Retired neurosurgeon Michael Miner, MD, was recently honored for his volunteer work with the Daughters of the American Revolution Community Service Award, reports Focus Daily News.
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The FDA granted 510(k) clearance to 32 orthopedic devices last month.
NuVasive's Attrax Putty was shown to be an effective bone graft substitute for autograft in instrumented thoracolumbar posterolateral lumbar fusion.
OrthoAtlanta and Atlanta-based Piedmont Orthopedics opened a new facility in Newnan, Ga., reports the Digital Journal.
Sovah Health-Martinsville (Va.) is now equipped with robotic-assisted technology for orthopedic procedures, according to local ABC affiliate WSET.
360 Orthopedics announced March 10 that Jeffrey Silverstein, MD, was appointed the new chief of surgery at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota (Fla.), SRQ reports.
Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center was the first medical center in the U.S. to use Think Surgical's TSolution One Total Knee Application, performing a procedure on a 64-year-old woman Feb. 10.
Steven Wiener, MD, operated on Texas Rangers outfielder Willie Calhoun March 9, stabilizing his fractured jaw, MLB.com reports.
William Raasch, MD, diagnosed Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo with a minor joint capsule sprain in his left knee, the team reports.
Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care's Mizzou BioJoint Center is facing at least 11 medical malpractice lawsuits as former patients allege the procedures they received at the facility failed.