Shriners Hospitals for Children — Houston will consolidate spine and orthopedic care to the system's Galveston, Texas, facility as the hospital plans to close in 2021, the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System is building an orthopedic and robotic surgery center, which will open in the summer of 2021, the Record Herald reports.
Sports apparel company Fanatics will move into the former headquarters of Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute.
Ocala (Fla.) Regional Medical Center on Jan. 7 was designated a comprehensive stroke center by DNV GL-Healthcare, Ocala-News.com reports.
Las Vegas-based Desert Orthopaedic Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
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Independent group practice OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is joining forces with Lawrenceburg, Ind.-based Highpoint Health to expand orthopedic and sports medicine services in Southeastern Indiana, The Dearborn County Register reports.
Twelve providers from Norman-based Oklahoma Sports & Orthopedics Institute are now practicing at SSM Health Bone & Joint clinics throughout central Oklahoma, according to a Jan. 2 press release.
The Joint Commission awarded Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett (Tenn.) its Gold Seal of Approval for total hip, total knee and spine surgeries, the hospital announced Jan. 3.
Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone & Joint Institute opened a new sports medicine facility Jan. 6, the independent, physician-owned practice announced.
Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas, in Rogers, added neurosurgeon Alex Castellvi, MD, to its staff and plans to add another neurosurgeon this July, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports.