Practice Management

Aventura, Fla.-based Spine and Wellness Centers of America will expand into Northern Palm Beach County, Fla.

Management group Surgical Affiliates partnered with Susanville, Calif.-based Banner Lassen Medical Center to enhance the hospital's emergency orthopedic care.

State College, Pa.-based Penn State University named Patrick Drew, PhD, as associate director of the institute of the neurosciences, according to the university's website.

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health is expanding with two new orthopedic and sports medicine centers in Lorain and Oberlin, Ohio, reports Morning Journal.

David Chalif, MD, was recently appointed chief of neurosurgery at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y., reports Patch.

Indianapolis-based Goodman Campbell Brain & Spine and Ascension St. Vincent Health signed a letter of intent to expand their partnership at two hospitals in the city, reports Inside Indiana Business.

Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif., is using virtual reality to plan and practice neurosurgery procedures, reports Fox La.

Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center adapted ControlRad's new Trace system into fluoroscopically-guided procedures.

WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va., added five operating rooms, including two with a neurosurgery focus and one with an orthopedic focus, The Journal reports.

Mississippi Sports Medicine recently moved into its new practice in Flowood, Miss., Healthcare Design reports.