Clifford C. Douglas, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon at Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health.
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Suguna Pappu, MD, PhD, joined Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine.
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SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Janesville (Wis.) will expand its orthopedic services later this month with Stryker's Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery system, according to the GazetteXtra.
Aziyo Biologics will exclusively distribute its bone repair product ViBone through RTI Surgical in the U.S.
Stryker Spine's 3D-printed, porous Tritanium cages led to greater bone in-growth than plasma-sprayed, porous titanium-coated PEEK and traditional PEEK cages after lumbar fusion, according to an animal model study in The Spine Journal.
Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center named orthopedic surgeon and oncologist James Wittig, MD, chairman of orthopedic surgery.
Although James Andrews, MD, recommended a treatment to allow San Francisco Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto to avoid surgery, he ultimately underwent a season-ending procedure, according to Mercury News.