to continue its research-funding efforts, the Sacramento Business Journal reports.
Several big transactions have occurred in the spine device market this year.
The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education accredits 11,000 residency programs in the U.S. annually and removed credentials from eight programs this year.
Kern Singh, MD, and his surgical team performed the first four minimally invasive outpatient spine surgeries at a new surgical facility in Oak Brook, Ill., on Nov. 7.
Carrum Health in San Francisco recently partnered with Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute as its newest center of excellence.
Nexxt Spine purchased the industrial building housing its Noblesville, Ind., headquarters to double the size of its operation, the Indianapolis Business Journal reports.
Rockville, Md.-based National Spine and Pain Centers offered veterans free spine examinations Nov. 11.