Here are the top-read articles from Becker's Spine Review during the week of Jan. 25-29:
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From surgeons sounding off on payer issues to a surgeon who moved his practice, here are six spine surgeons making headlines over the past week:
A custom hip implant given to an Amur tiger from the Brookfield (Ill.) Zoo dislodged the night after surgery, according to a Jan. 28 report from The Chicago Sun-Times.
Spine device company Surgalign Holdings has priced an underwritten public offering of 25 million shares of its common stock at $1.50 per share, before underwriting discounts and commissions.
Neurosurgeon Michael McDermott, MD, was appointed chief of neuroscience at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in Miami, where he will lead all clinical and curricular activities.
San Francisco-based Carrum Health has expanded into Nevada through a partnership with Crovetti Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, a four-physician group in Henderson.
Joe DiPaolo was named CEO of The Orthopedic Institute of New Jersey, according to a Jan. 28 news release.
Russel Huang, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.
Private equity firms continue to make inroads into the orthopedic industry in 2021.
Four orthopedic surgeons making headlines this week: