Burton Elrod, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in sports medicine, performed knee surgery on Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt, according to a report from The Leaf Chronicle.
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Julie Grosvenor, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Goodall Health Partners Orthopedics and the Main Joint Replacement Center at Goodall Hospital, has been named chief medical officer of Goodall Hospital in Sanford, Maine, according to a Sanford News report.
James D. Schwender, MD, is a staff surgeon at Twin Cities Spine Center in Minneapolis. During his career, Dr. Schwender has served as president for the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and is a fellow of the Scoliosis Research…
Thomas Schuler, MD, president and CEO of Virginia Spine Institute, works with a number of professional athletes. He shares four quick tips on providing care to athletes as well as all patients.
Kentucky last month signed into law a bill requiring physicians to consult the state's online drug database, Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting, prior to prescribing pain medication to a patient. The bill, HB 1, targets the overprescribing of opioids…
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is offering a new treatment for migraines involving IV injections administered to a patient over several days, according to a Miami Herald report.
A proposal to discontinue Medicare coverage for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation has drawn opposition from California Congressman Darrel Issa, according to American News Report.
AxioMed Spine Corp. has announced it has received the CE mark approval for its Freedom cervical disc, according to a news release.