Vamsi Kancherla, MD, is a spine surgeon with Specialty Orthopaedics in Gainesville, Ga., and he’s been a pioneer in endoscopic spine. He performed the first all-uniportal endoscopic lumbar fusion in Georgia in 2025 and has been learning endoscopic techniques since 2024.…
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Spine surgeon education needs to go beyond the technical skill and include greater emphasis on understanding data, conservative care and business structures. Four surgeons discuss what they would redesign in spine training, along with the non-negotiables all surgeons should undergo.…
Brian Cole, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and managing partner with Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush. He’s a prolific researcher and earned the 2025 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Clinical Research Award in 2025. He was recognized for his 25 years…
Ventris Medical received more patent coverage for its Backpack system, according to a May 27 news release. The patent strengthens the company’s intellectual property for the Backpack bone graft containment system, which is designed to support spinal fusions. It a…
Medtech company SpineGuard has received notices of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for three new patents. The three recently allowed patent applications are part of a set of five patent families developed by Spine Guard to…
Missouri saw the largest year-over-year increase in the average annual salary for orthopedic surgeons for the second year in a row, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Across the U.S., the average annual salary for orthopedic surgeons…
Orthopedic medtech company DePuy Synthes has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with CGBIO for the development and commercialization of an advanced bone graft substitute. NOVOSIS is a growth-factor bone graft substitute designed to improve clinical outcomes, according to a…
Atlantic Health Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center has named Harpal Khanuja, MD, chair of orthopedic surgery, according to a May 23 LinkedIn post. Dr. Khanuja previously served as chief of adult reconstruction and hip and knee replacement surgery at the Baltimore-based…
Patient charts are dense, prior authorization workflows are fragmented and documentation demands continue to pull clinician time away from care. For healthcare leaders, these aren’t emerging concerns — they’re operational realities with measurable consequences. This on-demand executive conversation examines how…
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Preeti Grewal
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Snowflake
Jesse Cugliotta
Global Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences, Snowflake
Dr. Paige Kilian, MD
SVP, Chief Medical Officer, Inovalon
Preference-sensitive surgeries — like spine fusions, hip replacements and cataract surgeries — represent a significant and often underestimated source of payer medical spend. Yet most health plans have no clear line of sight into this category. Because these procedures cut…
Jun 29, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Cathy Hartman
Chief Healthcare Solutions Officer, Paradigm
Nicola Merryman
Senior Vice President, Healthcare Solutions, Paradigm