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Florida neurosurgeon Merle Stringer, MD, was reappointed to the Florida Board of Medicine, according to the Panama City News Herald.

Laser Spine Institute created the new position of chief patient empowerment officer.

Grand Junction, Colo.-based Community Hospital is welcoming two surgeons to open a new orthopedic spine surgery program, according to The Business Times.

Here are 12 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies from the past week.

Mathias Bostrom, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.

Greenville (S.C.) Shriners Hospital began offering halos as scoliosis treatment.

Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare teamed up with Atlanta Brain & Spine Care under a professional services agreement, according to The Covington News.

A new study published in The Spine Journal examines the cost utility of cervical deformity surgery.

Ortho Sales Partners, a company providing commercialization services for the orthopedic industry, is forming distinct orthopedics and spine divisions. The company hired Jeff Chandler and Dan Darges to lead the orthopedics division.

Researchers at the New York Genome Center and New York University in New York City developed a 3-D printed, portable and low-cost microfluidic device to facilitate access to single-cell sequencing. The researchers used the device to study synovial tissue from…