Here are 10 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons who joined new practices or hospitals in the past month.
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Landmark Hospital in Naples, Fla., appointed orthopedic surgeon Robert Zehr, MD, to chief of surgery, according the Business Observer.
A study published in Sports Medicine found after surveying athletes at the 2011 International Association of Athletic Federations World Championships and Pan-Arab Games doping rates were much higher than rates previously suggested.
Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming, Mich., is the first hospital in the state to acquire the Mazor X system, according to the Grand Rapids Business Journal.
Neurosurgeon Kevin Vaught, MD, of Regional Brain and Spine in Cape Girardeau, Mo., became the first neurosurgeon in the U.S. to perform a SI joint fusion using the Mazor X system, according to KFVS 12.
Amy Ladd, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and professor at the Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, Calif.
Robert Heary, MD, is a spine surgeon and director of the Spine Center of New Jersey in Newark.
Olympia (Wash.) Orthopaedic Associates will welcome two new orthopedic surgeons this fall.
Medtronic will enter into the next phase of its strategic partnership with Mazor Robotics, making a third investment in the company.
A new study published in Spine examines surgical site infection risk at hospitals in Denmark, Japan and the United States.