Athanasios Manole, MD, is an interventional pain management and occupational medicine specialist at Modern Pain and Spine in Albuquerque, N.M. During his time in medical school, Dr. Manole was awarded the American College of Physicians Health Policy Internship for his…
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Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health launched Leah, an artificial intelligence tool designed to support patients through the full spectrum of orthopedic care. Leah’s features include 24/7 access to orthopedic information, personalized conversations and support from diagnostics through surgery and recovery,…
Hospital for Special Surgery at NCH in Naples, Fla., opened in early June, and the facility is offering benefits to the community within the operating room and beyond. The new center is making an estimated $54 million impact on the…
Chetan Puranik, MD, is the CEO of the Centers for Pain Control in Hobart, LaPorte, Munster, Valparaiso and Merrillville, Ind. Dr. Puranik is a pain management specialist who is double board certified in pain management and anesthesiology. Dr. Puranik established…
Autocam Medical, an orthopedic device manufacturer, will spend $70 million to open a 100,000-square-foot facility in Warsaw, Ind., according to a June 16 report from 21 Alive News. The new facility expects to bring hundreds of jobs to Warsaw, otherwise…
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Orthofix’s TrueLok Elevate was launched commercially, the company said June 17. TrueLok Elevate is the first commercially available device in the U.S. with a patented design for transverse bone transport, according to a news release. It is used for limb…
Indiana’s state budget committee has allocated $30 million for an initiative to retain the status of Warsaw, Ind., as “the orthopedic capital of the world,” according to a June 14 report from NBC affiliate WNDU. Warsaw is currently home to…
Medical technology company Ossio has launched new suture anchors for lateral ankle instability repair. Ossio, which focuses on orthopedic surgery with bio-integrative, metal-free implants, has added the OssioFiber 2.5 mm suture anchors to its soft-tissue fixation portfolio, according to a…
Basil Besh, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Form Hand, Wrist and Elbow Institute in Fremont, Calif., and the founder of Precision SurgiCenter, specializes in treating hand, wrist and elbow conditions, and is one of the few surgeons in the region…
An orthopedic surgeon with Augusta Health in Fishersville, Va., was found guilty of petty larceny, WHSV reported June 12. Geoffrey Rieser, MD, faced felony charges of conspiring to commit larceny greater than $1,000, but it was amended to petty larceny,…