Despite decreases in average annual salary, orthopedic surgeons remain as one of the highest-paying physician specialties and out earn other top-paying jobs outside of healthcare. Four notes: 1. Orthopedics is the highest-paid physician specialty, according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report…
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From leadership shuffles and product debuts, here are eight key updates from spine and orthopedic devicemakers since April 9. 1. Think Surgical’s TMINI robot was used in its first case with Maxx Orthopedics’ Freedom total knee implant. 2. Interim data…
Clinekt Health and Baldwin Bone & Joint in Daphne, Ala., partnered to bring the medtech company’s artificial intelligence tools to the practice. Baldwin Bone & Joint will use Clinekt’s proprietary AI platform, MedCheck, for patient risk scoring, according to an…
A potential overreliance on new technology, the lack of standardization and long-term data and underappreciation of global spinal alignment are three of the most overlooked issues in spine care and spine surgery, according to surgeons. These six spine surgeons recently…
Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health has earned accreditation from the Spina Bifida Association Clinic Care Partner program. OU Health is one of only 42 facilities in the nation with the accreditation, according to an April 16 news release…
Interim data from Spineart’s Baguera-C investigational device study found the disc, in two-level cases, meets the threshold for a non-inferiority claim against the study control, according to an April 16 news release. Interim data also yielded the same conclusion for…
Michael Finn, MD, joined Midwest Brain & Spine Institute in Stillwater, Minn. Dr. Finn is a neurological spine surgeon and previously was an associate neurosurgery professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, according to an April…
Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Health has added Frances Hardaway, MD, and James Cox, DO, to its medical staff. Dr. Hardaway has a primary focus on general neurosurgery and spine surgeries. She specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, treatment of herniated discs,…
Think Surgical has announced the first use of Maxx Orthopedics’ Freedom total knee implant utilizing the TMINI miniature robotic system. The procedure was performed by David Cashen, MD, a joint replacement specialist at Coastal Orthopedics Surgery Center in Bradenton, Fla.,…
While the field of orthopedics continues to face major hurdles, including provider shortages, payer battles and inflationary pressures, providers are still optimistic about the specialty’s future. Ask Orthopedic Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to orthopedic surgeons around…