Orthopedic

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health made the CDRH eSubmissions Pilot Program available and has expanded it to include more participants.

Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital in Humble, Texas, added Michael C. Cusick, MD, to its orthopedics and sports medicine team.

The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society named Bruce J. Sangeorzan, MD, president.

Herndon, Va.-based Commonwealth Orthopaedics and Richmond-based OrthoVirginia announced a merger, effective Jan. 1, 2015.

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Borgess Health added James R. Jastifer, MD, to the Borgess Bone & Joint Institute.

Johnson & Johnson's worldwide medical device and diagnostic sales hit $6.6 billion in the third quarter of 2014, a 5.2 percent decrease over the same period last year.

Wound Management Technologies appointed Blaine Farless, MD, as medical director of the Resorbable Orthopedic Products subsidiary.

Rockville, Md.-based Shady Grove Orthopaedics started an after hours injury clinic at its Germantown, Md., location, according to a News-Medical report.

Mark G. Hamming, MD, joined Chicago-based Illinois Bone & Joint Institute.

Davenport, Iowa-based Orthopaedic Specialists' Tyson Cobb, MD, has been invited to speak at the European Wrist Arthroscopy Society Course in Los Angeles, a two-day event that will take place in November.