John Prunskis, MD, presidential appointee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Pain Management Best Practices Task Force, travelled to the white house to discuss solutions to the opioid crisis and other healthcare challenges on Nov. 4.
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Ted Sousa, MD, whose passion for orthopedics and gait analysis stems from his childhood love of horses, is joining Shriners Hospital for Children-Spokane (Wash.).
Orthopedic devicemaker Ortoma is expanding its Ortoma Treatment Solution with a module for spine surgery, the company announced Nov. 8.
Forty-seven healthcare professionals from New York are going to Cuba to perform more than 50 free orthopedic surgeries, The Record reports.
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration on Nov. 4 revamped its price transparency tool to provide citizens access to facility-specific cost information.
IMAC Holdings bolstered its Illinois presence with the opening of a fourth outpatient clinic in Rockford.
Providence, R.I.-based Brown University is partnering with Intel to investigate the use of artificial intelligence to restore signals above and below spinal cord injuries, reports EE News Europe.
Oren Gottfried, MD, is president of the North Carolina Spine Society as well as professor of neurosurgery and clinical vice chair of quality in the department of neurosurgery at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C.
Dennis Burke, MD, a former orthopedic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, will receive a $13 million settlement following his wrongful termination lawsuit, The Boston Globe reports.
Smith+Nephew launched its OR3O Dual Mobility System on Nov. 8 for use in primary and revision hip arthroplasty.