Pri-Med, a provider of professional medical education, and the American College of Physicians announced that they have been awarded an educational grant to develop a training program for clinicians that educates them about safety and efficacy when prescribing opioids.
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Graf Hilgenhurst, MD, is the chief physician and founder of Precision Pain Care in Smyrna, Tenn. He is a board certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain management and treats patients with chronic spine pain.
Vertebral Technologies' InterFuse T implant is now available for surgical use in Canada.
Wright Medical Group completed its acquisition of BioMimetic Therapeutics, a deal which began back in November, for about $190 million, according to Zacks.
Darlene Shiley has donated $5 million to Scripps Health to build the Donald P. and Darlene V. Shiley Musculoskeletal Center in La Jolla, Calif., according to a Fox5 San Diego report.
Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla., is building a $52.6 million, 60-bed, three-floor expansion that will contain the hospital's Orthopedic and Spine Center, according to a report by Around Osceola.
Thomas Graham, MD, a hand surgeon at Cleveland Clinic, will perform wrist surgery on Florida Panthers center Stephen Weiss, according to a Sun Sentinel report.
Gary Waslewski, MD, will perform surgery on Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Mat Gamel, and team physician William Raasch, MD, will assist, according to a Journal Sentinel report.
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