AdventHealth is opening a sports medicine and rehabilitation center in Zephyrhills, Fla., located next to its existing facility. AdventHealth Sports Med and Rehab Zephyrhills features a dedicated occupational therapy area, a physical therapy gym for strength and mobility recovery and…
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Michael Meneghini, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and CEO and founder of Noblesville-based Indiana Orthopedic Institute, has debuted Enovis’ Empowr partial knee replacement technology at the facility. Dr. Meneghini, who co-designed the partial knee technology, performed the operation on hip and…
Saqib Hasan, MD, is a leader in endoscopic spine surgery in California, and he continues making strides in his practice. Dr. Hasan, of Walnut Creek-based Golden State Orthopedics and Spine, has used endoscopic techniques to perform a pars fracture repair…
Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum underwent surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery on May 13, according to a May 14 report from ABC affiliate WCVB. The surgery was performed by HSS…
Health care delivery system challenges are worldwide, with health expenditures often growing at a faster rate than gross domestic product (GDP) and real wages. Aging populations paired with increasing comorbidity burden strain already fragile systems that are suffering from health…
Orthopedic surgeon and longtime head team physician for the UCLA athletics department Gerald Finerman, MD, has died at the age of 86. Dr. Finerman, who served as UCLA’s head team physician from 1971 to 2013, died May 3. During his…
Las Vegas-based Crovetti Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine has added Dennis Jackson, MD, to its team, according to a May 8 report from Nevada Business. Dr. Jackson began seeing patients at Crovetti’s Las Vegas and Henderson, Nev.-based offices on May 1. …
Insight Surgery raised $2.5 million in financing to scale its FDA-cleared EmbedMed orthopedic platform. Nodenza Venture Partners led the financing round, according to a May 14 email shared with Becker’s. EmbedMed is a digital platform that creates patient-specific guides for…
Genesys Spine launched the Stasys-C 3DP cervical standalone system, according to a May 14 news release. The interbody system is designed with a a non-screw-based fixation method and inserted through a direct anterior approach. It’s available in 14×12 mm and…
PELTO Health Partners named Matt Murren as fractional CIO, according to a May 13 LinkedIn post. Mr. Murren has more than 25 years of healthcare IT and security experience. At PELTO he will expand its virtual IT services to support…