Medical device company Medtronic has experienced a cybersecurity incident, with hackers breaching its network, according to an April 28 report from The HIPAA Journal. The hackers only gained access to a limited portion of Medtronic’s network, and the attack was…
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Successful spine and orthopedic leaders constantly evolve with shifting mindsets and look past assumptions that may hold back their work. From the assumption that hospital settings equal the best quality to the belief that volume drives profit, here are the…
Germantown, Tenn.-based Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics has added Zachary Mosher, MD, to its staff. Dr. Mosher is an orthopedic surgeon with special interests in complex primary and revision hip and knee replacement, partial knee replacement, minimally invasive hip and knee replacement,…
From new leadership appointments to reshaping industry culture, here are orthopedic surgeons in the headlines from the past week:
The perioperative environment is one of the largest untapped sources of financial and operational improvement in health systems — and most organizations still aren’t capturing it. Unwarranted clinical variation, misaligned supply chain strategy and siloed decision-making quietly erode margins without…
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Dawn Perryman
Associate Vice President, Perioperative Supply Chain Solutions, Vizient, Inc.
Rene Gurdian Jr., MBA
Vice President, SCM Data Analytics and Transformation Ochsner Health
Nattie Leger, MSN, RN, LSSBB
Vice President, Supply Chain Value & Clinical Performance Ochsner Health
As healthcare continues to shift toward value-based care, the future of independent orthopedics is often framed as uncertain, but that narrative may be outdated. For David Jevsevar, MD, CEO of Richmond-based OrthoVirginia, the question isn’t whether the model can survive,…
Martin O’Malley, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery, performed surgery to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon sustained by Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo, according to an April 26 CBS Sports report. The procedure…
An underrecognized, genetically inherited risk factor may be quietly accelerating cardiovascular disease in patients you’re already treating — and routine workups won’t catch it. Lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), has an emerging and increasingly documented role in aortic stenosis and peripheral arterial…
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Dr. Marc P. Bonaca MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA
Executive Director of Colorado Prevention Center, Aurora, CO, USA Director of Vascular Research, Tenured Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO, USA Chair of the AHA PAD Collaborative Past Chair of the ACC Vascular Disease Section Leadership Council
Nishant Shah, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Lead for the Duke Health System Remote Lipid Monitoring Program Clinical lead in the implementation of Inclisiran across Duke Health System DCRI for a study that evaluates the effectiveness of PCSK9 inhibitors in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Medtronic’s Stealth AXiS spine robot earned the European Union’s CE Mark, according to an April 28 news release. The CE Mark comes shortly after surgeons in the U.S. began rolling out the technology. With the new regulatory hurdle cleared, Medtronic…
Lp(a) is one of the most clinically meaningful — and most under-tested — cardiovascular risk factors in routine practice. Inaccurate assays, inconsistent reporting standards and disparities in testing across patient populations leave many at-risk patients undiagnosed and undertreated. This on-demand…
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Howard S. Weintraub, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC
Clinical Professor of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Clinical Director, NYU Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Leslie J. Donato, Ph.D., D(ABCC)
Co-Director Clinical Specialty Laboratory Co-Director Hospital Clinical Laboratory and Point of Care Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic
