Medical device company Boston Scientific on Sept. 30 launched its WaveWriter Alpha portfolio of spinal cord stimulator systems in Europe.
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East Setauket, N.Y.-based Stony Brook Orthopaedic Associates will open new locations in Long Island, N.Y., as New York City residents continue to relocate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Sept. 30 news release.
From the formation of father-son team to a physician who allegedly kept body parts of patients he performed surgery on, here are the latest orthopedic surgeons making the news:
Livingston, N.J.-based Saint Barnabas Medical Center has appointed Frank Liporace, MD, chair of its orthopedics department.
OrthoNebraska began construction on a clinic in Elkhorn, Neb., expanding its footprint in metropolitan Omaha, according to a Sept. 30 Omaha World-Herald report.
By bringing world-class radiosurgery to a community that previously lacked access, Bonifatius Hospital looks to empower urban and rural spine neurosurgeons to expand their practices, while solving critical referral challenges.
Olympia (Wash.) Orthopaedic Associates acquired a Mako robot to perform partial and total knee and hip replacements, Thurston Talk reports.
Jeffrey Dugas, MD, performed a shoulder surgery on Colorado Rockies outfielder David Dahl, The Denver Post reports.
Detroit Medical Center has spiked plans to develop a $70 million sports medicine institute near Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, ABC affiliate WXYZ reported Sept. 30.
A U.K.-based orthopedic surgeon is being investigated by police for allegedly keeping the bones of at least 5,224 patients that he operated on, The Independent reported Sept. 29.