Jack Stewart, MD, a Tacoma, Wash.-based orthopedic surgeon subspecializing in hand surgery, discusses why he decided to sell his practice to a hospital and finalizing the transaction.
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Thomas Schuler, MD, spine surgeon and president and CEO of Virginia Spine Institute, discusses the outlook for outpatient spine surgery in the next few years.
John Uribe, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, Fla., recently performed knee surgery on Florida Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov, according to a Sun Sentinel news report.
Warren Roberts, MD, will open a new pain management northwest office and surgery center location as part of Aspen Spine and Neurosurgery, based in Tualatin, Ore., according to a Statesman Journal report.
Tulane University in New Orleans has joined the NFL Neurological Care Program, which provides services for retired football players who suffer from neurological conditions, according to a WWL news report.
Robert Marx, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery, recently published an article on performing surgery for small medial meniscocapsular separations to treat chronic medial-side knee pain, particularly in young female athletes. Several articles in…
In response to the growing prescription drug abuse problem, the American Society of Addiction Medicine has released a prescription drug policy, according to an ASAM news release.
A panel in the Kentucky Senate has delayed a vote on a bill that would require pain management clinics to be owned and operated by physicians licensed in Kentucky and be certified in pain management, according to a WLKY.com report.
Matthew P. Lorei, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, recently joined Temple University School of Medicine as an associate professor of orthopedic surgery and assistant director of joint replacement and reconstruction surgery at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, according to a hospital…
In an award-winning presentation at the annual meeting for the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, surgeons and researchers found that using leukocyte esterase reagent strips can be helpful in diagnosing periprosthetic joint injection quickly, according to an AAOS…