St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin (Texas) has become the first system in the East Texas region to use Zimmer Biomet’s Persona IQ total knee implant, according to a May 27 report from The Lufkin Daily News. The procedure was performed May…
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Zimmer Biomet named Kevin Thornal as group president for global business and the Americas, according to a May 27 news release. Mr. Thornal will join the company July 1. He was previously CEO and president of Nevro, which was acquired…
The average time to see a physician across specialties has grown 19% since 2022, but for orthopedics that figure has gone down, according to a new survey from AMH Healthcare. The average physician appointment wait time for orthopedic surgery is…
Nicholas Grosso, MD, serves as the president of The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics in Bethesda, Md. He also practices as a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at the Orthopaedic Associates of Central Maryland Care Center in Catonsville, Columbia and Eldersburg. Dr. Grosso…
Implementing new protocols can go a long way in improving orthopedic patient care, recovery and outcomes. Ask Orthopedic Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to orthopedic surgeons around the country about clinical, business and policy issues affecting spine…
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In January, Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina made the strategic decision to sell off its physician therapy business to Atlanta-based PT Solutions Physical Therapy. In April, the practice made another major decision to part with 18 MRI locations, which it sold to…
Daniel Choi, MD, serves as the owner of Spine Medicine and Surgery of Long Island in New York City. He is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon who specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, training at Chicago-based Northwestern University’s Feinberg School…
Dennis Smith, MD, who worked at Olympia (Wash.) Orthopaedic Associates, died, the practice said in a May 21 LinkedIn post. The retired orthopedic surgeon joined Olympia Orthopaedic Associates in 2001 and specialized in arthritis, fracture care, joint replacement and general…
Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics will pay $1.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit regarding a 2023 data breach, according to a May 22 report from The HIPAA Journal. In July 2024, Coastal Orthopedics confirmed that it faced a patient…
Avant-garde Health has released its 2025 “Healthcare Research All-Stars” report, honoring the top 5% of America’s physicians and hospitals based on volume of research. The report recognized 12 hospitals as being in the top 5% of sports medicine research facilities…