Don Park, MD, joined Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health.
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A single, nonfatal fall in an older adult costs roughly $10,000, according to a report from Brooks Rehabilitation.
Joint specialist Jon Edgington, MD, has performed the first two hinged knee replacements in the region using Stryker's Mako robot at Orthopedic Specialists of Northwest Indiana in Munster, according to a Dec. 15 email sent to Becker's.
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Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health has partnered with local physicians from Solvang, Calif.-based Alta Orthopaedics to open an ASC in the area, according to a news release published Dec. 14 by ABC, CBS and Fox affiliate KEYT.
Premia Spine's TOPS System is now available at Veterns Affairs hospitals across the U.S., the devicemaker said Dec. 15.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared more than 200 spine-related devices and technologies with 510(k) approval in 2023.
Orthopedic surgeon Olarewaju Oladipo, MD, was convicted of 10 counts of healthcare fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for District of Massachusetts.
Darrell Harrington, MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center's director of graduate medical education and designated institutional official, is stepping down from his post amid allegations he protected a former orthopedic surgeon from abuse allegations, The Daily Breeze reported Dec. 14.
Ashish Rawal, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Stoughton (Wis.) Health, and his team have completed their 500th Conformis knee procedure, according to a Dec. 14 report from the Stoughton Courier Hub.