Richard Walker, MD, is the current chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at the Scripps Clinic Medical Group in La Jolla, Calif. He also serves on the board of directors and executive management team for the Scripps Clinic. In…
Many orthopedic and spine practices are adding rehabilitative services, including physical therapists and athletic trainers, to make the practice a "one-stop shop" for patient care. Here are five key concepts for adding these services to your practice.
Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., has launched the Marin General Hospital Spine & Brain Institute that adds elective neurosurgery to its existing spine and trauma program, according to a hospital news release.
A recent AAOS Now article detailed the 10 biggest stories in orthopedics for 2010. The article included:
Unless the radiologists are asked to describe the vertebral arteries in MRI studies, many will not describe aberrant vertebral arteries in the report, according to a study published in Spine.
Routine injury surveillance can be successfully implemented in community-level soccer, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Wenzel Spine has formally launched the VariLift Expandable Interbody Fusion System through online multimedia resources, according to a company news release.
Vernon Williams, MD, a neurologist and pain management physician at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, recently advised that team physicians make sure NFL athletes are completely free of concussion symptoms before returning to play, according to a Daily…
Smaller surgery centers and community hospitals sometimes have a hard time attracting specialty surgeons even if the hospital offers lucrative salaries and a promising patient volume. Here are a three ways hospitals in smaller communities are successfully recruiting orthopedic surgeons.
Michael Weiss, DO, is the chief spine surgeon at Laser Spine Institute Scottsdale (Ariz.), where he treats his patients who have conditions such as spinal arthritis, pinched nerves, bulging discs, herniated discs and sciatic nerve compression. He has also served…