Douglas Constant, MD, has joined the pain management practice at Coastal Orthopedics in Bradenton, Fla. He will work out of the practice's Pointe West Medical Plaza office and surgery center.
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The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City announced plans to open a sports medicine center and spine center in Overland Park, Kan., July 30.
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The American Telemedicine Association has created an open video contest, "Expect Telemedicine Because Telemedicine Works," which is designed to promote the value and importance of telemedicine, mHealth and remote monitoring to patients, the public and healthcare administrators.
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DuPage Medical Group, the largest independent, multi-specialty physician group in the Chicago area, has added an orthopedic/sports medicine surgeon to its practice.
Steve M. Gnatz, MD, has been named president of the US Bone and Joint Initiative, according to an Orthopaedia news report.
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