Neal ElAttrache, MD, is scheduled to operate on right-handed pitcher Max Meyer of the Miami Marlins, ESPN reported July 28.
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Bret Schwartzhoff was named senior vice president of sales and marketing at Maruho Medical.
Frederick Buechel Jr., MD, was appointed director of robotic-assisted knee surgery at New York City-based Lenox Hill Hospital.
Urmil Gupta, wife of late neurosurgeon Surinder Gupta, MD, donated $100,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock to create an award for neurosurgery residents in her husband's honor.
Soaring inflation, a rising physician shortage and workers leaving the healthcare industry because of the COVID-19 pandemic are some of the factors making it difficult for orthopedic groups, hospitals and ASCs to recruit and retain top-tier clinical and administrative talent.
The University of Akron (Ohio) and Akron Children's Hospital have partnered to make Akron Children's the university's exclusive sports medicine provider, the Akron Beacon Journal reported July 28.
Wilson Asfora, MD, a former neurosurgeon with Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, was reprimanded by the state medical board for failing to disclose his medical license renewal was denied in Florida, the Argus Leader reported July 27.
Zimmer Biomet and New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery have inked a three-year deal to create the HSS/Zimmer Biomet Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence in Robotic Joint Replacement.
Just over halfway through 2022, orthopedic surgeons are thinking ahead about what they want to achieve by the end of the year.
Physicians have employed Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS robot in Sydney, Australia for the first time.