Ortho Regenerative Technologies has extended its clinical hold on its Ortho-R drug, according to an Aug. 20 news release.
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Alex Gorsky will step down as chair and CEO of Johnson & Johnson and serve as executive chairman effective Jan. 3, 2022.
Saqib Hasan, MD, of Oakland, Calif.-based Webster Orthopedics, is the first fellowship-trained full-endoscopic spine surgeon in the U.S.
Olympia (Wash.) Orthopaedic Associates will open a spine center, according to an Aug. 19 announcement in Thurston Talk.
Missouri's largest medical school, Kansas City University, is shifting its orthopedic residency program to Research Medical Center, one of HCA Midwest Health's family of hospitals in the region.
Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., is bolstering spine and orthopedic services through a partnership with Mid-America Orthopedics, local news outlet KCTV5 reported Aug. 18.
Neurosurgeon Todd Lanman, MD, became the first in the U.S. to restore motion at three contiguous levels in a patient's cervical spine.
More than 3.9 million patients are expected to be treated for degenerative disc disease in the U.S. by 2028, according to a report from Coherent Market Insights.
Princeton (W.Va.) Community Hospital added Stryker's Mako robot for hip and knee replacements, WVA News reported Aug. 18.
Robert Rothrock, MD, joined Baptist Health’s Miami Neuroscience Institute as neurosurgical director of spinal oncology, South Florida Hospital News reported Aug. 18.