Here are 10 spine surgeons making news this week:
The Latest
Dr. Keith Meister performed Tommy John surgery on a 2020 draft pick for the Baltimore Orioles, according to an Oct. 29 Major League Baseball report.
In the last month, Becker's Spine Review and Becker's ASC Review have reported on six orthopedic surgery centers in the planning or development stages:
Device company Spinal Elements on Oct. 30 launched its Lucent XP wide expandable interbody device.
Robotic spine surgery has allowed surgeons to plan where each pedicle screw and interbody cage will be placed preoperatively, and guides them through that plan during surgery.
St. Cloud (Minn.) Surgical Center is injecting $11 million into a renovation that will increase the number of spine and total joint replacement procedures it will be able to perform, the SC Times reports.
Here are seven key notes on spine and orthopedic device companies from the past week:
Neurosurgeon Nir Lipsman, MD, PhD, was honored in Canada's Top 40 Under 40 list for 2020, published Oct. 29.
Matthew Oetgen, MD, is a surgeon at Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Hospital.
Fifteen leadership changes executed or announced by orthopedic and spine device companies in the past 90 days: