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Neurosurgeon Dave Atteberry, MD, is competing against two other physicians for a position as chief medical officer on the Yakima (Wash.) Health District Board of Health, according to YakimaHerald.com.
A lawsuit over Aetna Life Insurance's spine surgery coverage that was originally dismissed in 2019 will now go forward, according to a motion granted June 11.
St. Cloud (Minn.) Orthopedics will add diagnostic imaging at its Sartell, Minn., location with a new expansion, local radio station WJON reported June 14.
Camp Hill-based Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania opened a new location in Carlisle, Pa.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Orthopedics and Sports Medicine opened its new facility in Fargo, N.D., June 14, local radio station WZFG reported June 11.
Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Summit Spine & Joint Centers was acquired by MSouth Equity Partners.
Ernest Braxton, MD, has laid out three key advantages of awake spinal fusion, a procedure that he first performed in 2016, Summit Daily reported June 14.