Materialise announced that the world's first total knee replacement surgery using the Materialise X-ray Knee Guide Solution has been successfully completed, according to an Inside 3DP report.
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Amedica named B. Sonny Bal, MD, JD, MBA, president and CEO, effective Sept. 30.
Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital and Marshall Orthopaedics in Huntington added Jonathon Salava, MD, as a hip replacement and revision surgery specialist as well as an assistant professor.
Columbus, Ohio-based Clintonville/Dublin Foot and Ankle Group added Randall C. Thomas Jr., DPM, to its physician team.
Christopher Ahmad, MD, performed elbow surgery on New York Yankees outfielder Carlos Beltran, according to a Times Colonist report.
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Camber Capital Management surged its exposure to Orthofix in the middle of the company's ongoing efforts to correct financial reports over the past few years and release accurate 2013 reports, according to an Insider Monkey report.
According to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Medtronic may ask to cut it's $43 billion offer to acquire Covidien after new Treasury Department regulations were introduced to stymie tax-inversion deals.
Salem, Mass.-based North Shore Medical Center named Todd O'Brien, MD, chairman of its newly formed department of orthopedic surgery, according to a Danvers Herald report.
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The Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is now certified as an ISO 9001:2008, Quality Management Systems compliant organization.