Orthopedic surgeon Matthew Pifer, MD, has been named team physician for Santa Barbara (Calif.) City College's football program, the Santa Barbara News-Press reported March 1.
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Over the past two years, Addison, Texas-based MpowerHealth has invested more than $7 million to develop data analytics and information technology to support clinically integrated networks in Texas, Ohio and Georgia, among other states.
Harlingen, Texas-based Valley Baptist Medical Center is reportedly the first hospital in the region to install Brainlab's robotic imaging system,KRGV reported March 1.
Devicemaker Empirical Spine initiated the premarket approval process for use of the LimiFlex paraspinous tension band with a decompression for patients suffering from degenerative spondylolisthesis with lumbar spinal stenosis.
From two surgeons debuting an interbody device to another joining a new practice, here are five spine surgeons making the news over the past week:
NuVasive posted net sales of $291.8 million in the fourth quarter, a 6 percent decrease compared to the same period in 2019.
The owner of Texas Center for Orthopedic and Spinal Disorders in Fort Worth was sentenced Feb. 25 to 10 years in prison for his role in a $10 million healthcare fraud scheme.
ChristianaCare and Delaware Neurosurgical Group, both in Newark, Del., received approval for a joint venture spine surgery center at ChristianaCare's Wilmington, Del., campus.
Fusion Robotics is the latest device company to receive FDA clearance for a spine robot.
Here are the most-read articles from Becker's Spine Review during the week of Feb. 22-26: