Becker's reported on five spine surgeons — from health system leaders to startup heads — who added to their titles or who plan to move to a new practice in February.
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Robert Bray Jr., MD, has big plans for the practice he founded, Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Sports and Spine Center, now that it has private equity backing.
Campbell Medical Clinic in Houston added the stromal vascular fraction procedure, according to a Feb. 28 news release.
Waypoint Orthopedics added Andrew Iott to its board of directors, the devicemaker said Feb. 28.
Enhanced recovery after surgery is a multimodal, evidence-based perioperative care pathway designed to improve recovery for patients undergoing major surgery. ERAS elements address factors that have historically extended a patient's hospital stay, including the need for parenteral analgesia and intravenous…
From awake surgery to new implants, here are six spine and orthopedic surgery debuts in February:
At Premier Orthopaedic Associates of Southern New Jersey in Vineland, social media has helped build trust and bring new patients, according to the practice's marketing consultant, Debra Rody.
Awake spine surgery is an approach to procedures that uses a local anesthetic to let surgeons examine a patient's neurologic condition during surgery, rather than general anesthesia, which involves intubation.
Kingsley Abode-Iyamah, MD, performed one of the first robotic-assisted awake spinal fusions in Florida in February, the surgeon announced in a Feb. 25 LinkedIn post.