Here are eight spine and orthopedic partnerships that were forged in the past month:
OrthoAtlanta partnered with Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare to create Piedmont Orthopedics and opened a joint facility providing spine and orthopedic care in Newnan, Ga.
Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute became the exclusive medical provider for the Philadelphia Fusion — the city's first professional esports team. Sports medicine physicians Bradley Smith, MD, Edward Rosero, MD, and Robert Franks, MD, will provide care to the esports team.
Indianapolis-based Goodman Campbell Brain & Spine teamed with Marian University to provide medical students with hands-on learning opportunities. Students at Marian University's College of Osteopathic Medicine in Indianapolis will rotate through Goodman Campbell's subspecialties including, spine and pediatric neurosurgery.
Santa Monica, Calif.-based Pacific Neuroscience Institute collaborated with John Wayne Cancer Institute to open a neuroanatomy and surgical skills laboratory. Led by neurosurgeon Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, the lab facilitates surgical training in spine, orthopedics and neurosurgery.
Tampa, Fla.-based Shriners Hospitals for Children partnered with the Atlanta-based Georgia Institute of Technology to research treatments for spinal cord injuries and orthopedic conditions.
San Antonio-based SASpine teamed with spine surgeon Stanley Jones, MD, and established a new primary location in Houston.
New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery partnered with Ivy Rehab Physical Therapy to launch an orthopedic physical therapy residency program.
Biopharmaceutical company MicroCures and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine established an initiative to research spinal cord regeneration after trauma.