Shriners Hospitals for Children — Houston will consolidate spine and orthopedic care to the system's Galveston, Texas, facility as the hospital plans to close in 2021, the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Zap Surgical Systems raised $81 million in an equity financing round completed Jan. 8, according to Dotmed Health Care Business News.
Matthew Wilson, MD, is a neurosurgeon with Western Neuro in Tucson, Ariz.
Orthopedic specialists ranked No. 5 for happiness outside of work in a new Medscape report.
Orthobiologic developer Bone Biologics said its rhNELL-1 product promoted bone formation in advanced spine models.
Cutting Edge Spine launched the EVOLha-DLIF direct lateral interbody fusion system on Jan. 9 following FDA 510(k) clearance.
BoulderCentre for Orthopedics & Spine in Boulder, Colo., recently added Patrick Curry, MD, to its surgical team.
Physicians in the department of orthopedics from Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are encouraging more female medical students to pursue careers in orthopedics.
Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD, of The Robotic Spine Institute of Silicon Valley in Los Gatos, Calif., was reportedly the first spine surgeon on the west coast to implant a Molybdenum-Rhenium rod in a patient during a spinal fusion.