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Robert L. Satcher Jr., MD, an orthopedic surgeon and former NASA astronaut, will be featured at the Medical College of Wisconsin's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, according to a report from Wauwatosa Now.
Lafayette General Health System has named E. Scott Yerger, MD, medical director for the total joint subspecialty, according to a report from The Advisor.
Samuel P. Harms, MD, a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon, joined Orthopaedic Associates of Duluth, according to a report from the Duluth News Tribune.
Texas Spine & Joint will be opening an urgent care facility in Tyler, Texas, that will share facility space with an Azalea Orthopedics office, according to a report in the Tyler Paper.
Jerald Katz, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, has been named chief of orthopedics for Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Mass.
Robert Carrera, president and CEO of Pinnacle III, discusses five action steps for ambulatory surgery centers struggling with debt.
Here are five steps spine surgeons can take to prepare for accountable care organizations, bundled payments and other new payment models in the future.
Kaveh Khajavi, MD, a spine surgeon with Georgia Spine & Neurosurgery Center discusses the most important areas of spinal research in the future and how more spine surgeons can become involved.
Here are 10 statistics on highest and lowest compensating regions of the country for key surgeons in key surgery center specialties, according to the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2012. All values are averages for surgeon respondents.